Mozilla Firefox shortcut keys

Updated: 05/05/2017 byAnand Aithani

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

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+Down arrow	Display all previous text entered in a text box and available options on drop-down menu.
Alt+Left Arrow	Back a page.
Alt+Right Arrow	Forward a page.
Ctrl+(- or +)	Increase or decrease the font size, pressing '-' will decrease and '+' will increase. Ctrl+0 will reset back to default.
Ctrl+D	Add a bookmark for the page currently opened.
Ctrl+F	Access the Find option, to search for any text on the currently open web page.
Ctrl+H	View browsing history.
Ctrl+I	Display available bookmarks.
Ctrl+J	Display the download window.
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E	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+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.
Ctrl+Tab	Moves through each of the open tabs.
Ctrl+Shift+Del	Open the Clear Data window to quickly clear private data.
Ctrl+Shift+B	Open the Bookmarks window, to view all bookmarks in Firefox.
Ctrl+Shift+J	Open the Browser Console to troubleshoot an unresponsive script error.
Ctrl+Shift+P	Open a new Private Browsing window.
Ctrl+Shift+T	Undo the close of a window.
Ctrl+Shift+W	Close the Firefox browser window.
Shift+Spacebar	Moves up a page at a time