Firefox For Dummies

2017-07-07 02:10:07

The shortcuts found in Table B-2 let you open, select, and close tabs from the keyboard.

Table B-2: Keyboard Shortcuts for Tabbed Browsing
Action	Windows	Mac
Open the address in a new tab	Alt+Enter	Option+Enter
Open the focused link in new tab (see Figure B-1)	Ctrl+Enter	+Enter
Open a new tab	Ctrl+T	+T
Select the next tab	Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Page Down	+Tab or +Page Down
Select the previous tab	Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+Page Up	+Shift+Tab or +Page Up
Select a specific tab (see Figure B-1)	Ctrl+[1 to 9]^[*]
Close the selected tab	Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4	+W or +F4
^[*]The number corresponds to the tab you want to select. The leftmost tab is 1, its neighbor is 2, and so on. There is no keyboard shortcut for accessing the 10th tab or higher.

Figure B-1: Firefox's new tabbed browsing has much to offer.

To select an open tab, hold Ctrl (or on Macintosh) and then press the number corresponding to the tab you want to select. Tabs are numbered in order — the leftmost tab is 1, its neighbor is 2, and so forth.

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