Surf Wikipedia with Keyboard Shortcuts

I spend a lot of time on Wikipedia but when I do I use these handy keyboard shortcuts. You don't need Greasemonkey and they work on any browser. In Internet Explorer hit the Alt key followed by the command listed below. In Firefox 2 for Windows, use Alt and Shift. On the Mac hold down the control key.

Key	Command	Description
+	Start a new discussion	Allows you to add a new section (talk pages only)
. (period)	My user page	Opens your user page if logged in
=	Protect	Allows you to protect the current page (sysops only)
	Unprotect	Allows you to unprotect the current page (sysops only)
c	Content page	Shows the content page associated with the current article
d	Delete	Allows you to delete the current page (sysops only)
	Undelete	Allows you to undelete the current page (sysops only)
e	Edit this page	Allows you to edit the current page (non-protected pages)
	View source	Shows the source of the current page (protected pages)
f	Search	Allows you to search Wikipedia
h	History	Shows the current page's history
j	What links here	Shows all of the pages that link to the current one
k	Related changes	Shows recent changes in pages linked to the current one
l	My watchlist	Opens your watchlist (logged-in users only)
m	Move	Allows you to move the current page and its talk page (non-move-protected pages only)
n	My talk	Opens your user's or IP's talk page
p	Show preview	Shows a preview of your changes (on edit pages)
q	Special pages	Shows a list of all special pages
r	Recent changes	Shows a list of recent changes to the Wikipedia
s	Save page	Saves the changes that you have made (on edit pages)
t	Discussion	Opens the current article's talk page
u	Upload file	Allows you to upload images or media files
v	Show changes	Shows what changes you made to the text (on edit pages)
w	Watch	Adds the current page to your watchlist (logged-in users only)
x	Random article	Loads a random article
y	My contributions	Opens a list of your user's or IP's contributions
z	Main Page	Goes to the Main Page

Comments

[Graham English]

Wow. Nice list. Never knew you could do ANY of that. Thanks.

[Roger]

A following "Enter" key is required, after the Alt + KEY combination in Internet Explorer.

Thanksfully you offered the link to the orignial wikipedia page, so it's easy to find out.

[Jordan Meeter]

Maybe it's just me, but I think just clicking "History" is easier than hitting Alt+Shift+h.

[Jonas]

And in Opera hit Shift+Esc followed by the command.

[nitesh bhasin]

looks like someone spent a lot of time using shortcuts on wikipedia

nice post bro.

[tv online]

Hmm doesn't seem to work in Firefox.

[SEO India]

Really nice article. Thanks mate.

[OperaFan]

In Opera, hold Shift+Esc and the shortcut key. If you press Shift+Esc you also see a list of all keyboard shortcuts available for a page, which is pretty neat.

Ofcourse if the page does not have any shortcuts, you can *still* use just your keyboard to surf websites in Opera - just press Shift+arrow keys to move between links, and press the Enter key to click. :)

Steve, it would be nice if you mention Opera along with the other (not so great :p) browsers as well in your post.

[jab]

One of my favorite sites for keyboard shortcuts is keyxl.com.

http://www.keyxl.com

They must have hundreds of programs listed.

[jab]

One of my favorite sites for keyboard shortcuts is keyxl.com.

http://www.keyxl.com

They must have hundreds of programs listed.

[Todd]

Thank you for this list. I looked everywhere, but this page is only one that mentions ALT+SHIFT combination for Firefox. Good job, please keep it up.

Regards -

Todd