Make Firefox A Snap: Part IV
Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Dana
Keyboard Shortcuts
There are a few keyboard shortcuts that when mastered, can really make you fly in Firefox:
- Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v: Good ol’ Copy and Paste.
- Ctrl-h: History – Start typing in a search query or hunt with your mouse
- Ctrl-b: del.icio.us Bookmarks – After installing the del.icio.us extension, this gets fun. Search for bookmarks by typing and watch the instant results in the bottom pane.
- Ctrl-l: Move cursor to address window – start typing a website. Use Ctrl-Enter to autofill the www. and .com parts
- Ctrl-k: Move cursor to search window.
- Ctrl-[1-9]: Directly select one of the first 9 open tabs.
- If you get really good at combining these, your skills will soar through the roof. For instance, clicking Ctrl-l-c will copy the current web page’s URL!
Don’t forget that the center button (pushing the scroll wheel on many mice) will open the selected link in a new tab, and the selected Firefox folder in tabs.
Those are the shortcuts I use most, but there are many, many more that may suit others better at Mozilla and at Lifehacker.com
