Speed up your Use of Tabs

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Speed up your Use of Tabs

There are a number of keyboard shortcuts that will speed-up your use of Firefox and tabs

Keyboard Shortcuts

Rather than using the drop-down menus and selecting File / New Tab, you can just use the keyboard shortcut <crtl>t to open a new tab.

To navigate between tabs, the keyboard shortcuts <crtl><tab> and <crtl><shift><tab> jump to the next or previous open tabs.

To close the current tab, press <ctrl>w.

To re-open the last tab you just closed, press <ctrl><shift>t.

While not a keyboard shortcut, to close all your tabs, except the one you have on, just right-click on the tab and select "Close other Tabs".

Key Action

<ctrl>t Open a new tab

<ctrl><tab> Jump to next tab

<ctrl><shift><tab> Jump to previous tab

<ctrl>w Close the current tab

<ctrl><shift>t Re-open the last closed tab

Option Settings

Under the drop-down menu, select Tools / Options... to open the Options dialog.

Choose the Tabs tab.

I recommend choosing the options to "New pages should be opened in: a new tab" and "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately".

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! ***

These options in combination with the keyboard shortcuts above should make browsing a little faster experience.

Best of all, your hands never leave the keyboard unnecessarily.

Tags: Firefox

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