Firefox and other Browser Keyboard Shortcuts (Comparison Table)

Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

There are rows in the above table, including (approx) 15 color coded heading rows, 13 sub-topic or empty spacer rows, and 13 (grayed) rows without a comparable Firefox keyboard shortcut. 

1. The area with red text under Mouse Shortcuts can be reversed to match other Browsers, select Tools → Options → Tabs → [x] When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately.  This is the same setting that can be changed by setting browser.tabs.loadInBackground to False to set focus on new tabs opened from links (load in foreground)
   So that bookmarks open the same way as links, these about:config settings should be *same* as each other:
   - browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground (default is False), controls focus of bookmarks opened in new tab
   - browser.tabs.loadInBackground (default is True), controls focus of links opened in new tab
2. The area with brown text mostly pertaining to Home, End, PgUp, PgDn pertains to or is especially useful on small laptops where use of the Function (Fn) key is required on small sized keyboards, the Fn choice may not always be the best though if another choice is available, especially if you are holding the small laptop in one hand.  Firefox is the only browser I use on my small laptop.
3. Suggest not setting Middle-click to any Firefox or other browser specific behavior.  Best if middle-click is set in your system to Enter.  Works well from dialogs, and from entry areas such as search bar and Location (/address) Bar.  (Click on "Enter test").  See mouse.
4. See all Firefox and user added Keyboard shortcuts with the "keyconfig" extension ("Ctrl+Shift+F12") and to resolve conflicts, such as new in Fx3.1 Private Browsing (Ctrl+Shift+P grabbed Adblock Plus preferences which in turn now uses Ctrl+Shift+F).
5. The above table should be a complete list (close to 150) of built-in Firefox keyboard and mouse shortcuts, and about as many for each of the other browsers as well.  [keyconfig documentation]
6. Can we Install Safari Browser on Windows 10? (I never had an Apple machine, and the Safari column in the above table is not updated and would best be converted to Mac)
7. Use trows: bookmarklet to display row counts in tables.  There are at least 203 rows in the above table.  For additional bookmarklets I frequently use see bookmarklet examples or some table bookmarklets within.
javascript:(function(){function has(par,ctag){for(var k=0;k1;for(i=0;i

Other Browsers:

• Opera was sold to a Chinese consortium.
• Vivaldi is written in Chromium by the original Opera developers but resembles Firefox more than it does Chrome. Vivaldi has bookmark descriptions which Firefox to their detriment removed. Vivaldi like Opera has nicknames, Firefox calls them keyword (either way they are aliases to a specific bookmark).
• What improvements can be made to the Google Chrome bookmark? - Quora

Mouse shortcuts: Highlighting a word or sentences (double-click, triple-click) varies quite a bit depending on extension and possibly options.

Ctrl+L selects content of location bar, then use of arrow keys or End key, or Ctrl+arrowkey will navigate within where you are at (in this case Location Bar).  Double click selects word, triple-click (may) select sentence/paragraph/line.  Try the same elsewhere: Search Bar (Ctrl+K), text areas, main body of web page.

For another day, find which browser and what options for showcase tab, show thumbnail of window, on link or tab, and how to remove it. Fx 3.6 drops tab dropdown list for horrid showcase as in some other browsers. One of the Firecase options is nglayout.enable_drag_images for image of a link.

Firefox configuration variables relating to clicking on a link or on a bookmark. (#newtab)

Name	Type	Meaning of Values (extracted from MozillaZine KB, also see Tabs configuration)
browser. search. openintab	Boolean	True:  When performing a search from the Search Bar, open the results in a new tab. False (default):  Open search results in the current tab/window. Note:  Firefox nightly trunk builds only. If you foolishly installed Tab Mix Plus then controlled by extensions.tabmix.opentabfor.search
browser. tabs. loadBookmarksInBackground	Boolean	Focus behavior of new tabs from bookmarks & history True: When you open a bookmark in a new tab then that tab will load in the background without taking focus from the current tab. False (default): When you open a bookmark in a new tab then that tab will become the current tab. Note: you likely want to set this to the same setting value as used for browser.tabs.loadInBackground [Bug 469456] Note: Firefox 1.0.x had a Tabs option for "Select New Tabs from Bookmarks or History"
browser. tabs. loadDivertedInBackground	Boolean	Determines behavior of pages normally meant to open in a new window (target="_new") or from an external program), but that have instead been loaded in a new tab. True: Load the new tab in the background, leaving focus on the current tab False (default): Load the new tab in the foreground, taking the focus from the current tab. Note: Setting this preference to True will still bring the browser to the front when opening links from outside the browser. Note: target="_new" creates/reuses a window named "_new" and is frequently used by Google.  target="_blank" loads the designated document in a new, unnamed window [ [1]].
browser. tabs. loadFolderAndReplace	Boolean	True (default):  When opening a folder of bookmarks in tabs, the existing tabs will be replaced by the new bookmark pages. False:  Existing tabs will be preserved when loading a folder of bookmarks. The bookmark pages will be loaded in tabs that are appended to the current tabs. Even with the setting at True, if you don't want to lose the current tab, and want new tabs at end instead of adjacent to active tab use Ctrl+Shift+click on "Open all in Tabs" (or Ctrl+click ..., whichever shortcut will load new tab(s) in foreground is the only one that will work) Bug 175124 - improve open in tabs behaviour,
browser. tabs. loadInBackground	Boolean	Focus behavior for new tabs from links True (default): Do not focus new tabs opened from links (load in background) False: Opposite of above Note: bookmarks & history can be opened similarly in browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground [Bug 469456] Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Tabs → When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately (Firefox 2 and above)

