Safari shortcuts

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

Action
Shortcut

Webpages

Select the search field

Control-Alt-F

Scroll up, down, left, or right

Arrow keys

Scroll down a screen

Page Down key      

Space bar

Scroll up a screen

Page Up key      

Shift–Space bar

Open a page in a new tab

Press Control while you click a link or bookmark

Open a page in a new tab, and bring the tab to the front

Press Control and Shift while you click a link or bookmark

Bring the next tab to the front      

Bring the previous tab to the front

Control-Tab      

Control-Shift-Tab

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

Press Control and click the collection in the bookmarks bar

See a list of recent pages by name

Press the Back or Forward button until the list appears

Open a downloaded file

Double-click the icon next to the file in the Downloads window

Bookmarks

Add a bookmark to the Bookmarks menu

Open the page, and then press Control-Shift-D

Add a bookmark to the bookmarks bar

Drag the page icon from the address field to the bookmarks 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

Bookmarks list

Open the bookmarks list

Control–Alt-B

Select the next bookmark or folder in a collection

Up Arrow or Down Arrow key

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

Alt-Right Arrow key

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

Alt-Left Arrow key

Change the name or address of a bookmark

Select the bookmark, and then click its name or address

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

Press the Tab key

Finish editing a bookmark

Press the Return or Enter key

Delete a bookmark in the bookmarks list

Select the bookmark and press Delete

 

Safari Shortcuts