Learn a skill [part 1] - Firefox shortcuts

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn

-Benjamin Franklin

All of us spent a lot of time working in front of our laptop screens or desktops. Personally speaking, I use my laptop for atleast 8 hours a day and most of this time is spent surfing and working on the internet. Given the amount of time I used to spend on my browser, using the mouse to click things soon became a very irritating task. It slowed me down and broke my thought flow. To avoid this, I learned some much needed Mozilla Firefox shortcuts that let me keep my hands on my keyboard and continue working with minimal distraction.



I will list down the most useful of these shortcuts below and will recommend everyone to learn them and start using them. Believe me, you will thank me later. I will suggest that you try out these shortcuts as you read, it will give you a better idea of what they do and will help you remember them

Ctrl-C	Copy selected text
Ctrl-V	Paste text
Ctrl-X	Cut selected text
Ctrl-Z	Undo
Ctrl-Shift-Z	Redo
'(apostrophe)	Search for links as you type
/	Search for text as you type
Ctrl-D	To bookmark the present page
Ctrl-H	To open the history page
Ctrl-R	To refresh the present page
Ctrl-T	To open a new tab
Ctrl-Shift-T	To reopen the last closed tab
Ctrl-Tab	To switch tabs (Forward direction)
Ctrl-Shift-Tab	To switch tabs (reverse direction)
Ctrl-W	To close a tab
Ctrl-Q	To close firefox

This is not an exhaustive list of shortcuts, just the ones I find very useful. Don't worry about remembering all of them. Just Ctrl-D this page and keep referring back whenever you need.

Useful Links

• Mozilla Docs

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