The following is a table of Netscape Navigator functions (or potential functions) and their keyboard shortcuts in Macintosh, Unix, and Windows versions. If a function exists in the browser but does not have a shortcut, its corresponding cell is marked with an asterisk(*). If the function does not exist, it is left blank.
Some entries contain links to special notes. The number in parentheses following the link is the number of the relevant note.
| Function | Macintosh (v 4.61) | Unix (v 4.51) | Windows (v 4.7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Move within a document | |||
| Scroll to next page | Page Down | Page Down | Page Down |
| Scroll to previous page | Page Up | Page Up | Page Up |
| Scroll to top | * | * | * |
| Scroll to bottom | * | * | * |
| Move between documents | |||
| Open a new document | Command+L | Alt+O | Ctrl+O |
| Stop loading a document | Command+. | Esc | Esc |
| Refresh a document | Command+R | Alt+R | Ctrl+R |
| Load previous document | Command+[ or Command+Left Arrow | Alt+Left Arrow | Alt+Left Arrow |
| Load next document | Command+] or Command+Right Arrow | Alt+Right Arrow | Alt+Right Arrow |
| Navigate elements within a document | |||
| Move focus to next frame | * | * | * |
| Move focus to previous frame | * | * | * |
| Move focus to next active element (1) | Tab | Tab | Tab |
| Move focus to previous active element (1) | Shift+Tab | Shift+Tab | Shift+Tab |
| Find word in page | Command+F | Alt+F | Ctrl+F |
| Act on html elements | |||
| Select a link | * | * | Enter |
| Toggle a check box | * | * | Shift or Enter |
| Activate radio button | * | * | Shift |
| Move focus to next item in an option box | * | * | Down Arrow or Right Arrow |
| Move focus to previous item in an option box | * | * | Up Arrow or Left Arrow |
| Select item in an option box | * | * | Enter |
| Press a button (2) | Return | Enter | Enter |
| Navigate menus | |||
| Activate menu | * | * | Alt+ the underlined letter in the menu title |
| Deactivate menu | * | Esc | Esc |
| Move focus to next menu item | * | * (3) | Down Arrow |
| Move focus to previous menu item | * | * (3) | Up Arrow |
| Select menu item | * | underlined letter in the menu item | Enter |
| Move focus to submenu | * | * (3) | Right Arrow |
| Move focus to main menu | * | * (3) | Left Arrow |
| Navigate bookmarks | |||
| View bookmarks menu | * (4) | * | Alt+C+B |
| Move focus to next item in bookmarks menu | Down Arrow (4) | * | Down Arrow |
| Move focus to previous item in bookmarks menu | Up Arrow (4) | * | Up Arrow |
| Select item in bookmarks menu | Return (4) | * | Enter |
| Add bookmark | Command+D | Alt+K | Ctrl+D |
| Edit bookmarks | Command+B | Alt+B | Ctrl+B |
| Delete current bookmark (5) | Delete | Alt+D | Delete |
| Navigate history list | |||
| View history list | Command+H | Alt+H | Ctrl+H |
| Move focus to next item in history list | * | * | Down Arrow |
| Move focus to previous item in history list | * | * | Up Arrow |
| Move focus to first item in history list | * | * | Left Arrow |
| Select item in history list | * | * | Enter (6) |
| Close history list | Command+W | Alt+W | Ctrl+W |
| Define view | |||
| Increase font size (7) | Shift+Command+] | Alt+] | Ctrl+] |
| Decrease font size (7) | Shift+Command+[ | Alt+[ | Ctrl+[ |
| Change font color | * | * | * |
| Change background color | * | * | * |
| Turn off author-defined style sheets | * | * | * |
| Turn on user-defined style sheets (8) | |||
| Apply next user-defined style sheet | |||
| Apply previous user-defined style sheet | |||
Notes
- In Windows, active elements can be links, text entry boxes, buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, etc. In Unix and Macintosh, Tab cycles through text entry boxes only.
- In Windows, this works for any button, since any button can gain the focus using keyboard commands. In Unix and Macintosh, this only applies to the "Submit" button following a text entry.
- In Unix, the menus can not be opened with shortcut keys. However, once a menu is opened it stays opened until it is explicitly closed, which means that the menus can still be used with shortcut keys to some extent. Sometimes left and right arrows move between menus and up and down arrows move within menus, but this does not seem to work consistently, even within a single session.
- In Macintosh, you can not explicitly view the bookmarks menu. However, if you choose "Edit Bookmarks", which does have a keyboard shortcut, you can then navigate through the bookmarks and open bookmarked documents in the current window.
- To delete a bookmark you must first choose "Edit Bookmarks" and then move the focus to the bookmark you want to delete.
- In Windows, when you open a link from the history menu using Enter, the document opens in a new window.
- All three systems have menu items (and corresponding shortcut keys) meant to allow the user to change the font size. However, the menu items are consistently inactive in both Macintosh and Unix. The user seems to be able to actually change the font sizes only in Windows.
- It is important to allow users to set their own cascading style sheets (css). Although Netscape does currently allow the user to override the author's choice of foreground color, background color, font, and font size, it does not allow some of the advanced capabilities that make cascading style sheets so powerful. For example, a blind user may want to save a series of style sheets which show only headers, only links, etc., and then view the same page using some or all of these style sheets in order to orient himself to the contents and organization of the page before reading any of the actual page content.
