Safari User Guide
Jan 09, 2018.
Here are shortcuts you can use, in addition to those that appear in Safari menus.
Webpages
Action | Shortcut or gesture |
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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 page | Command–Up Arrow or Home Command–Down Arrow or End |
Highlight the next item on a webpage | Tab highlights the next text field or pop-up menu. Tab also highlights buttons and other controls if “Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls” is selected in the Shortcuts pane of the Keyboard pane of System Preferences. Option-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. |
Show all tabs | Shift-Command- |
Open a page in a new tab | Command-click a link Command-click a bookmark Command-Return after typing in the Smart Search field. |
Open a page 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. |
Make the next tab the active tab | Control-Tab or Shift-Command-] |
Make the previous tab the active tab | Control-Shift-Tab or Shift-Command -[ |
Select one of your first nine tabs | Command-1 to Command-9 |
Close all tabs except for one | Option-click the Close button on the tab you want to leave open |
Reopen the last tab or window you closed | Shift-Command-T |
See a list of your recently visited pages by name | Hold down the Back or Forward button until the list appears |
See a list of your recently visited pages by web address (URL) | Press Option and hold down the Back or Forward button until the list appears |
Go to your homepage | Command-Home key |
While typing in the Smart Search field, restore the current webpage address | Esc |
Close Reader | Esc |
Exit full-screen view | Esc |
Download a linked file | Option-click a link to the file |
Open a downloaded file | Double-click the file in the downloads list |
Zoom website content | Press Command-Plus Sign (+) or Command-Minus Sign (-) |
Zoom website text | Press Option while you choose View > Make Text Bigger or View > Make Text Smaller |
Reading List
Action | Shortcut or gesture |
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Show or Hide the Reading List sidebar | Control-Command-2 |
Add the current page | Shift-Command-D |
Add a linked page | Shift-click a link to the page |
Remove a page | Control-click the page summary in the sidebar, then choose Remove Item. 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. |
Create A Shortcut On Desktop
Bookmarks
Action | Shortcut or gesture |
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Add a bookmark to the Favorites bar | Click the Smart Search field to show the page’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 |
Bookmarks sidebar and bookmarks view
Action | Shortcut or gesture |
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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 |
Adding Shortcuts to any of your favourite websites on Mac is easy. You can either place the shortcut on the desktop or add it to the Dock for more easy access.
Add Shortcut to Any Website on Mac
A good way to make your favourite website readily accessible on your Mac is to add a shortcut to the website on the Dock of your Mac.
Once a shortcut to a website has been added to the desktop or to the Dock, you can simply click on that shortcut to immediately start reading articles published by your favourite website.
Add Shortcut to Website On Mac Using Safari Browser
While you can add shortcut to websites on practically any browser, we will be starting with Safari, which is the default browser on your Mac
1. Open the Safari browser on your Mac and visit your favourite website that you want to add a shortcut to. In this case let us assume that you want to add techbout.com.
2. Once the website opens in Safari browser, select the the entire URL Address to the website that you will see in the address bar of the Safari browser (See image below).
3. Next, click and drag the URL address to the Desktop and release the mouse button. This will create a shortcut to the website on the desktop of your Mac.
Create Desktop Shortcut Windows 10
As you can see in the image below, you can also add the Shortcut to the Dock by dragging the URL down to the right-side of the Dock on your Mac. This will create a shortcut within the Dock, which makes it even more prominent and accessible, compared to the Desktop shortcut.
Now, any time you want to visit this website, you can simply click on the shortcut to the website as available on the Desktop or on the Dock.
Add Shortcut to Website On Mac Using Chrome Browser
Follow the steps below to add shortcut to any website on Google’s Chrome browser. As you will notice, the steps are the same as for Safari browser.
Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
1. Open the Chrome browser on your Mac and visit the website that you want to add the shortcut to.
Create Desktop Shortcut Mac
2. Once the website loads in Chrome browser, select the the entire URL to the website in the Address bar of Chrome browser.
Find Folders On Mac
3. Next, click and drag the URL address to the Mac desktop. This will create a shortcut to the website on the desktop of your Mac.
Mac Os Desktop Shortcuts
To create a shortcut on the Dock, drag the URL down to the right-side of the Dock on your Mac.