Browser Mouse Shortcuts
by Suganya[ Edit ] 2007-05-16 11:03:54
List of the most common mouse shortcuts :
Command | Firefox | IE | Opera |
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Goes back to previous pages[Back] | Shift + ScrollDown | Shift + ScrollDown | Shift + ScrollDown |
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Will Close the Tab | Middleclick onTab | NA | Shift + Left Click |
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Decreases the Text size | Ctrl + ScrollUp | Ctrl+ ScrollUp | Ctrl + ScrollUp |
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Goes To the next Pages[Forward] | Shift + ScrollUp | Shift + ScrollUp | Shift + ScrollUp |
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Increases the Text size | Ctrl + ScrollDown | Ctrl + ScrollDown | Ctrl + ScrollDown |
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Opens New Tab | DoubleClick on Tab Bar | NA | DoubleClick on Tab Bar |
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Open the link in Background Tab | Ctrl + LeftClick + MiddleClick | NA | Ctrl + Shift + MiddleClick + LeftClick |
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Open the the Link in the Foreground Tab | Ctrl + Shift + LeftClick or Shift + MiddleClick or Ctrl + LeftClick | NA | Shift + LeftClick |
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Open the Link in New Window | Shift + LeftClick | Shift + LeftClick | NA |
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Scroll Line by Line | Alt + Scroll | NA | NA |
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*)A Middle-click on windows will closes a tab by default. In Linux it pastes whatever is currently in the Clipboard and visits that site or performs a search. This can be changed by setting the middlemouse.contentLoadURL pref to either true (for the Content Load URL feature) or false (for closing the tab).
*)Ctrl + LeftClick opens the link in a background tab which will keep you navigating on the page you clicked the link on.
*)Ctrl + Shift + LeftClick opens the link in a Foreground tab.
*)If you want to reverse this behavior, select Tools -> Options, click on Tabs in Menu and select the option check the When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately option.