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Revision Status S Editor R Comment
Current MT Lucas Siebert Shortcut fix
Approved M AliceWyman resubmitted (see bug 1725650)
Approved M AliceWyman edit to pending revision {for mac} Open Context Menu click->select (see bug 1725650)
Approved M AliceWyman Miscellaneous: {for mac} Open Context Menu (bug 1725650)
Approved M Paul Staff approval required. See bug 1917948.
Approved M user19503961022152242870412723300572780461 added a link to the Picture-in-Picture (PiP) shortcuts
Approved M AliceWyman updated Caret Browsing link {for mac}
Approved M AliceWyman deleted pre-fx115 content (fx64, fx84)
Approved M Mozinet moved a {/for} (see discussion)
Approved M AliceWyman updated links to renamed article
Approved M Michele Rodaro Open Focused Link/Open Search in New Foreground Tab: The name of the setting has changed
Approved M AliceWyman Caret Browsing link change; Options/Preferences -> Settings
Approved M pieleric Add shortcut for Task manager (Shift + Esc)
Approved M cor-el noticed one missing trailing ';' in fn+↓ that got missed with the previous fixes
Approved MT Paul Staff review required. Further to bug 1841833. For fx116 added as requested directly by staff.
Approved   Mozinet purged pre-89 content, and minor edits
Approved M AliceWyman PDF Viewer "Zoom in" &#43->+
Approved   AliceWyman Developer shortcuts: updated link to Firefox Source Docs
Approved   AliceWyman updated links to renamed articles
Approved M Sam Foster Remove note about customizable Screenshot keyboard shortcut. This is no longer true - see bug 1739734
Approved M AliceWyman combined revisons 223675 and 228555 from previous two editors.
Unreviewed   Roberto Jimeno The Scratchpad tool has been deprecated as of Firefox 70, yet the documentation for keyboard shortcuts did not match.
Unreviewed   Roberto Jimeno The Scratchpad tool has been deprecated as of Firefox 70, yet the documentation for keyboard shortcuts did not match.
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Switch Search Engine
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Web Search with Default Search Engine
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Web Search with Default Search Engine
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Selection of Multiple Tabs
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Web Search with Default Search Engine, Selection of Multiple Tabs
Approved M AliceWyman fx88 Add-ons and Themes
Unreviewed   Fabi [Fx88] Add-ons and Themes
Reviewed M Fabi [Fx88] Add-ons and Themes
Approved M Standard8 Show all bookmarks change of key, and bookmarks toolbar addition only happened in FF 84, see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1328637. Update due to report in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1701595
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Backspace
Approved M user250587125254916728074441923756670802156 the developer toolbar has been removed
Approved M Franz_von_Suppe Show All Tabs, Show All Bookmarks, Show List of All Bookmarks
Approved M Angela Lazar Screenshot shortcut updated (Bug 1685471)
Approved M Chris Peterson Backspace and Shift+Backspace were removed as keyboard shortcuts for back/forward page navigation in Firefox bug 1041377. The shortcuts were removed in Firefox version 86, but there's no harm in removing them from documentation for Firefox versions < 86.
Approved M soucet table fix (there are only 2 columns)
Approved M Angela Lazar Remove door hanger term
Approved M Angela Lazar Updated bookmarks shortcuts based on bug 1328637 changes
Approved M Andrew Siplas Edited to reflect that screenshot function shortcut is customizable.
Unreviewed   yura.zenevich Expanded F6 description to include pop-ups and door hangers in addition to frames.
Unreviewed   Andrés B.S. I was curious to see where the shortcut for a screenshot was... Ctrl+Shift+S made sense, but I checked here and it was not listed. I don't have a Mac so, please, someone test it there.
Approved M Franz_von_Suppe Open Address or Search in New Background Tab
Approved M Franz_von_Suppe location -> address, Go Down/Up a Screen, Redo, Switch search engine, Ctrl+K, Focus Next Bookmark/Folder, Selection of Multiple Tabs
Approved M Angela Lazar Updated shortcut linux
Approved M Joni added page info for windows
Reviewed M milleplateaux Suggest a few keyboard-shortcut extensions, rather than only Saka Key. Previously it looked like Firefox specifically endorsed Saka Key (e.g. https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/akaepk/tridactyl_vs_saka_key_the_best_vimlike_interface/).
Approved M Gingerbread Man Second attempt; bug 364845 actually removed the focus requirement from Move Tab Left/Right.
