Keyboard shortcuts and gestures in Safari on Mac (2024)

Scroll up, down, left, or right

Press the arrow keys.

Scroll in larger increments

Press Option while you press an arrow key.

Scroll down a screen

Page Down

Space bar

Scroll up a screen

Page Up

Shift–Space bar

Scroll to the top-left or bottom-left corner of the webpage

Command–Up Arrow

Command–Down Arrow

Search the current webpage

Command-F

Highlight the next field or pop-up menu on a webpage

Tab

Tab also highlights buttons and other controls if Keyboard Navigation is turned on in Keyboard settings.

Open Keyboard settings for me

Highlight the next field, pop-up menu, or clickable item (such as a link) on a webpage

Option-Tab

Option-Tab also highlights buttons and other controls if Keyboard Navigation is turned on in Keyboard settings.

Open Keyboard settings for me

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 settings.

While typing in the Smart Search field, restore the current webpage address

Esc

Select the Smart Search field

Command-L

Print the current webpage

Command-P

Copy the selected item

Command-C

Paste the most recently copied item

Command-V

Show tab overview

Shift-Command-\

Open a webpage in a new tab

Command-click a link

Command-click a bookmark

Command-Return after typing in the Smart Search field.

Open a webpage in a new tab, and make that tab the active tab

Shift-Command-click a link

Shift-Command-click a bookmark

Shift-Command-Return after typing in the Smart Search field.

Go to the next tab

Control-Tab or Shift-Command-]

Go to the previous tab

Control-Shift-Tab or Shift-Command -[

Select one of your first nine tabs

Command-1 to Command-9

Close the active tab

Command-W

Close all tabs except for one

Option-click the Close button on the tab you want to leave open

Reopen the last tab you closed

Shift-Command-T

Go to your homepage

Shift-Command-H

Change Safari settings

Command-,

Go back to the previous webpage

Command-[

Go forward to the next webpage

Command-]

See a list of your recently visited webpages by name

Press and hold the Back or Forward button until the list appears

See a list of your recently visited webpages by web address (URL)

Press Option, then press and hold the Back or Forward button until the list appears

Exit full-screen view

Esc

Zoom website content

Press Command-Plus Sign (+) or Command-Minus Sign (-)

Zoom website text

Press and hold the Option key, then choose View > Make Text Bigger or View > Make Text Smaller

Download a linked file

Option-click a link to the file

Open a downloaded file

Double-click the file in the downloads list

To show the downloads list, click the Show Downloads button near the top-right corner of the Safari window.

Switch to another Safari window

Command-` (above the Tab key)

Reopen the last window you closed

Shift-Command-T

Show or Hide the Reading List sidebar

Control-Command-2

Add the current webpage

Shift-Command-D

Add a linked webpage

Shift-click a link to the webpage.

Remove a webpage

Control-click the webpage summary in the sidebar, then choose Remove Item.

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

Open Reader

Shift-Command-R

Close Reader

Esc

Add a bookmark to the Favorites bar

Click the Smart Search field to show the website’s full address and its icon, then drag the icon to the Favorites bar

Open all bookmarks from a folder in the Favorites bar

Command-click the folder in the Favorites bar

Move a bookmark on the Favorites bar

Drag the bookmark left or right

Remove a bookmark from the Favorites bar

Drag the bookmark off the top of the bar

Show or Hide the Bookmarks sidebar

Control-Command-1

Select bookmarks and folders in the sidebar

Command-click each bookmark and folder

Shift-click to extend the selection

Select the next bookmark or folder

Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Open the selected bookmark

Space bar

Open the selected folder

Space bar or Right Arrow

Close the selected folder

Space bar or Left Arrow

Change the name or address of a bookmark

Select the bookmark, then press Return

You can also force click the bookmark

Cancel editing a bookmark name in the sidebar

Esc

Finish editing a bookmark name

Return

Create a folder containing the selected bookmarks and folders in bookmarks view

Option-click the New Folder button near the top-right corner

Delete a bookmark

Control-click the bookmark, then choose Delete