Table 1 listed the Firefox keyboard shortcuts that will help you use Firefox expeditiously.
| Keyboard shortcut | Function |
| ctrl + T | Open a new empty tab |
| ctrl + W | Close a tab |
| ctrl + shift + T | Reopen a closed tab |
| ctrl + + | Zoom in |
| ctrl + - | Zoom out |
| ctrl + 0 | Zoom reset |
| ctrl + L | Move cursor to the location bar |
| ctrl + K | Move cursor to the search box |
| space bar | Scroll down the page |
| shift + space bar | Scroll up the page |
| ctrl + R | Refresh the page |
| alt + left arrow | Back |
| alt + right arrow | Forward |
| ctrl + 1 | Switch to the first tab |
| ctrl + 2 | Switch to the second tab |
| ctrl + 3 | Switch to the third tab |
| ctrl + 4 | Switch to the forth tab |
| ctrl + 5 | Switch to the fifth tab |
| ctrl + 6 | Switch to the sixth tab |
| ctrl + 7 | Switch to the seventh tab |
| ctrl + 8 | Switch to the eight tab |
| ctrl + 9 | Switch to the last tab |
As an addition, the mouse middle button is also useful. Click the middle mouse button on a tab will close it. Click the middle mouse button on a link will open the link in a new window.
You can also make the middle mouse button to paste copied text, as in Linux. However, you need to tweak Firefox a bit.
This are the steps to enable the middle mouse button as a paste command.
- Move the cursor to the location bar by using your mouse or ctrl + L shortcut key.
- Type about:config in the location bar and press Enter.
- Click on “I’ll be careful, I promise!”.
- Type middlemouse in the Filter bar. A list of commands will appear.
- Double click command middlemouse.paste. Note that it’s value will now turns to True.
I have listed some useful Firefox keyboard shortcuts that help me browse the Web efficiently. If you know other keyboard shortcuts that I have missed, please leave a comment.