Hotkeys / Shortcuts for Mozilla Firefox

At work I seem to use a lot of "hotkeys" or shortcuts to get my job done and since a lot of the content management systems I use to wave through the unimaginable data are online, I opt for the Mozilla Firefox browser.

Anyway, I was caught the other day by a fellow employee/friend and they started asking what the heck am I doing since the screen kept jumping so fast and I was not using the mouse, so here’s a small list of "hotkeys" / Shortcuts that can increase your productivity using Mozilla Firefox, and some are also cross browser compatible.

Ctrl + A: Will highlight everything on the page.
Ctrl + B & Ctrl + I: Opens your bookmarks section, pressed again and it will make it disappear.

Ctrl + C: This will copy any text that is highlighted to the computers temporary memory slot.

Ctrl + D: Will present you with the option of book marking the current website/page that you are browsing.

Ctrl + F & Ctrl + G: Gives you the option of finding text on the current page your browsing.

Ctrl + H: Opens your browsing history section, pressed again and it will make it disappear.

Ctrl + J: Opens your download section.
Ctrl + L (or F6): highlights the URL section and any text within it.
Ctrl + N: Will open up a new Firefox window.
Ctrl + R (or F5): Refreshes your current tab.
Ctrl + S: Saves the current page to your computer.
Ctrl + T (shift): Opens a new tab, within the current window (holding shift as well, will open the last closed tab).

Ctrl + U: Shows the current web pages source code.
Ctrl + V: This will paste any text that is within the computers current memory.
Ctrl + W: This will close your current tab, and if pressed enough times, it will also close the current internet window you have open (Firefox).

Ctrl + (shift) Tab: This simply allows you to switch between tabs that you have open in a clockwise fashion (anti-clock wise if you hold down the shift button).

That’s all for now, I may need to update the list from time to time, as new versions of Mozilla Firefox appear, which is likely due to the amount of add-ons that keep getting built and seem to appear very useful. New Add-ons often mean new hotkeys / shortcuts.

You can download Mozilla Firefox from the following location and its free, so ditch Internet Explorer and become a Firefox fan. Mozilla Firefox Link