Keyboard shortcuts make browsing much faster.
Browser variations
Depending on your browser, you can press the following key combinations.
Alt+⇧ Shift overrides default browser combinations.
- Chrome
- Chrome on Windows: hold Alt or Alt+⇧ Shift + press access key
- Chrome on Linux: hold Alt+⇧ Shift + press access key
- Chrome on Mac OS X: hold control+⌥ Option + press access key
- Firefox
- Firefox 2 or newer on Windows and Linux: hold Alt+⇧ Shift + press access key
- Firefox on Mac OS X: hold control + press access key
- Safari
- Safari on Mac OS X: hold control+⌥ Option + press access key
- Safari 3 or earlier on Mac OS X: hold control + press access key
- Safari on Windows: hold Alt + press access key
- Opera
- Press ⇧ Shift+Esc + press access key
- ⇧ Shift+Esc will display the list of choices
Access keys
Tooltips will also tell you which access key you need to press. Just hold the mouse over a link or button.
Editing
| Access key
| Command
| Description
|
| e
| Edit this page
| Allows you to edit the current page (non-protected pages or mods)
|
| View source
| Shows the source of the current page (protected pages)
|
| v
| Show changes
| Shows what changes you made to the text (on edit pages)
|
| p
| Show preview
| Shows a preview of your changes (on edit pages)
|
| i
| Minor edit
| Toggles the "This is a minor edit" checkbox (on edit pages)
|
| w
| Watch this page
| Toggles the "Watch this page" checkbox (on edit pages)
|
| s
| Save page
| Saves the changes that you have made (on edit pages)
|
Forms
| Access key
| Command
| Description
|
| f
| Search
| Access the search input
|
| s
| Category search
| Access the search input on category pages
|
| Ctrl or control + (click) or (middleclick)
| Submit form in new tab
| Open a submitted form in a new tab (TabSubmit enables this in Firefox)
|
Others
| Access key
| Command
| Description
|
| h
| History
| Shows the current page's history
|
| m
| Move
| Allows you to move the current page and its talk page (non-protected pages only)
|
| w
| Watch
| Adds or removes the current page to or from your watchlist (logged-in users only)
|
| l
| My watchlist
| Opens your watchlist (logged-in users only)
|
| r
| Favorite this page
| Adds or removes the current page to or from your favorites (advanced users only)
|
| g
| My favorites
| Goes to your favorites (advanced users only)
|
| n
| 2013 Mixes
| On category pages: Jump to 2013 mixes
|
| j
| What links here
| Shows all of the pages that link to the current one
|
| u
| Upload file
| Allows you to upload images or media files
|
| r
| Recent changes
| Shows a list of recent changes to Wikipedia
|
| . (period)
| My user page
| Opens your user page (logged-in users only)
|
| y
| My contributions
| Opens your contributions page (logged-in users only)
|
| z
| Main Page
| Goes to the Main Page
|
| q
| Post on Facebook
| Share the current page on your Facebook wall (content pages only)
|
| d
| Delete
| Allows you to delete the current page (mods only)
|
