Safari mouse and keyboard shortcuts

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in Mac Software edited January 2014
Here's a list of shortcuts for safari. I just stumbled upon them in the debug menu and thought I'd pass them along...



Web page shortcuts

(when keyboard focus is on page background)



up/down arrow key

Scroll page vertically by a small amount (more than click on scroll bar arrow)



left/right arrow key

Scroll page horizontally by a small amount (more than click on scroll bar arrow)



option-arrow keys

Scroll page by a screenful, minus a small overlap



Command-up/down arrow key

Scroll to top-left or bottom-left corner of web page



spacebar

Scroll page down by a screenful, minus a small overlap



Delete key

Go Back



Shift-Delete key

Go Forward



Other browser window shortcuts



Page Up key/Page Down key

Scroll page by a screenful, minus a small overlap



Home key

Scroll to top-left corner of web page



Command-Home key

Go to the Home page

Command-Shift-H also does this



End key

Scroll to bottom-left corner of web page



Cmd-click a link

Open link in new window



Cmd-Shift-click a link

Open link in new window, behind current window



Option-click a link

Download file



Shift-click the Add Bookmark button

Add bookmark directly to menu



Cmd-return in address field

Open page in new window



Cmd-Shift-return in address field

Open page in new window, behind current window



Cmd-return in search field

Show search results in new window



Cmd-Shift-return in search field

Show search results in new window, behind current window



Press and hold Back or Forward button

Pop up a menu showing up to 10 back/forward entries by page title



Option-press and hold Back or Forward button

Pop up a menu showing up to 10 back/forward entries by page URL



Bookmarks view shortcuts



Delete key

Delete selected bookmarks



Return key

Start or stop editing name of selected bookmark



Tab key

When editing, move to next editable cell



Double-click

Open selected bookmark



Cmd-Double-click

Open selected bookmark in a new window



Option-click New Folder button

Put selected items in new folder



Downloads window shortcuts



Double-click on icon

Reveal downloaded file



Activity window shortcuts



Double-click

Open selected item



Menus shortcuts



Cmd-A

Select All



Cmd-B

Show/Hide Favorites Bar



Cmd-C

Copy



Cmd-D

Add Bookmark...



Cmd-E

Use Selection for Find



Cmd-F

Find...



Cmd-G

Find Next



Cmd-H

Hide Safari



Cmd-I



Cmd-J

Jump to Selection



Cmd-K



Cmd-L

Open Location...



Cmd-M

Minimize



Cmd-N

New Window



Cmd-O

Open File...



Cmd-P

Print...



Cmd-Q

Quit Safari



Cmd-R

Reload Page



Cmd-S

Save As...



Cmd-T

Show/Hide Address Toolbar



Cmd-U



Cmd-V

Paste



Cmd-W

Close



Cmd-X

Cut



Cmd-Y



Cmd-Z

Undo





Cmd-Shift-A



Cmd-Shift-B



Cmd-Shift-C



Cmd-Shift-D

Add bookmark directly to menu



Cmd-Shift-E



Cmd-Shift-F



Cmd-Shift-G

Find Previous



Cmd-Shift-H

Home

Cmd-Home also does this



Cmd-Shift-I



Cmd-Shift-J



Cmd-Shift-K



Cmd-Shift-L



Cmd-Shift-M



Cmd-Shift-N

Add Bookmark Folder...



Cmd-Shift-O



Cmd-Shift-P

Page Setup...



Cmd-Shift-Q



Cmd-Shift-R



Cmd-Shift-S



Cmd-Shift-T



Cmd-Shift-U



Cmd-Shift-V



Cmd-Shift-W



Cmd-Shift-X



Cmd-Shift-Y



Cmd-Shift-Z

Redo





Cmd-Option-A

Activity



Cmd-Option-B

Show All Bookmarks



Cmd-Option-C



Cmd-Option-D

Show/Hide Dock (System-wide)



Cmd-Option-E

Empty Cache...



Cmd-Option-F

Google Search...



Cmd-Option-G



Cmd-Option-H

Hide Others



Cmd-Option-I



Cmd-Option-J



Cmd-Option-K



Cmd-Option-L

Downloads

Cmd-Option-D is more natural, but used by the Dock



Cmd-Option-M

Mark Page for SnapBack



Cmd-Option-N



Cmd-Option-O



Cmd-Option-P

SnapBack to Page



Cmd-Option-Q



Cmd-Option-R



Cmd-Option-S

SnapBack to Search



Cmd-Option-T



Cmd-Option-U



Cmd-Option-V

View Source



Cmd-Option-W



Cmd-Option-X



Cmd-Option-Y



Cmd-Option-Z





Cmd-1 to Cmd-9

first 9 bookmarks (not folders) in Bookmarks Toolbar



Cmd-?

Safari Help



Cmd-[

Back



Cmd-]

Forward



Cmd-.

Stop



Cmd-,

Preferences...

new MacOS X standard; now in HI Guidelines



Cmd-\\

Show/Hide Status Bar



Cmd-/

Show Page Load Test Window

in Debug menu





last modified 17-January-2003 for Safari 0.9

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    Thanks!
  • Reply 2 of 4
    Cool!
  • Reply 3 of 4
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  • Reply 4 of 4
    cosmocosmo Posts: 662member
    I think it would be great if Apple could impliment mouse shortcuts like the ones found in opera to safari. I don't like opera as a browser, but the mouse shortcuts are a great feature.



    Basically your right click (command click) and drag a short distance left for back, right for forward down (or up, i can't remember) for reload, etc



    it makes browing very efficient IMO
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