Facebook Shortcuts for Built-In Keyboard

If you see Facebook as a benevolent time-waster, why not waste your time more efficiently when you're there? Hit Alt+1 for the home page, Alt+? to search, or Alt+M for a new message.

The How-To Geek runs down all the shortcuts he's discovered. Aside from Alt+M and Alt+?, most of Facebook's keyboard shortcuts line up with numbers. 1-5 will take you (roughly) from left-to-right on Facebook's navigation links across the top of your Facebook page. 6-0 will navigate to less obvious settings pages.

NOTE: If you're on a Mac, you (currently) need to add Ctrl+Option+ to each of the shortcuts (Firefox on Mac is Function+Ctrl—thanks Robert Reents!). Other than that, they should work the same.

• Alt+?: Search
• Alt+m: Compose a new message
• Alt+1: Home page
• Alt+2: Your profile page
• Alt+3: Friend requests
• Alt+4: Your messages
• Alt+5: Notifications
• Alt+6: Account page
• Alt+7: Privacy
• Alt+8: Facebook's Facebook page
• Alt+9: Facebook Terms/Agreement
• Alt+0: Facebook help center
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  The Geek notes, however, that the shortcuts work best in Chrome, and maybe Opera and Safari. In Firefox, you'll need to add a Shift key to the combination, so as not to trigger Firefox's own Alt-centered operations. On Internet Explorer, you'll have to press Enter after hitting each combination.