Firefox keyboard shortcut to retrieve closed tabs
May 24th, 2007 - Firefox, Mac OS X, OS X Apps, Tips & Tricks
I can’t count the number of times I have been closing windows or tabs and have accidentally a tab that I wanted kept open. In the past, it has been annoying at best and disastrous at worst, but now I no longer have any issues… why you may ask? Because I know a keyboard shortcut that is perhaps amongst the most useful in Firefox… Command-Shift-T . Yes that’s all you need, the next time you accidentally close a tab and you want it back, simply hit Command-Shift-T and the tab will magically reappear again! Now that you know it, try to live without it.
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Comments: 64
Comment from Thumper
Time: May 24, 2007, 7:11 am
best…. keyboard… shortcut…. ever….
I am assuming it is control-shift-T on a PC can anyone confirm? I will send this to some PC goobers
Comment from Tup
Time: May 24, 2007, 9:29 am
Funny, I discovered this sc few weeks ago on the net. When you know it, you just can’t live without it…
Thumper> indeed.
Comment from jj
Time: May 24, 2007, 11:14 pm
CNTRL_SHIFT_T
Comment from Brajeshwar
Time: May 24, 2007, 11:16 pm
This is freaking awesome. I had the same habit like yours and this shortcut is a just plain cool. Of course, you can use that Mix Tab Add-on or something like that but this shortcut is just cool. Thanks.
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Time: May 24, 2007, 11:19 pm
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Comment from w45p
Time: May 24, 2007, 11:29 pm
Opera has had Ctrl+Z for quite a while now, even with a trash-can in the lower right corner.
Nice to see good features copied by others, nonetheless.
Comment from Shanku
Time: May 24, 2007, 11:30 pm
or you can right-click on another tab and select “Undo Close Tab”
Comment from Al Patok
Time: May 24, 2007, 11:36 pm
What version of Firefox are you using? It’s not working on my SeaMonkey 1.1.1, and there’s no “Undo Close Tab” if I right-click either.
Comment from vigge
Time: May 24, 2007, 11:38 pm
There should also be a Recently Closed Tabs-menu under History, atleast in Firefox 2.0+
Comment from Thor
Time: May 24, 2007, 11:44 pm
On a PC, Firefox 2 - right-click and choose Undo Close Tab, or Shift+F12 on the keyboard. If it’s not available like this, then install TabMix Plus and it will be there.
Comment from Thor
Time: May 24, 2007, 11:46 pm
oops, that’s Ctrl+F12, not Shift+F12
Comment from kungfu
Time: May 24, 2007, 11:50 pm
In Opera you have Recently Closed Tabs-menu when clicking on trash bin. something you just can’t live without
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Time: May 24, 2007, 11:54 pm
Firefox Keyboard Shortcut To Retrieve Closed Tabs
We’ve all done it. Accidentally closed a Firefox tab that we were still using. I know now that you can right click another tab and choose Undo Close Tab to bring it back. But another great way to do the same thing is to use Command-Shift-T (M…
Comment from kl
Time: May 25, 2007, 2:05 am
Yes, it’s great and I’ve been loving my Ctrl+Z in Opera for a long time.
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Comment from Jack Heller
Time: May 25, 2007, 4:26 am
Didn’t know that. Thanks a lot. With the comments I now realize it was common knowledge.
Comment from Anders Lund
Time: May 25, 2007, 4:41 am
You Firefox users are a laugh. You think its sooooo great, when Opera outclasses it 10x fold.
That option (altho not the same shortcut key) has been availabul for us for years!
Same thing goes for most of you beoved functions…..go Opera!
Comment from sultan
Time: May 25, 2007, 6:01 am
Just what I was going to say Anders Lund. I’ve used this feature in Opera for years. Whenever I’m on a friends comp I’m totally lost and my browsing efficency is cut in half due to lack of Opera on there machine. I don’t know whats worse anymore all the noobs promoting the hell out of FF or people still telling me that a Mac runs Photoshop better. It’s just not true.
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Comment from naser
Time: May 25, 2007, 6:51 am
There are far more useful yet rarely exploited features in Firefox. Take a peak
Comment from Opera User
Time: May 25, 2007, 7:29 am
Just because a user “found” a feature dosen’t mean that it’s new or it “just arrived” Good to see though that the Opera crowd still feels good about commenting/posting how much better Opera is. I use Opera too, but this post was made to share a feature that a user “discovered”, not one that was just introduced.
Excitement about a browser = meh
Knocking someone else’s excitement about a browser because you think yours is better = tasteless
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Time: May 25, 2007, 11:56 am
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Time: May 25, 2007, 12:44 pm
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Comment from Ruben
Time: May 25, 2007, 3:10 pm
[Ctrl]-Z
That’s even intuitive too. Opera ftw!!!
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Comment from darkriverguide
Time: May 28, 2007, 12:27 am
Save a finger. On a mac use Command + F12.
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Comment from freppe
Time: May 28, 2007, 11:03 pm
Why not use the middle mouse button?
Push the scrolling on the tabs area and your last closed tab will reopen….
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Comment from dX-Xel
Time: June 4, 2007, 6:48 pm
yeahh..on pc, you can use Ctrl + Shift + T…you also can check my shortcuts collection
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Comment from Mai
Time: August 7, 2007, 8:28 am
Oh my god, this is the best thing ever!
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Time: August 27, 2007, 2:14 am
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Time: September 9, 2007, 10:10 pm
Ctrl + Tab = Tabs between tabs
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Comment from Brian
Time: January 1, 2008, 10:31 pm
I can’t believe this. I was just searching for a reason why when I select a tab to switch to it it closes down. I had no idea this was retrievable. You saved a long post I had just begun to fret about losing.
Why does Firefox behave this way anyway?
But, now I know.
Wow!
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