Google Search results > upper right corner gear/settings:
Results Window: [x] Open search results in a new browser window.
Google no longer uses Target="_new", so this option does what it should, either opens in same window/tab, or opens in a new window/tab (not a reused window named "_new")

browser.search.openintab > Boolean > True -- When performing a search from the Search Bar, open the results in a new tab.

Special Characters (#special)

Windows Desktop: use Alt+(4 digits) from numeric pad to get special characters.
Windows Laptop: use Fn+Alt+(4 digits) from numeric pad to get special characters.

SYMBOLS for HTML and Excel Use, includes an ASCII table.

Missing Toolbars (#toolbars)

8. Firefox controlled through View (menu) → Toolbars → ...  »If the menu bar itself is missing use Alt+V to bring up the view menu, then toolbars, then check the toolbars to be viewed.  Menu bar and other toolbars are hidden in full screen mode, use F11 to toggle into or out of full screen mode.  Toolbars hidden with an extension or in full screen mode may be made temporarily toggled into visibility by using just the Alt key (appears upon Alt key release).
9. Google Chrome, various, Bookmarks bar (Ctrl+B, toggle);  Menu Bar ☹ [Removed permanently]; Tabs bar (at the top), F11 switches to from full screen mode.
10. Edge (formerly Internet Explorer), restore Menu bar: press Alt (temp menus), then to make permanent View then Menus; Rest of toolbars from the View, Toolbars menu.
11. Safari: Alt key (toggle) or use action menu button (gear button) then Show Menu Bar or other bars.

    Help Files -- Keyboard Shortcuts (#help)

    • Firefox
    • Keyboard shortcuts Firefox only (support.mozilla.com),  [compare to vintage Firefox Help: Keyboard Shortcuts from 2008-02-12 with multiple browsers]
    • Keyboard Shortcuts for Chrome/Firefox/Internet Explorer/Safari shown separately, Mac versions shown below Windows & Linux. (California gov't help)
    • See Start a New Tab, (David McRitchie), on Tabs Page (Tabbed Browsing in Firefox)
    • Firefox Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts (Otto de Voogd)
    • keyconfig extension allow you to see all Firefox keyboard shortcuts, and resolve conflicting keyboard shortcuts.  Dorando's site (keyconfig author) and Documentation)
    • Mouse Usage in Firefox, (David McRitchie)
    • Mouse tips (mozillazine.org)
    • Mozilla Firefox Cheatsheet, (Leslie Franke), one page PDF list of keyboard shortcuts plus a few other features.  [HTML version]
    • Keyword Shortcuts, (David McRitchie), create your own bookmarked keywords (only Firefox has Keyword shortcuts, Opera has more limited search keywords)
    • Planet Mozilla (pm:), Firefox bloggers.
    • MAC only: On the trackpad (3 finger multi-touch), Mozilla includes multi-touch support in Firefox 3.1b2 for Macs (I guess Macs still only have one key)
    • Firefox 3.1 Restricts, Matches, Keywords | edilee, in the Smart Location Bar such as restricting results to show only your history (and not your unvisited bookmarks) or matching only in the URL instead of also in the title.
    • Menu Reference, Menus are where most people first learn to use an application as well as see common keyboard shortcuts.  If the menu bar is not visible use the Alt key, or to make permanent then use View→Toolbars→Menu Bar (other toolbars can be included)> If the menus don't show underscored letters in menus as in Window 7, see item #9 in Windows 7 Home Premium.
    • 82 useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Firefox 6. (wiki), A wiki-style reference database for keyboard shortcuts (part of an effort to document keyboard shortcuts on many applications and systems). Find appears to work on styled shortcuts, and includes menu letter shortcuts. May be too fractured without cohesiveness between versions of Firefox and systems Firefox runs on as each appears to be separate lists. But it looks very good and as a wiki it can be updated by users. (So would the count in the title change automatically?)
    • Internet Explorer
    • Internet Explorer 7 Quick Reference Guide
    • IEBlog : Keyboard Changes in Beta 3
    • IEBlog (Internet Explorer Team Blog)
    • IE7Pro, an all-in-one add-on for both IE7 and IE8 can add keyboard shortcuts and may remove/change others.  If installed Ctrl+Shift+T must be restored via IE7Pro.
    • Opera
    • Opera Help:  Keyboard shortcuts (opera.com)
    • Safari
    • Safari Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows): Safari Books Online (treat as dead link, wants a subscription)
    • Desktop Team - by Opera Desktop Team (blog)
    • Google Chrome browser
    • Google Chrome Shortcuts | Google Chrome
    • Google set to introduce its own Web browser | Reuters
    • Blog: Gaurav Mishra Insights, see Sept 12, 2008
    • The Complete Guide to Make You An Ultimate Google Chrome Jedi Warrior
    • Firefox can be made to look and act like Chrome see Make Firefox Look Like Google Chrome
    • Dolphin Browser browser (no keyboard)
      Dolphin is for tablets and without keyboards, you can't really have keyboard shortcuts, or keyword shortcuts,  but you can use Gestures and unlike other browsers or addons with gestures, you can make up your own Gestures to go with stock browser actions, as well as making up your own bookmarks and bookmarklets (bookmarks with JavaScript) with gestures.  Much better than other browsers which force you to use their gestures. 
    • Dolphin Gestures, David McRitchie
    • Dolphin My Gestures, David McRitchie
    • David McRitchie | Dolphin Gestures (web browser feature)
    • To find more blogs for your browser, do a Google Search...
    • <your browser> blog bloggers

