The basics

Most of these are pretty generic, but good for someone who is starting out with keyboard shortcuts:

Window Management

• cmd + n - New window (similar to most apps)
• cmd + t - New tab (similar to most apps)
• cmd + 1 / ... / cmd + 8 - Jump to tab 1, 2, 3, ..., 8
• cmd + 9 - Jump to last tab (regardless of how many there are)

Core functionality

• cmd + r - Reload the page
• cmd + shift + r - Reload the page, ignoring cache (useful when checking for most recent changes - e.g. checking github status or checking a blog has been updated 🙄)
• cmd + y - Open history

Zoom

• cmd + "+" - Zoom in
• cmd + "-" - Zoom out
• cmd + 0 - Reset zoom to default (always handy if you've been playing with settings!)

Navigation

Most of my time spent browsing, I'm simply viewing information (scrolling up/down) or "clicking" on things. The below shortcuts can help you move around more quickly:

• spacebar / ↓ / pg down- Scroll down
• shift + spacebar / ↑ / pg up - Scroll up
• cmd + l - Jump to URL bar

Navigating links

• ' - navigate links so you can click on them, just start typing to find the link you want (just don't wait too long or it'll close the panel automatically)
• f3 (or cmd + g) - if there is more than one match, navigate to the next match
• shift + f3 - if there is more than one match, navigate to the previous match

Note: these shortcuts don't work if the website you are using "intercepts" key presses (e.g. Google puts you straight back in the search bar if you start typing)

Navigating bookmarks

One of the things I love about firefox is the ability to add "keywords". If I add the keyword "aws" to a bookmark I can simply type "aws" in the address bar and hit Enter to navigate to that page. Super fast! ⚡

I have "keywords" configured for all my most common bookmarks and I keep them short for ultimate speed!

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