Everybody loves shortcuts. Whether you use them when you drive to avoid traffic or with your computer, they are always better than the normal way.

Photo Credit: Bryce Jardon - Edited by Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi

When you are working with your browser and you are in a hurry or, just like me, don’t like doing things slow, shortcuts are way better than the mouse.

Today I decided to write, or at least to begin writing, a growing keyboard shortcuts list for Firefox.

If you want to get one added, just leave a comment below this article, and I will add it as soon as possible.

Control Shortcuts

Ctrl+N Open a new browser window
Ctrl+T Open a new tab
Ctrl+W Close the current window or tab
Ctrl+Shift+T Re-open the last closed tab
Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+PgDwn Switch to the next tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab/Ctrl+PgUp Switch to the previous tab
Ctrl+[0-9] Switch to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. tab
Ctrl+F Open the text research box on the bottom
Ctrl+G Find the next occurrence of a search phrase during a research
Ctrl+Shift+G Find the previous occurrence of a search phrase during a research
Ctrl+K Move cursor to the Web Search widget (top right of screen)
Ctrl+Enter Add “http://www.” and “.com” around an address
Ctrl++(Plus sign) Increase the page font size
Ctrl+-(Minus sign) Decrease the page font size
Ctrl+U Display the source code of the current webpage in a new tab or window

Alt Shortcuts

Alt+← Back
Alt+→ Forward
Alt+Home Go to your homepage
Alt+D Move focus to the address bar to type in a URL