Back and forward in a web browser!
A great tip submitted by Charles S. Branch: Back and forward in a web browser! When you are browsing the web and you want to go back or forward, instead of bringing your mouse all the way to the top bar, you can use a simple keyboard shortcut. The keyboard shortcut works in all Safari, Firefox and Camino. To use it, the cursor mustn't be in any text box. So if it doesn't work, make sure you are not in a text box. The shortcut is "Command-Left arrow" and "Command-Right arrow". What I noticed is that Firefox performs this operation much more quickly than Safari. It is as though Safari has to reload the page (it takes less time to load the page because part of it is in the cache). Camino is pretty fast, but not as fast as Firefox. Thanks for the great tip Charles!
posted by Frederic Tremblay at
7/15/2007
19 Comments:
I've been using this shortcut for a while now, ever since I stumbled upon it. It's great, but I wish it worked the same way in the Finder... Are there any similar shortcuts for it?
In finder: Apple plus left and right brackets will work
Also if you aren't in a text box you can just hit delete to go back, at least that works in firefox, i don't know about safari or camino.
There are many ways to do this in Safari. I've always used delete to go back, and shift+delete to go forward.
I use mouse's right button, point it at an open (no image, no links) area and click the right button, you will see a list of options. If you are using the touch pad, use secondary click function (tap trackpad using two fingers - you have to activate this function in System Preferences, my MacBook Pro has this function but iBook G4 doesn't, don't know why).
I've always used apple and square brackets, certainly works in firefox, not tried it in anything else.
How about a keyboard shortcut for switching tabs?! I miss command-tabbing to the other window... but I love tabs...oh so tormented in my surfing.
for switching tabs hit ctrl-tab in firefox. it doesn't work in safari
Or just use a Logitech Mouse with Back/Forward buttons on the side.
They work with OS X too.
To switch tabs, cmd+option left/right.
My last comment was for Firefox. I don't know how in Safari.
MacGeek, is there a way to send you an email somewhere? i was thinking about something?
To cycle through tabs in Safari: cmd+shift+bracket
to switch between tabs:
if you want to switch between programs ie, Safari and AIM use apple plus tab
to switch between windows in the same program ie, if you have 2 windows up in Safari use apple plus the key that makes ` or ~ in the top left of the key board
To sum up all the comments into one.
To go back and forward you can hit:
Cmd-Shift-Left/Right Arrow
Cmd-Left/Right Bracket
Delete/shift delete
To switch between tabs hit:
Cmd-Shift-Left/Right Arrow
Cmd-Shift-Left/Right Bracket
To switch between windows:
Cmd-Tilde Key (Here's an explanation.)
To switch between applications:
Cmd-Tab
There you go, and easy explanation of what everybody has said.
MacTipper
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in finder:
use command+up to go up a level (back a folder)
user command+down to go down a level (into a folder or starting a program)
in firefox:
besides command+option+left/right to switch tabs, use ctrl+pageup/pagedown to do the same thing. on a macbook/mbp, ctrl+fn+pageup/pagedown.
Or, to choose a significant tab in FireFox, you could use apple+[INSERT NUMBER]. Insert the number of the tab you want to jump to.
MvH,
Katana
If your cursor is in a text field, command +[ open bracket or ] close braket will take you back or forward.
This has been the most useful of comments. I'm glad this blog attracts such quality people (and sorry I couldn't contribute anything constructive to this post).
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