03-28-2006, 08:57 AM
Starting a Tips & Tricks to help newcomers (or older users
who may have forgotten). Please add your Tips and/or tricks... Keep it simple.... AND PLEASE DON'T POST ANY QUESTIONS... Use the Search Function(at
the right of the page) or start a new thread.
Tip: Double Clicking empty space on the Tab Bar will open a 'New Tab'
Tip:
Middleclick/MouseWheelClick on a Bookmark on your Personal Toolbar will open it up in a New Tab
Tip: MiddleClick/MouseWheel Click on a folder
will open all the bookmarks in the folder in a new Tab(s) (Note: see http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic....18#1015518)
Tip: holding down
the Shift or Ctrl key when you RightClick to "View Image" or "View Backround Image"will open the image in a New Tab or New Window.
Tip: Unused
menus or menu Items can be hidden by using the customizing your userChrome.css stylesheet (do a forum search for more info)
MenuEdit is also
useful: http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php...l=menuedit
Tip: Extensions can greatly add functionality to FireFox. Browse
extensions at http://update.mozilla.org and another excellent source http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php.
Tip: MiddleClick/MouseWheel Click
on a Tab will close that Tab.
Tip: MiddleClick/MouseWheel Click on a History item will open the page in a new Tab
Tip:
MiddleClick/MouseWheel Click on the Back and Forward buttons will open the last/next page in a new Tab
Tip: MiddleClick/MouseWheel Click on the
Home button will open your homepage in a new Tab(s)
Tip: MiddleClick/MouseWheel Click on the Throbber (the 'busy' icon at the top-right) will open
the Firefox homepage in a new Tab
Tip: For those without middle mouse buttons or mousewheels, ctrl-click will also open new tabs for links,
bookmarks, bookmark folders, history items, and toolbar buttons.
Tip: Ctrl+TAB you can navigate in the tabs to the right
Tip: Ctrl+Shift+Tab you
can navigate in the tabs to the left
Tip: Many Laptops mimic the MiddleClick/MouseWheelClick function if you click both right/left pads at the same
time.
Tip: Set mutliple Home pages : Tools---->Options--->General and seperate each page with the pipe | symbol
(eg http://forums.mozillazine.org/
| http://www.google.com | http://www.yahoo.com | http://forums.mozillazine.org/
Tip: Clear your Download history to make the download manager more
responsive : Tools---->Options--->Privacy
Tip: Rearrange add/remove Icons on Toolbars: View--->ToolBars--->Customize....
Tip: Drag any link to
the Download Manager Window to add & download the link
Tip: Middle-clicking in a link wherever will open that link in a new tab.
Tip: Pressing
ctrl+enter will add http://www. before and .com after the text in the toolbar and load the resulting url. Similarly, shift+enter will add http://www. and .net, and
ctrl+shift+enter will add http://www. and .org
Tip: You can work offline like in IE by clicking File>Work Offline. This means that you can browse your
previously visited pages even when you're offline.
Tip: If you wish to remove an item from your Address Bar Drop down menu, Highlight it
WITHOUT CLICKING and use Shift+Delete
Tip: A bookmarks's position Dragged & Dropped (ie. change position in a Folder or move from one folder
to another or move to another position on the toolbar) by highlighting it & clicking on it (WITHOUT LETTING GO) and Dragging it to your desired
position
Tip: A Folder can be move the same way as above tip but u MUST hold down the SHIFT key while Dragging
Tip: Former/current users
of IE who are accustomed to copying items from "Temporary Internet Files" folder (FireFox calls it "Cache" ) can achieve the same results by
Tools--->Page Info and then select the "Media" Tab, then Highlight the item u want to download and clicking "Save As..."
Tip: If u accidentally delete a
bookmark and want to recover it, if it is not already open then, open the "Bookmarks Manager" (Bookmarks--->Manage Bookmarks) and either use Ctrl+Z or
Edit--->Undo (in The Bookmarks Manager)
Tip: DoubleClicking a file entry in the Downloads Manager will open/launch the file (provided u haven't
moved it yet)
who may have forgotten). Please add your Tips and/or tricks... Keep it simple.... AND PLEASE DON'T POST ANY QUESTIONS... Use the Search Function(at
the right of the page) or start a new thread.
