| Ctrl+T Full Content | Open a new tab |
| Ctrl+W | Close the current window or tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Undo close tab (re-open the last closed tab) |
| Ctrl+Tab | Switch to the next tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Switch to the previous tab |
| Ctrl+[0-9] | Switch to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. tab |
| / | Open the "Find Text As You Type" widget (bottom of screen) |
| ' | Open the "Find Links As You Type" widget (bottom of screen) |
| Ctrl+G | Find the next occurrence of a search phrase |
| Ctrl+Shift+G | Find the previous occurrence of a search phrase |
| Ctrl+K | Move cursor to the Web Search widget (top right of screen) |
Some of these shortcut keys need additional notes:
- Ctrl+W will close the current tab. If there is only one tab left, it will close the window, exiting Firefox.
- Think of Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab as analogies to Alt+Tab andAlt+Shift+Tab. Whereas the Firefox shortcut keys (using Ctrl) switch between tabs, the Windows shortcut keys (using Alt) switch between windows.
- Just to be clear, Ctrl+[0-9] actually means Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+3, etc. Here,Ctrl+0 will switch you to the 10th tab.
- The "Find Text As You Type" widget that appears at the bottom of your Firefox browser when you press / looks like this:
Type in a phrase and Firefox will move the browser window to the first occurrence of the phrase in the website. Ctrl+G finds the next occurrences andCtrl+Shift+G finds previous.
Figure 1 - Search Widget
- Note that instead of searching through a whole website, you can search just through the links on a website by using the ' shortcut key.
- If the search phrase you entered highlights a link, you can simply press Enter to navigate to that link.
- Pressing Ctrl+K moves your cursor to the Web Search widget, which looks something like this:
Once your cursor is there, you can type in a search phrase, press enter, and you're on your way to Google.
Figure 2 - Web Search Widget
Example Scenario
Go to the Xbox & Games website from www.microsoft.com
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