With keyboard shortcuts and hand movements, you can do a lot of things quickly in the Safari app on your Mac. Check out the best Safari Keyboard Shortcuts and gestures listed below, as well as the keyboard shortcuts in the menu bar of Safari. Shortcuts for the keyboard are shown as symbols in app menus. The keyboard shortcuts for apps can be different depending on the language and layout of your Mac’s keyboard.
If the shortcuts below don’t work as you expect, look in the app menus in the menu bar to find the right shortcuts. You can also use the Keyboard Viewer to look at the current layout of your keyboard, which is called an input source. Safari is the default web browser that comes with every Mac and Mac OS X. It is fast and light. You probably already know one or two keyboard shortcuts, but there are a lot more worth remembering in Safari that can make your web browsing much better.
We’ll talk about the different keystrokes for Safari on Mac. They’re divided into sections based on how you might use them, and we’ve also added a few multi-touch gestures for those of us with Macs that can do that. Below we have mentioned some of the best Safari Keyboard Shortcuts.
Best Safari Keyboard Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Functionality |
|---|---|
| Command + T | Open a new tab |
| Command + W | Close the current tab |
| Command + R | Refresh the current page |
| Command + L | Highlight the URL/address bar |
| Command + D | Add the current webpage to bookmarks |
| Command + Option + L | Show or hide the downloads window |
| Command + Option + B | Show or hide the bookmarks sidebar |
| Command + Option + F | Open the Find toolbar |
| Command + Option + C | Open the Web Inspector |
| Command + [ | Go back to the previous page |
| Command + ] | Go forward to the next page |
| Command + Shift + ] | Cycle through open tabs to the right |
| Command + Shift + [ | Cycle through open tabs to the left |
| Command + Shift + R | Enter Reader View for the current page |
| Command + Option + S | Show or hide the Sidebar |
| Command + Option + T | Show or hide the Tab Bar |
| Command + Shift + T | Reopen the last closed tab |
| Command + Shift + D | Add the current webpage to the reading list |
| Command + , | Open Safari preferences |
| Command + . | Stop loading the current page |
