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Safari Shortcuts

You can see many of the shortcuts for Safari next to the menu commands. Here are a some additional shortcuts.

Shortcuts for webpages

Action

Shortcut

Select the Google search box

⌘ + Option + F

Scroll up, down, left, or right

Arrow keys

Scroll a larger increment

Option + an arrow key

Scroll down a screen

Page Down key
Space bar

Scroll up a screen

Page Up key
Shift + the Space bar

Open a page in a new window, if tabbed browsing is off

⌘ + click a link or bookmark

Open a page in a new window behind the current window, if tabbed browsing is off

⌘ + Shift + click a link or bookmark

Open all bookmarks in a folder in the bookmarks bar in tabs

⌘ + click the folder in the bookmarks bar

Close all tabs except for one

Option + click the close button on the tab you want to leave open

See a list of recent pages by name

Hold down the Back or Forward button

See a list of recent pages by address

Hold down Option + the Back or Forward button

See a downloaded file in the Finder

Click the icon next to the file in the Download window


Shortcuts for bookmarks

Action

Shortcut

Add a bookmark to the Bookmarks menu

Open the page then press ⌘ + Shift + D

Add a bookmark to the bookmarks bar

Drag the page icon from the address box to the bar

Move a bookmark on the bookmarks bar

Drag the bookmark left or right

Remove a bookmark from the bookmarks bar

Drag the bookmark off the top of the bar


Shortcuts for the Bookmarks Library

Action

Shortcut

Open the Bookmarks Library

⌘ + Option + B

Select the next bookmark or folder in a collection

Up or Down arrow keys

Open a folder in a collection

Right arrow key

Close a folder in a collection

Left arrow key

Open a folder in a collection and all the folders it contains

Option + Right arrow key

Close a folder in a collection and all the folders it contains

Option + Left arrow key

Change the name or address of a bookmark

Select the bookmark and press Return or Enter

Select the next bookmark name or address to change it if text is selected

Press the Tab key

Complete editing the text of a bookmark

Press the Return or Enter key

Delete a bookmark in the Bookmarks Library

Select it and press Delete