    Additional Browser Comparisons (#compare)

    • Bookmarklets - Browser support

    Firefox Extensions (#ext)

    Extensions may add keyboard shortcuts, menu items, particularly context menus, tools menu, or other means, but the keyboard shortcuts can save you a lot of time, if you learn to use them.

    Firefox Extensions can add quite a number of keyboard shortcuts, two listings were grabbed on 2008-07-12 in Firefox 3.0 both were created with the "keyconfig" extension and placed into text files with help from SnagIt® Software.  The list without extensions can be compared to the same listing with extensions (these are both text listings).

    The Launchy extension can be used to look at the page you are viewing in Firefox on a Windows system with another browser or other applications from context menu, tools menu or from a Toolbar button.  I prefer the toolbar button if it's the page I want to see elsewhere, but for objects within the page you would have to access Launchy through the context menu.

    The PageDiff extension can be used to compare the two text (source) listings of two different webpages.  > Another useful comparison tool is Quick Diff Online Tool, an Online Tool to do a 'quick and dirty' diff of two text or code fragments -- or you can paste in the visible text from web pages for a comparison (runs from a webpage not browser dependent).

    You can use the Split Browser extension to place an alphabetical by shortcut listing (without extensions) to the right hand side of this listing, so you can see two different views.

    TableTools allows you to sort a table such as on this page by any column, and to filter the table.  Table2Clipboard allows one to select and copy rows, columns or the entire table to paste into Excel, OpenOffice, or CSV for plain text.

    The extensions I use are listed on my home page, and you can get an idea of which are probably in use from my InfoLister Listing.

    Restore missing underscored letters in menus (turned off by default in Windows 7) (item #9 approximately)

    Extensions to avoid or use caution with based on stepping on Firefox, Windows, and other extension's keyboard shortcuts:  "MenuX", "Next Please", "Site Launcher", "Tab Utilities", and "Web Developer".

    To resolve occasional conflicts there is the "keyconfig" extension (23KB download) available at the author's site.[notes]

    Related  (#related)

    • Firefox Customizations (Notes)
    • Keyboard shortcuts for Windows (KB 126449)
      Within an application use F1 then search on Keyboard, i.e. Start → F1 → Keyboard
      , Ctrl key after Windows Mouse Settings change shows a Bullseye target (◎↖⊚) around cursor.
    • Features new to Windows 7 [Ctrl+Esc], A variety of new keyboard shortcuts and other features were added to Windows 7 that are useful across browsers.  For a list of Windows shortcuts bring up Windows Help ( + F1) then type in "keyboard shortcuts".
    • Mac:  The Most Useful Mac Keyboard Shortcuts to Know (PDF)(65 shortcuts),  Mac Keyboard Modifiers Explained: A Complete Guide,  ,  How to view available keyboard shortcuts in every Mac app,  The Safari Shortcuts Cheat Sheet for Mac (103 shortcuts)
    • Tab Capacity Test and other Tab related tests, can be used to test "Tab" related keyboard shortcuts.
    • Table of keyboard shortcuts -- Wikipedia 🌐, covers Browser Keyboard Shortcuts on Windows: (Ctrl,Alt,Shift, ⭾ Tab);  Apple 🍎 (⌘ Cmd,  ⌥ Opt,  ⇧ Shift,  ⭾ Tab), and Linux 🐧 Along with keyboard shortcuts for Operating Systems.
    • YouTube shortcuts -- Evernote shared notebook: ACGNJ

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