Keyboard shortcuts and gestures in Safari on Mac

Here are shortcuts you can use, in addition to those that appear in Safari menus.

Web pages

Action	Shortcut or gesture
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 web page	Tab highlights the next text field or pop-up menu. Tab also highlights buttons and other controls if “All 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 behaviour of Tab and Option-Tab, turn on “Press Tab to highlight each item on a web page” 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 web page 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
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.

Bookmarks

Action	Shortcut or gesture
Add a bookmark to the Favourites bar	Click the Smart Search field to show the page’s full address and its icon, then drag the icon to the Favourites bar
Open all bookmarks from a folder in the Favourites bar	Command-click the folder in the Favourites bar
Move a bookmark on the Favourites bar	Drag the bookmark left or right
Remove a bookmark from the Favourites bar	Drag the bookmark off the top of the bar

Bookmarks sidebar and bookmarks view

Action	Shortcut or gesture
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	Select the bookmark, then press Delete