Ctrl + Shift Your Way Through Firefox

You asked for it, time and time again.  You told me Mitch, you awesome guy you… (ok, maybe you left out the awesome part, but I forgive you) we want more Firefox keyboard shortcuts.  I beat my keyboard till it was black and blue to find these shortcuts just for you.

Ctrl + Shift + T = Reload Closed Tab

Ctrl + Shift + R = Reload Web Page, Override Cache

Ctrl + Shift + Tab = Go Backwards When Scrolling Through Tabs (right to left)

Ctrl + Shift + G = Find Toolbar searches page backwards (down to up)

Ctrl + Shift + Del = Clear Private Data

Ctrl + Shift + D = Bookmark All Open Tabs

User Submitted Ctrl + Shift Shortcuts

Ctrl+Shift+Enter = Adds .org to the end of an address in the address bar

(thanks to Jian Li)

Ctrl + Shift + B = Organize Bookmarks

Ctrl + Shift + E = Adblockplus addon preferences

Ctrl + Shift + F = Foxmarks Addon settings

Ctrl + Shift + H = Show Browsing History

Ctrl + Shift + J = Firefox Error Console

Ctrl + Shift + L = Open selected links using the Linky addon

Ctrl + Shift + Q = Foxclock addon Zone Picker

Ctrl + Shift + S = Synchronize books using Foxmarks Addon

Ctrl + Shift + V = Show items blockable with the Adblockplus addon

Ctrl + Shift + W = Close the current window

Ctrl + Shift + X = toggle typing direction of current textbox

(thanks to KeyboardJunkie)

Need more?  Check out my previous post on all of the Ctrl key combos and shortcuts.  If you have stumbled upon any Ctrl + Shift keyboard combos I missed out on, drop in a comment and let me know.

View Comments to “Ctrl + Shift Your Way Through Firefox”

  1. KeyboardJunkie Jul 29, 2008 at 7:10 am #

    Nice article, but looks like you missed a couple ;-) I’ve listed those here:

    http://mytechieself.blogspot.com/2008/07/ctrl-shifting-firefox-and-its-popular.html

    with a link to this article, of course :-)

  2. Jian Li Jul 29, 2008 at 6:43 pm #

    Mitch,

    There’s also Ctrl+Shift+Enter, which makes a .org address in the address bar.

    I’ve listed my favorite ones at
    http://knol.google.com/k/jian-li/firefox-keyboard-shortcuts/

  3. Mitch Aug 02, 2008 at 11:33 am #

    Thanks to both of you, just added your suggestions to the list. :D

  4. Rob Czi Sep 02, 2008 at 11:47 pm #

    Hey – thanks to ALL for this great information about FireFox! I love FireFox and WILL NOT use MS IE.
    Thanks for the great contributions!

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