We will Share in this post useful Firefox tricks which are very helpful for people using Mozilla Firefox. Every people’s favorite open-source browser, Firefox, is Best right out of the box. And by adding some of the nice extensions available out there, the browser just gets good and better. But look under the hood, and there are a bunch of hidden tips and tricks available that will crank Firefox up and pimp your browser. Make it faster, cooler, more efficient.
1. Keyboard shortcuts. This is where you become a real Jedi. It just takes a little while to learn these, but once you do, your browsing will be super fast. Here are some of the most common (and my personal favs):
Shift-Spacebar (page up)
Alt-N (find next)
Ctrl+D (bookmark page)
Spacebar (page down)
Ctrl+K (go to search box)
Ctrl+L (go to address bar)
Ctrl+T (new tab)
Ctrl+= (increase text size)
Ctrl+- (decrease text size)
Ctrl+F (find)
Ctrl-W (close tab)
F5 (reload)
Alt-Home (go to home page)
2. Mouse shortcuts. Sometimes you’re already using your mouse and it’s easier to use a mouse shortcut than to go back to the keyboard. Master these cool ones:
Middle click on link (opens in new tab)
Shift-scroll up (next page)
Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size)
Shift-scroll down (previous page)
Middle click on a tab (closes tab)
Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size)
3. Add a keyword for a bookmark. Go to your bookmarks much faster by giving them keywords. Right-click the bookmark and then select Properties. Put a short keyword in the keyword field, save it, and now you can type that keyword in the address bar and it will go to that bookmark.
Shift-Spacebar (page up)
Alt-N (find next)
Ctrl+D (bookmark page)
Spacebar (page down)
Ctrl+K (go to search box)
Ctrl+L (go to address bar)
Ctrl+T (new tab)
Ctrl+= (increase text size)
Ctrl+- (decrease text size)
Ctrl+F (find)
Ctrl-W (close tab)
F5 (reload)
Alt-Home (go to home page)
2. Mouse shortcuts. Sometimes you’re already using your mouse and it’s easier to use a mouse shortcut than to go back to the keyboard. Master these cool ones:
Middle click on link (opens in new tab)
Shift-scroll up (next page)
Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size)
Shift-scroll down (previous page)
Middle click on a tab (closes tab)
Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size)
3. Add a keyword for a bookmark. Go to your bookmarks much faster by giving them keywords. Right-click the bookmark and then select Properties. Put a short keyword in the keyword field, save it, and now you can type that keyword in the address bar and it will go to that bookmark.
4. Delete items from address bar history. Firefox’s ability to automatically show previous URLs you’ve visited, as you type, in the address bar’s drop-down history menu is very cool. But sometimes you just don’t want those URLs to show up (I won’t ask why). Go to the address bar (Ctrl-L), start typing an address, and the drop-down menu will appear with the URLs of pages you’ve visited with those letters in them. Use the down-arrow to go down to an address you want to delete, and press the Delete key to make it disappear
5. about:config. The true power user’s tool, about.config isn’t something to mess with if you don’t know what a setting does. You can get to the main configuration screen by putting about:config in the browser’s address bar.
