Use mouse shortcuts to perform common tasks in Firefox

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This is a list of mouse shortcuts in Mozilla Firefox. The shortcuts only work if they are not used by the desktop environment or window manager.

See also: Keyboard shortcuts.

Command Shortcut
Back Alt + Scroll downoption + Scroll down
Forward Alt + Scroll upoption + Scroll up
Zoom In Ctrlcontrol + Scroll up
Zoom Out Ctrlcontrol + Scroll down
Close Tab Middle-click on Tab
Open Link in new Tab Middle-click on Link
New Tab Middle-click on Tab Bar
Open Link in New Background Tab* Ctrlcommand + Left-click Link
Middle-click Link
Open Link in New Foreground Tab* Ctrl + Shiftcommand + shift + Left-click Link
Shiftshift + Middle-click Link
Open Link or Bookmark in New Window Shiftshift + Left-click Link or Bookmark (not in Library)
Reload (override cache) Shiftshift + Reload button
Open Bookmark in New Foreground Tab Ctrlcommand + Left-click Bookmark (not in Library)
Middle-click Bookmark
Open Bookmark in New Background Tab Ctrl + Shiftcommand + shift + Left-click Bookmark (not in Library)
Shiftshift + Middle-click Bookmark
Duplicate Current Tab in New Foreground Tab Middle-click on Reload button
Ctrlcommand + Click on Reload button
Duplicate Current Tab in New Background Tab Shiftshift + Middle-click on Reload button
Ctrl + Shiftcommand + shift + Click on Reload button
Duplicate Tab or Bookmark Ctrloption + Drag tab or bookmark
Save Link Altoption + Left-Click on Link1
Windows-Key + Alt + Left-Click on Link1
1) when browser.altClickSave is set to true (as in the Configuration Editor), which is not the default.

Drag link to Downloads button
Scroll down or up one Page Click the lower or upper light part of the vertical scrollbarRight-Click the lower or upper light part of the vertical scrollbar
Scroll Right Shift + Turn mouse wheel down
Scroll Left Shift + Turn mouse wheel up
Start Autoscroll Mode (if enabled in the OptionsPreferences) Middle-click on page
Scroll in Autoscroll Mode Move mouse
Stop Autoscroll Mode Click
Middle-click
Turn mouse wheel
Move Tab Drag Tab to desired position on tab bar (also between windows)
Move Tab to New Window Drag Tab to Address Bar or Page
Create Bookmark for Tab, Link or Selected URL Drag Tab, Link or Selected URL to Bookmarks Toolbar or Sidebar
Open All Bookmarks of a Folder in New Tabs or a New Window (except those in subfolders) New Tabs (first bookmark is opened in foreground tab):
Middle-click the bookmark folder
Ctrlcommand + Click the bookmark folder

New Background Tabs:
Shift + Middle-click the bookmark folder
Ctrl + Shiftcommand + shift + Click the bookmark folder

New Window:
Shift + Click the bookmark folder

Go Back or Forward but in a New Foreground Tab Middle-click the corresponding button
Ctrl + Click the corresponding button
Go Back or Forward but in a New Background Tab Shift + Middle-click the corresponding button
Ctrl + Shiftcommand + shift + Click the corresponding button
Open the Home Page in a New Foreground Tab Middle-Click Home Page Button
Ctrlcommand + Click Home Page Button
Go Back, Forward or to the Home Page but in a New Window Shift + Click the corresponding button
Open New Foreground Tab to the Right of Current Tab Middle-Click New-Tab Button
Ctrlcommand + Click New-Tab Button
Open New Background Tab to the Right of Current Tab Shift + Middle-Click New-Tab Button
Ctrl + Shiftcommand + shift + Click New-Tab Button
Open New Tab in New Window Shift + Click New-Tab Button
Open Bookmark, Link or Selected URL in an Existing Tab Drag Bookmark, Link or Selected URL to Tab
Open Bookmark, Link or Selected URL in a New Background Tab beside an Existing Tab* Drag Bookmark, Link or Selected URL beside Existing Tab
Open Bookmark, Link or Selected URL in a New Foreground Tab beside an Existing Tab* Shift + Drag Bookmark, Link or Selected URL beside Existing Tab
Search the Web for Selected Text (not a URL) with the Default Search Engine in an Existing Tab, New Background Tab* or New Foreground Tab* Existing Tab:
Drag Selected Text to Tab

New Background Tab*:
Drag Selected Text beside Existing Tab

New Foreground Tab*:
Shift + Drag Selected Text beside Existing Tab

Add Existing Tag to Bookmark Drag Bookmark to Tag in Library
Focus the Page Click the page or the dark part of a scrollbar
Select Text
  1. Click at the beginning of the text
  2. Shift + Click at the end of the text
Select a Word Double-Click the Word
Select a Paragraph Triple-Click the Paragraph
Scroll the Tab Bar (when it cannot show all tabs)
  1. Put the mouse cursor on the tab bar
  2. Turn the mouse wheel
Scroll the Tab Bar by one page (when it cannot show all tabs) Double-Click the left or right arrow button on the tab bar
Scroll to Beginning or End of Tab Bar (when it cannot show all tabs) Triple-Click the left or right arrow button on the tab bar
Set Tab, Bookmark, Link or Selected URL as New Home Page Drag Tab, Bookmark, Link or Selected URL to Home Page Button
Set All Bookmarks of a Folder (except those in subfolders) as New Home Pages Drag Bookmark Folder to Home Page Button
Set Selected Tabs as New Home Pages Drag Selected Tabs to Home Page Button

* These Open Foreground and Background Tab shortcuts will be switched if the setting When you open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately is enabled in the General settings panel.

Selection of Multiple Tabs

Command Shortcut
Select a tab. Deselect all other tabs. Click the tab
Select or deselect a tab. The other tabs stay selected or deselected. Ctrlcommand + Click the tab
Select a tab and the most recently clicked or Ctrlcommand-clicked selected tab and all tabs inbetween. Deselect all other tabs. Shiftshift + Click the tab
Like above but the other tabs stay selected or deselected. Ctrl + Shiftcommand + shift + Click the tab