To open a new tab in firefox press the plus button on the right of the tab bar or press :kbd:`Control + t`. To close a tab press the button with an x on the right side of the tab or press :kbd:`Control +W`. To Open a new window in browsing press :kbd:`Control +N`. To view your browsing history press the button that looks like a stack of books with the last one at the end the third item down will show you history or press :kbd:`Control +H`. To view your downloaded files press the button that looks like three stacked books with a fourth leaning over :menuselection:`--> Downloads`.
To go back to a previous page in firefox press the button pointing to the left or press :kbd:`Alt + Left arrow`. To open the page you were previously at in a new tab middle click the back button. To go forward to a page you have visited before but have now gone back from press the button with the arrow pointing to the right or :kbd:`Alt + Right arrow`. Middle click on the forward button to open the page you went back from in a new tab. To download a file directly to your local disk right click :menuselection:`Save Link As` file as and then you will get a dialog box to show where to save it.
To go back to a previous page in firefox press the button pointing to the left or press :kbd:`Alt + Left arrow`. To open the page you were previously at in a new tab middle click the back button. To go forward to a page you have visited before but have now gone back from press the button with the arrow pointing to the right or :kbd:`Alt + Right arrow`. Middle click on the forward button to open the page you went back from in a new tab. To download a file directly to your local disk right click :menuselection:`Save Link As` file as and then you will get a dialog box to show where to save it.
To have a list of all of your tabs press the downard pointing arrowhead button. To switch the view of your tabs if you have more than on the screen press the right ward pointed arrowhead to move the visible part of the tab bar to the right. To move the visible part of the tab bar to the left press the leftward pointed arrowhead. To open a new tab press the :guilabel:`+` button.
To scroll down using the keyboard press :kbd:`Page Down`.
To go to a specific url in the address bar you can type it in the the main bar in the middle. If you have a url in your clipboard you can paste it here or into the address bar right click :menuselection:`Paste & Go`. Or if you right click into the the clipboard and not immediately go to the page and type in a sub page right click :guilabel:`Paste` and then type to go a specific sub page of the same site and then press enter to go to the page. If you press :kbd:`F6` the cursor will select the address bar.
