I have been frustrated for some time – having to click to change tabs in firefox as opposed to using a alt-tab like solution for changing tabs. However today whilst using my wifes laptop – with a slightly different keyboard layout than mine, i accidently discovered that Ctrl + tab will change the tab you are viewing in firefox!
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Hi Mate. Glad you finally figured this out. That key combo works in most other browsers, including Internet Explorer 7, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari.
It is certainly a convenient keyboard shortcut to change tabs…
It has always annoyed me – cause I could never figure it out – no one I work with knew it either…we are probably all just slow!!
Ctrl + F4 = Close tab
Ctrl + W = Close Tab
Ctrl + T = New Tab
Ctrl + N = New Window
Crtl + O = Open a local file
Crtl + P = Print
Ctrl + F = Search (find)
Crtl + G = Find Again
Ctrl + R = Refresh
Ctrl + U = Show Source Code
Ctrl + L = Select address bar to input URL
Ctrl + Shift + R = Clear cache and reload page
Ctrl + Shift + H = Show History
Ctrl + Shift + Delete = Clear private data
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Hey M8 –
That really was a time saving tip that you could possibly even sell. Anyone know the shortcut for how to return to previous tab opened…
Cheers.
go to http://www.mouserunner.com/FF_Shortcuts1Printable.html for all firefox short cuts.
my favourite is Ctrl + 1-9 and it goes to that tab number.
Ctrl+Shift+tab shift through tabs backwards
wow. this was really work
Thanks a million times. i’va always wanted to be able to do this, it also works in IE8
Thank you very much.. i was looking for this for many days but i didn’t try to search on the web..
it’s too good to know this. it’s working gr8 on the IE8.
thanks a lot. can we change the keys for this work? for example Ctrl+Arrow up or down?
thanx ya… i hve been wanting to know about it.. it’s a time saving..
Thank you! It’s very useful.
thanks guys…
its really useful…
thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!
You guys made my day!!
Wow, I’ve been searching the net 4 this for some time now like 2 years finally its like magic!
Drop the shift and go through forward 🙂
Great. I was looking for a way to manipulate the Tabs and Windows in Windows… These techniques and shortcuts are an amazing asset and I really appreciate them being available to the public! And yes, they work great in Chrome!
You are a star! Thank you ever so much
Thank You! Exactly what I was looking for. Much appreciation.
Wow! This all really works. My friend would do all this stuff with her computer, and she would never tell me how, leaving me to figure it out. For a minute I would think she was magical. haha jk(: This seriously helps. Thanks!
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