Facebook Keyboard Shortcuts

Search, Home Page, Notifications, and Settings Hotkeys

Each internet browser and operating system combination uses a different modifier to activate the keywords.

    * OS X with Chrome, Safari, and some other browsers: Ctrl + Option
    * OS X with Firefox:  Ctrl + function
    * Windows with Internet Explorer and Chrome: Alt
    * Windows with Firefox: Alt + Shift

While holding down the appropriate modifier keys, you can hit the following keys to trigger the corresponding actions:

    * ? – Move the cursor to the Facebook search bar
    * m – Open the “New Message” composer pop-up
    * 1 – Open the Facebook home page
    * 2 – Open your profile page
    * 3 – Open the Friend Requests drop-down menu
    * 4 – Open the Messages drop-down menu
    * 5 - Open the Notifications drop-down menu
    * 6 – Open the My Account settings page
    * 7 – Open the privacy settings page
    * 8 – Open Facebook’s official Page
    * 9 – Open Facebook’s Terms of Service
    * 0 – Open the Facebook Help Center

Photo Browsing Hotkeys

While browsing photos in either the light box view or the standard view:

    * Right arrow key – View next photo
    * Left arrow key – View previous photo

While browsing photos in the light box view:

    * Refresh (via mouse clicking your browser’s ‘Refresh’ button, Ctrl + r for Windows, or Command + r for OS X): View the same photo in standard view
    * Esc – Close the light box view and return to the previous Facebook page you were viewing