Mozilla Firefox keyboard shortcuts

Updated: 09/12/2023 by Computer Hope

Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys for Mozilla Firefox on a Microsoft Windows computer. See the computer shortcut page if you are looking for other shortcut keys used in other programs.

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If the following list is too overwhelming, see: Top 10 Firefox shortcut keys everyone should know.

Shortcut keys	Description
`F5`	Refresh current page, frame, or tab.
`F11`	Display the current website in fullscreen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode.
`Esc`	Stop page or download from loading.
`Spacebar`	Moves down a page at a time.
`Alt`+`Home`	Open your homepage.
`Alt`+`Shift`+`B`	Open the bookmarks in the file menu.
`Alt`+`↓`	Display all previous text entered in a text box and available options on drop-down menu.
`Alt`+`←`	Back a page.
`Alt`+`→`	Forward a page.
`Ctrl`+`-`	Zoom out of a web page and decrease font size (if supported).
`Ctrl`+`+`	Zoom in on a web page and decrease font size (if supported).
`Ctrl`+`0`	Reset browser zoom to default.
`Ctrl`+`A`	Selects all text.
`Ctrl`+`B`	Open the Bookmarks in a sidebar, to view all bookmarks in Firefox.
`Ctrl`+`C`	Copies selected text.
`Ctrl`+`D`	Add a bookmark for the page currently opened.
`Ctrl`+`E`	Move the cursor to the search box.
`Ctrl`+`F`	Access the Find option, to search for any text on the currently open web page.
`Ctrl`+`G`	Advance to the next result of a search performed with `Ctrl`+`F`. Press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`G` to return to a previous search result.
`Ctrl`+`H`	View browsing history in sidebar. To open the history in a window press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`H`.
`Ctrl`+`I`	Display the Page Info window about the web page currently being viewed.
`Ctrl`+`J`	Display the download window.
`Ctrl`+`K`	Move the cursor to the search box.
`Ctrl`+`L`	Move cursor to address box.
`Ctrl`+`N`	Open New browser window.
`Ctrl`+`O`	Access the Open File window to open a file in Firefox.
`Ctrl`+`P`	Print current page or frame.
`Ctrl`+`T`	Opens a new tab.
`Ctrl`+`U`	View a web page's source code.
`Ctrl`+`F4` or `Ctrl`+`W`	Closes the currently selected tab.
`Ctrl`+`F5`	Refresh the page, ignoring the Internet cache (force full refresh).
`Ctrl`+`Enter`	Quickly complete an address. For example, type computerhope in the address bar and press Ctrl+Enter to get https://www.computerhope.com.
`Ctrl`+`PgDn`	Open the browser tab to the right.
`Ctrl`+`PgUp`	Open the browser tab to the left.
`Ctrl`+`Tab`	Moves through each of the open tabs (left to right). Doing `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Tab` reverses the direction (right to left).
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Delete`	Open the Clear Data window to quickly clear private data.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`B`	Toggle the bookmarks bar between hidden and shown.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`H`	Open the history in a window instead of a sidebar like `Ctrl`+`H`.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`J`	Open the Browser Console to troubleshoot an unresponsive script error. See:How to fix an unresponsive script error.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`M`	Open responsive mode in the Firefox developer tools.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`O`	Open Other Bookmarks in a separate window.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`P`	Open a new private browsing window.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`T`	Undo the close of a tab.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`W`	Close the Firefox browser window. If multiple tabs are open in the Firefox window you'll get a prompt before Firefox closes.
`Shift`+`spacebar`	Moves up a page at a time.