
the mouse and scroll. Repeat hundreds of times a day. Firefox provides a keyboard shortcut for nearly every action imaginable so you never have to reach for the mouse again. This appendix lists these shortcuts by category. Most work on all of Windows and Macintosh but a handful work only on certain systems. In these cases, I point out to you which shortcuts work on which system. When an action has multiple shortcuts, I list them all. Navigation The shortcuts found in Table B-1 help you surf the Web more easily using the keyboard. Table B-1: Navigation Keyboard Shortcuts Open table as spreadsheet Action Windows Mac Back Alt+< or (when the page (is selected) Backspace Forward Alt+> or (when the page is selected) Shift+Backspace Open the home page Alt+Home Option+Home Focus the next element (for example, a text box or a link; see the end of this appendix for an explanation of focus) Tab Tab Focus the previous element Shift+Tab Shift+Tab Open the focused link (see the end of this appendix) Enter Return Open the focused link in a new tab Ctrl+Enter +Return Open the focused link in New tab and select the new tab Ctrl+Shift+Enter +Shift+Return Open the focused link in new window Shift+Enter Shift+Return Open the Web page contextual menu Contextual menu key (if your keyboard has one) None Reload Ctrl+R or F5 +R Reload the latest version and ignore Firefox's archived copy (see the section on caches in Chapter 14) Ctrl+Shift+R or Ctrl+F5 +Shift+R Scroll down one line v v Scroll up one line ^ ^ Scroll down one page Page Down Page Down Scroll up one page Page Up Page Up Scroll to the bottom of the page End End Scroll to the top of the page Home Home Select the Location Bar Ctrl+L or Alt+D +L Select the next frame on a page (advanced; works only on framed pages) F6 F6 Select the previous frame on a page (advanced; works only on framed pages) Shift+F6 Shift+F6 Stop Esc Esc