Tip: Double Clicking empty space on the Tab Bar will open a 'New Tab'
Tip:
Middleclick/MouseWheelClick on a Bookmark on your Personal Toolbar will open it up in a New Tab
Tip: MiddleClick/MouseWheel Click on a folder
will open all the bookmarks in the folder in a new Tab(s) (Note: see http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic....18#1015518)
Tip: holding down
the Shift or Ctrl key when you RightClick to "View Image" or "View Backround Image"will open the image in a New Tab or New Window.
Tip: Unused
menus or menu Items can be hidden by using the customizing your userChrome.css stylesheet (do a forum search for more info)
MenuEdit is also
useful: http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php...l=menuedit
Tip: Extensions can greatly add functionality to FireFox. Browse
extensions at http://update.mozilla.org and another excellent source http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php.
Tip: MiddleClick/MouseWheel Click
on a Tab will close that Tab.
Tip: MiddleClick/MouseWheel Click on a History item will open the page in a new Tab
Tip:
MiddleClick/MouseWheel Click on the Back and Forward buttons will open the last/next page in a new Tab
Tip: MiddleClick/MouseWheel Click on the
Home button will open your homepage in a new Tab(s)
Tip: MiddleClick/MouseWheel Click on the Throbber (the 'busy' icon at the top-right) will open
the Firefox homepage in a new Tab
Tip: For those without middle mouse buttons or mousewheels, ctrl-click will also open new tabs for links,
bookmarks, bookmark folders, history items, and toolbar buttons.
Tip: Ctrl+TAB you can navigate in the tabs to the right
Tip: Ctrl+Shift+Tab you
can navigate in the tabs to the left
Tip: Many Laptops mimic the MiddleClick/MouseWheelClick function if you click both right/left pads at the same
time.
Tip: Set mutliple Home pages : Tools---->Options--->General and seperate each page with the pipe | symbol
(eg http://forums.mozillazine.org/
| http://www.google.com | http://www.yahoo.com | http://forums.mozillazine.org/
Tip: Clear your Download history to make the download manager more
responsive : Tools---->Options--->Privacy
Tip: Rearrange add/remove Icons on Toolbars: View--->ToolBars--->Customize....
Tip: Drag any link to
the Download Manager Window to add & download the link
Tip: Middle-clicking in a link wherever will open that link in a new tab.
Tip: Pressing
ctrl+enter will add http://www. before and .com after the text in the toolbar and load the resulting url. Similarly, shift+enter will add http://www. and .net, and
ctrl+shift+enter will add http://www. and .org
Tip: You can work offline like in IE by clicking File>Work Offline. This means that you can browse your
previously visited pages even when you're offline.
Tip: If you wish to remove an item from your Address Bar Drop down menu, Highlight it
WITHOUT CLICKING and use Shift+Delete
Tip: A bookmarks's position Dragged & Dropped (ie. change position in a Folder or move from one folder
to another or move to another position on the toolbar) by highlighting it & clicking on it (WITHOUT LETTING GO) and Dragging it to your desired
position
Tip: A Folder can be move the same way as above tip but u MUST hold down the SHIFT key while Dragging
Tip: Former/current users
of IE who are accustomed to copying items from "Temporary Internet Files" folder (FireFox calls it "Cache" ) can achieve the same results by
Tools--->Page Info and then select the "Media" Tab, then Highlight the item u want to download and clicking "Save As..."
Tip: If u accidentally delete a
bookmark and want to recover it, if it is not already open then, open the "Bookmarks Manager" (Bookmarks--->Manage Bookmarks) and either use Ctrl+Z or
Edit--->Undo (in The Bookmarks Manager)
Tip: DoubleClicking a file entry in the Downloads Manager will open/launch the file (provided u haven't
moved it yet)
