You must have already noticed that I am a huge fan of FireFox as a great SEO tool I can’t live without. So today I am sharing a few FireFox shortcuts and tips to optimize your browser.
Built-in shortcuts:
From official shortcuts (I’ve selected those that speed up some daily SEO tasks):
| Command | Windows | Mac | Linux |
| Find Links As You Type | ‘ (apostrophe) | ‘ (apostrophe) | ‘ (apostrophe) |
| Open Context Menu | Shift+F10 | Ctrl+Space | Shift+F10 |
| Open History Window | Ctrl+H | Cmd+Shift+H | Ctrl+H |
| Force Reload (not from cache) | Ctrl+Shift+R | Cmd+Shift+R | Ctrl+Shift+R |
| Select All Text in Location Bar (e.g. to quickly copy it) |
Ctrl+L or Alt+D | Cmd+L | Ctrl+L or Alt+D |
| Move to Next/Previous Link or Form Element in a Web Page | Tab/Shift+Tab | Tab/Shift+Tab | Tab/Shift+Tab |
| View Page Information | Ctrl+I | Cmd+I | Ctrl+I |
| View Page Source | Ctrl+U | Cmd+U | Ctrl+U |
Change Shortcuts / Set Your Own:
Key Config is a great FireFox extension that enables you to set your own shortcuts for any task you perform regularly.
You can also have a look at the tool wiki; I for one found the tool quite very easy to use.
Access it via Tools (in FireFox menus), and edit, reset or disable any existing shortcut or add your own key:
One more great thing about the tool is that it will also allow you to change any shortcuts for any addon you installed.
P.S. If you are a fan of using keyboard shortcuts (and per my experience they can considerably increase your productivity), here is also a few ways to add keyboard shortcuts to Google search.
Ann,
This speed up my work. Thanks a lot
Thanks you Ann, very useful for my daily Google check :-)
Great tips. Thank you Ann
Great tips. Thank you Ann :)
Hi Ann,
Thanks a lot….its really helpful for me…
try to add more shortcuts..
Thanks for some additional tips to add to the trick bag, Ann. Very clever, as ever.