Safari keyboard shortcuts

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Like every web browser on the desktop, you will be browsing the web easier with keyboard shortcuts. Safari provides quite a few keyboard shortcuts and some of them are used with mouse to enhance mouse features.

Safari Top 20 All

- - Shortcuts

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This shortcut list is sorted by user, meaning that original structure (headings) is disregarded. You can see the original page here: Safari keyboard shortcuts.

0	Page Down	Scroll down a screen
0	or Space
0	Page Up	Scroll up a screen
0	← ↑ → ← ↓ →	Scroll up, down, left, or right
0	Home	Scroll to the top-left corner of the page
0	End	Scroll to the bottom-left corner of the page
0	Tab	highlights the next text field or pop-up menu. Tab also highlights buttons and other controls if “All controls” is selected in the Shortcuts pane of the Keyboard pane of System Preferences. Highlight the next item on a webpage
0	Esc	While typing in the Smart Search field, restore the current webpage address
0	Esc	Close Reader
0	Esc	Exit full-screen view
0		Double click on the file in the downloads list to open a downloaded file
0	↑ Shift +	Add a linked page
0	↑ Shift +	Extend the selection
0	↑ ↓	Select the next bookmark or folder
0	Space	Open the selected bookmark
0	Space	Open the selected folder
0	or →
0	Space	Close the selected folder
0	or ←
0	Esc	Cancel editing a bookmark name in the sidebar
0	⤶ Enter	Finish editing a bookmark name
0	Del	Delete a bookmark
0	⌘ Cmd +	Click on each bookmark and folder to select bookmarks and folders in the sidebar
0	⌥ Opt +	Click on the New Folder button near the top-right corner to create a folder containing the selected bookmarks and folders in bookmarks view
0	Control +	Click the page summary in the sidebar, then choose Remove Item.
0	⌘ Cmd +	Use this shortcut in a folder on Favorites bar to open all bookmarks from a folder
0	⌥ Opt +	Click on a link to the file to download a linked file
0	⌘ Cmd + 1	... to 9: Select one of your first nine tabs
0	⌥ Opt +	Click the close button on the tab you want to leave open to close all tabs except for one
0	⌘ Cmd +	Click on a link or bookmark to open a page in a new tab
0	↑ Shift + Space	Scroll up a screen
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + T	Reopen the last tab or window you closed
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + D	Add the current page
-1	⌘ Cmd + Home	Go to your homepage
0	⌘ Cmd + ↑	Scroll to the top-left corner of the page
0	⌘ Cmd + ↓	Scroll to the bottom-left corner of the page
0	⌘ Cmd + ⤶ Enter	Press after typing in the Smart Search field to open a page in new tab
0	⌘ Cmd + ⤶ Enter	Open a page in a new tab, and make that tab the active tab, after typing in the Smart Search field
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd +	Click on a link or a bookmark to open a page in a new tab, and make that tab the active tab
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + ]	Make the next tab the active tab
0	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + [	Make the previous tab the active tab
0	⌘ Cmd + +	Zoom in to website content
0	⌘ Cmd + -	Zoom out to website content
0	⌥ Opt + ← ↑ → ← ↓ →	Scroll in larger increments
0	Control + ⌘ Cmd + 2	Show or Hide the Reading List sidebar
0	Control + ⌘ Cmd + 1	Show or Hide the Bookmarks sidebar
0	Control + Tab	Make the next tab the active tab
0	⌥ Opt + Tab	Highlights the same items as Tab plus all other clickable items. To swap the behavior of Tab and Option + Tab, turn on “Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage” in the Advanced pane of Safari preferences
0	Control + ↑ Shift + Tab	Make the previous tab the active tab
-1	↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + \	Show all tabs

Hold down the Back or Forward button until the list appears to see a list of your recently visited pages by name
Press Option and hold down the Back or Forward button until the list appears to see a list of your recently visited pages by web address (URL)
Press Option while you choose View > Make Text Bigger or View > Make Text Smaller Zoom website text. To zoom website text, press Option while you choose View > Make Text Bigger or View > Make Text Smaller

You can also swipe left over the page summary, then click Remove. Or, swipe all the way to the left until the page summary disappears

Select the bookmark, then press Return to change the name or address of a bookmark. You can also force click the bookmark

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