Unreviewed   Gingerbread Man Attempt to clarify the quirky move tab shortcuts following bug 1586540.
Approved M Joni edited per bug 1436086
Approved M Franz_von_Suppe Selection of Multiple Tabs, Cancel Drag-and-Drop Operation, Clear Search Field in Library or Sidebar, Close a Menu, Show List of All Bookmarks, Save Focused Link, Toggle Context Menu
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Save Focused Link, Open Address in New Window, Open Search in New Background/Foreground Tab, Go to Search Field in the Library, Go one Tab to the Left/Right
Approved M Franz_von_Suppe Go one Tab to the Left/Right, Open Address in New Window
Approved M AliceWyman 404 link for mac deleted; other edits
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Cycle through Tabs in Recently Used Order
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Next Tab, Previous Tab, Open Bookmark/Link in Tab
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Cycle through Tabs in Recently Used Order, Open Address in New Window, Text Selection Tool, Hand Tool, Change the Default Search Engine
Approved M Franz_von_Suppe Focus not required to move tab, Stop Autoscroll Mode
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe corrected Move Tab to Start/End
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe added link to mouse shortcuts
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Open Address in New Window
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Save Focused Link, Open Address in New Window, Go to Search Field in the Library
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Focus Link, Editing, Search for all Bookmarks
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Go to Search Field in the Library
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Cycle through Tabs
Unreviewed   Franz_von_Suppe Go Down a Screen, Go to Bottom of Page, Go to Top of Page, Change the Default Search Engine, Close Tab, Open Focused Bookmark or Link in Current Tab/New Tab/New Window
Approved M AliceWyman replaced/removed Search bar links
Reviewed M Smylers ‘App Tabs’ no longer called that
Approved M Underpass internal link for "pinned tabs"
Unreviewed   Underpass AFAICS, the CTRL+F4 shortcut has no effect anymore
Approved M gijs Uncomment the fx64 section now that 64 and 65 are in the version dropdown.
Approved M AliceWyman {for fx64} Miscellaneous section hidden until Firefox 64 is added to the version picker - see discussion
Approved M AliceWyman edit to pending revision: Mozilla Developer Network -> MDN Web Docs
Unreviewed   AliceWyman removed en-US from MDN link.
Approved M guigs I updated the developer mdn link and pushed to publish.
Unreviewed   gijs Removing a stray 'for'
Unreviewed   gijs Bug 237027 changed shortcuts in the location bar for completion to various domains.
Unreviewed   Andy Undo accidental edit I made at line 42 from previous revision.
Unreviewed   Andy Add info to move Tab in focus to start/end and other minor changes
Unreviewed   dongj add <kbd>spacebar<kbd> for page down command
Approved M Artist opening "Network" (Tools section) was changed from key Q to key E in fx55
Unreviewed   Underpass closing missing {/for} (thanks Tonnes!)
Unreviewed   Underpass In Linux, "Quit" is CTRL+Q (as in other applications)
Unreviewed   Tonnes fix /for
Approved M Joergen Added linux to Moves the URL left or right again (seulgi bypassed my latest revision) .
Approved M gijs https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1438308 changed the reader mode shortcut
Unreviewed   gijs Add quit/exit shortcut
Unreviewed   SeulGi Choi fix table color to be matched as its rows'
Unreviewed   Joergen Added linux to Moves the URL left or right
Approved M Joni correction to new shortcut (flush url left or right)
Approved M Joni Added new shortcut per bug 1438686
Approved M AliceWyman combined notes for Mac and Saka key and removed {for fx57} (Saka key works in other fx versions)
Unreviewed   AliceWyman updated note for mac to current Apple instructions (see discussion)
Unreviewed   YFdyh000 Add a note to present Saka key extension
Approved M Andreas Wagner Remove link to legacy add-on.
Unreviewed   Gingerbread Man +Browser Toolbox; -Menu Wizard legacy add-on
Unreviewed   Underpass it seems the trick works even downwards...
Approved M Joni added note re: Mac system shortcuts
Approved M Cynthia Pereira Quick trick to "up screen" without PageUp or FN keys.
