Use mouse shortcuts to perform common tasks in Firefox

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  • Revision id: 865
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  • Creator: Chris Ilias
  • Comment: s/cmd/command (bug 523783)
  • Reviewed: No
  • Ready for localization: Yes
  • Readied for localization by: AnonymousUser
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This is a list of the most common mouse shortcuts in Mozilla Firefox.


||Command|Shortcut Back|AltOpt+Scroll DownShift+Scroll Down Forward|AltOpt+Scroll up Shift+Scroll up Zoom In|Ctrl+Scroll up Zoom Out|Ctrl+Scroll down Close Tab|Middle-click on Tab New Tab|Double-Click on Tab Bar Open in Background Tab*|Ctrlcommand+Left-click
Middle-click Open in Foreground Tab*|Ctrlcommand+Shift+Left-click
Shift+Middle-click Open in New Window|Shift+Left-click Copy Tab or Bookmark|CtrlOpt+Drag Reload (override cache)|Shift+Reload button Save Page As|AltOpt+Left-clickN/A Scroll line by line|Ctrlcommand+ScrollAltOpt+Scroll||

  • The Open Foreground and Background Tab shortcuts will be switched if the When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately setting is enabled in the Tabs settings panel.