Mouse shortcuts

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This is a list of the most common mouse shortcuts in Mozilla Firefox.

Firefox 2:

CommandShortcut
BackAltOpt+Scroll DownShift+Scroll Down
Close TabMiddle-click on Tab
Decrease Text SizeCtrl+Scroll up
ForwardAltOpt+Scroll up Shift+Scroll up
Increase Text SizeCtrl+Scroll down
New TabDouble-Click on Tab Bar
Open in Background TabCtrlCmd+Left-click
Middle-click
Open in Foreground TabCtrlCmd+Shift+Left-click
Shift+Middle-click
Open in New WindowShift+Left-click
Paste URL and Go1Middle-click on Tab
Reload (override cache)Shift+Reload button
Save Page AsAltOpt+Left-click
Scroll line by lineCtrlCmd+ScrollAltOpt+Scroll

Firefox 3:

CommandShortcut
BackAltOpt+Scroll DownShift+Scroll Down
ForwardAltOpt+Scroll up Shift+Scroll up
Zoom InCtrl+Scroll up
Zoom OutCtrl+Scroll down
Close TabMiddle-click on Tab
New TabDouble-Click on Tab Bar
Open in Background TabCtrlCmd+Left-click
Middle-click
Open in Foreground TabCtrlCmd+Shift+Left-click
Shift+Middle-click
Open in New WindowShift+Left-click
Copy Tab or BookmarkCtrl+DragN/A
Paste URL and Go1Middle-click on Tab
Reload (override cache)Shift+Reload button
Save Page AsAltOpt+Left-clickN/A
Scroll line by lineCtrlCmd+ScrollAltOpt+Scroll

1 By default clicking the middle mouse button on a tab closes the tab. If desired, you can change the middle-click behavior. Set the middlemouse.contentLoadURL preference to either true (for the Content Load URL feature) or false (for closing the selected tab).


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