Approved M Underpass tab groups have been removed from Firefox 45 +
Approved M Chris Ilias remove "Show/Hide Add-on Bar"
Approved M Chris Ilias moved for tags outside of History and Miscellaneous tables. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly/discuss/6816
Approved M Chris Ilias purge pre-fx38 content
Approved M Chris Ilias toggle reader shortcut on mac uses option, not ctrl
Approved M Underpass new shortcut for reader mode in fx50
Approved   AliceWyman updated link to renamed Search bar article
Approved M FreedomFighterSparrow [ffs] As Customizable Shortcuts extension was removed, direct users to Menu WIzard which seems to be a good replacement
Unreviewed   Paul Note regarding an add-on removed as the add-on is no longer available.
Approved M Underpass added shortcut for muting/unmuting tabs
Approved M Joni added link to developer shortcuts
Approved M John99 Adjust intra kb links. Note for L10N. See discussion.
Reviewed M Tonnes Table markup - see Discussion
Approved M otherechoes No changes made - all shortcuts working in latest Firefox version as intended.
Approved M Samuel Bronson Attempt to clarify what Alt/F10 do, and that they are alternatives
Approved M Hossain Al Ikram edited for fixing bug 1105147
Approved   scootergrisen Tables was broke - so i fixed them
Approved M AliceWyman updated links based on renamed articles, "Create bookmarks to save your favorite webpages" and "Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox"
Approved   rrthomas Fix a malapropism
Approved M Joni Added mac and linux for page down/up
Reviewed M razzkal ctrl-shift-h removed and "History sidebar" changed to "History tab"
Unreviewed   skan1 Added go up a screen and go down a screen
Approved M Joni correction: "for max"="for mac"
Unreviewed   Ede_123 Add to previous edit (actually there are two different shortcuts with different modifiers, doing two different things)
Reviewed M Ede_123 Modifier for changing search engine is the "access" key, not the "alt" key (at least on Windows)
Reviewed M Swarnava Sengupta Swapped k with j for next page and j with k for previous page on line 298 and 301 respectively of the pdf viewer section.
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta removed share article
Approved M Jonas Jenwald PDF Viewer: Uppercase current keys and add the new shortcuts available in Firefox 29
Approved M Gingerbread Man Esc doesn't stop animated GIFs since bug 614304.
Approved MT Aleksej PDF viewer: swapped "j" and "k" — the directions are actually like in Vim.
Approved M Michael Verdi added clear recent history to history section for fx21+
Unreviewed   Michele Rodaro Tools shortcuts: Mac keys (command+alt+...) - Style Editor/Profiler/Developer Toolbar/Scratchpad same keys also for Mac - Clear Recent History moved into History menu since Fx 21.
Approved M Matt Brubeck Devtools shortcuts changed in Fx25 (bug 891556)
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta updated command key to alt key
Approved M mrthetooth The shortcuts "command+up arrow" and "command+down arrow" allow Mac users to navigate to the top and bottom of a page. I added these shortcuts because Macs generally do not have a seperate Home and End key, so the current suggestions were not helpful.
Approved M Michael Verdi Added missing {/for} to last revision
Unreviewed   kobe fixed last one
Unreviewed   kobe Error Console => Browser Console
Approved M scoobidiver sorted developer tools, Network in Fx 23, new PDF Viewer shorcuts
Unreviewed   twiss Reflect fx20 per-window private browsing (introduces an empty row, is that bad?) (includes previous changes)
Unreviewed   Tonnes Remove line breaks introduced in r38413, capitalize PDF viewer strings like the rest (includes previous 2 edits)
Unreviewed   Swarnava Sengupta update profiler shortcut
Unreviewed   soucet added missing }, line 145
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added PDF Viewer shortcut
Approved   Joshua Smith Fixed "Move current tab" shortcuts for Firefox 20. If I see more incorrect shortcuts I'll make another revision.
Approved M Gids Added shortcut for paste as plain text
Approved M user02 Added key for stopping GIF animation
Approved M scoobidiver fixed links, note updated for mac, drop support for fx35
Approved M scoobidiver merged ideato's revision
Unreviewed   ideato select or manage search engines, shortcut - link in kb article
Unreviewed   scottedwards2000 added note on how to change focus to current tab, so you can use those shortcuts that require it
Unreviewed   scoobidiver Developer Toolbar for Fx 16
Unreviewed   scoobidiver New developer tools, fixed links, drop support for fx35, fx4, fx5, fx6
Approved M Michael Verdi New 160 character search summary
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added the Share this article template
Approved M Michael Verdi Added Style Editor for Win, Linux. Made Scratchpad for Win, linux only
Approved M cor-el "Select Last Tab" shouldn't have {for fx4}
Reviewed   AliceWyman to toggle Full Screen on my Win7 HP laptop I have to use {key fn} + {key F11} - see discussion here:
Approved   Tonnes Find bars -> Find bar
Approved M scoobidiver merge Dingster's edit about Close Tab Groups View with rev id 17571
Reviewed   Dingster Added the "ESC" key for closing the Tab Groups View. Unfortunately, I don't know if it also works on Mac & Linux
Unreviewed   scoobidiver added Inspect shortcut for fx8
Unreviewed   scoobidiver new zoom article name, add a link to "Viewing video in Firefox without a plugin"
Approved M scoobidiver Esc closes Find Bars when focused
Approved M mkupper Update Quick Find descriptions and added ESC that can close/hide all three find bars
Approved M scoobidiver removed line separations, Del for Win and Linux, moved search engines shortcut
Approved M Michael Verdi Added underscores to empty rows - creates a horizontal line between rows
Unreviewed   Michael Verdi replaced Arrow text with symbols
Unreviewed   Michael Verdi broke apart nested markup for the rest of the article
Unreviewed   scoobidiver Work in progress (just on the Navigation section): use of arrow key symbols
Unreviewed   Michael Verdi Work in progress (just on the Navigation section): broke apart nested markup, added an empty row between items for better readablility
Approved M scoobidiver reorganized Web developer section, added scratchpad shortcut
Unreviewed   scoobidiver missing {/for} in Search Bar added
Unreviewed   scoobidiver replaced not fx35 by fx4, added Previous and Next Tab Group (Ctrl on all OSes), Ctrl+E and F6 are fx35 specific, Ctrl+W not for App Tabs, ref. to Customized Shortcuts extension
Unreviewed   John Hawkinson It's Ctrl under Linux, too. Now tested on all 3 platforms (sigh...)
Reviewed   John Hawkinson Prev/Next Tab Group on Mac OSX is actually Ctrl *not* Command. (surprise!)
Reviewed   brix22 Fixed formatting and updated to include both "Next Tab Group" and "Previous Tab Group". Please confirm that ~ is accurate for non-US keyboards or use my other April 29th edit which used backtick.
Unreviewed   brix22 Added shortcuts for Next Tab Group and Previous Tab group. Please confirm that Mac implementation is correct (using Command + `).
Reviewed   geek-no-glasses Under Misc, added "Hide context (right-click) Menu" - useful on Google Maps, etc.
Unreviewed   Kadir Topal The ctrl+e shortcurt was removed in Firefox 4.0
Reviewed   heartnetkung add ctrl+shift+~ to the windows&tab section since i found this shortcut to be really useful, not sure about mac or linux though.
Approved M scoobidiver merged TomW's (Tab Groups View) and underpass's (Toggle menu bar) edit
Unreviewed   TomW Added Shortcut for Panorama View
Unreviewed   Underpass the F10 shortcut is available even in Linux/Mac if the menu bar is hidden. Thus the line could be deFORed
Approved M scoobidiver removed {for not fx35, mac} that does not work, remaining fx4 tags.
Approved M Kadir Topal fixed issue with "for" for mac
Unreviewed   Michael Verdi fixed some markup, F1 doesn't work in fx4, made webm heading fx4, fixed mac history sidebar shortcut and linux downloads shortcut
Unreviewed   Kadir Topal removed shortcut for history window on Mac
Unreviewed   Cheng Wang replace for fx4 with for not fx35
Unreviewed   Cheng Wang Fixed markup
Reviewed   Tonnes typos (or GB vs. US style?)
Unreviewed   scoobidiver added sections, missing & fx4 shorcuts, and WebM video, fixed table layout, removed keywords
Approved M Michael Verdi removed duplicate sections at the end
Unreviewed   smo added two suggestions for simplification
Unreviewed   smo back to holy cowiki notation - plus trying to make two columns
Reviewed   smo changed back to pure wiki table formation
Unreviewed   smo added two more groups as suggested in the thread
Approved MT smo a major reshuffle - just a suggestion! - smo
Approved   Cheng Wang fix + key
Approved M Cheng Wang fix table layout
Unreviewed   Cheng Wang Remove fx3 content
Approved MT Cheng Wang Fixed tables
Unreviewed   BijuGC Remove F6 from "Select Location Bar" F6 actually switch between frames. Which is similar to many other applications from DOS times
Approved   Chris Ilias s/cmd/command (bug 523783)

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