Safari Commands

These commands are available when Safari is frontmost.

What You Say Result
About This Command Set Opens a dialog box describing this command set.

Application Menu Actions

What You Say Result
About This Application Displays information about Safari.
Access Preferences Window Access Preferences Window
Turn Private Browsing Off Turns off the Private Browsing feature in Safari.
Turn Private Browsing On Turns on the Private Browsing feature in Safari.
Reset Safari Allows you to completely reset Safari.
Hide This Application Hides Safari.
Hide Other Applications Hide Other Applications
Show All Applications Shows all applications.
Quit This Application Quits Safari.

File Menu Actions

What You Say Result
Make New Browser Window Opens a new browser window.
Make A New Tab Makes a new untitled tab in the current window.
Access Open File Window Allows you to open a file, typically a web page stored locally, on any attached storage device.
Access Open Location Window Selects contents of URL field in the current window. (TIP: use spelling mode to enter complex URLs.)
Close This Window Closes the front window in Safari.
Close All Windows Closes all open Safari windows.
Close This Tab Closes the current tab.
Close Other Tabs Closes all tabs except the current one.
Access Save As Window Opens the Save As dialog box.
Mail Contents Of This Page Mails the contents of the current web page using your preferred email client.
Mail Link To This Page Mails a link to the current web page using your preferred email client.
Open In Dashboard Window Allows you to open a portion of the current web page in Dashboard.
Access Import Bookmarks Window Allows you to import bookmarks from a file.
Access Export Bookmarks Window Allows you to export your bookmarks to an XML file.
Print This Document Prints the current web page.

Edit Menu Actions

What You Say Result
Undo Last Action Undoes the last action. This is the same as pressing Command-Z (undo).
Redo Last Action Redoes the last action.
Cut Selection Cut Selection
Copy Selection Copy Selection
Paste From Clipboard Paste the contents of the clipboard at the insertion point.
Delete Selection Deletes the selection.
Select All Selects everything.
Auto Fill This Form AutoFills the Current Form.
Show Find Toolbar Opens the Find window.
Find Next Finds the next instance of the Find string.
Find Previous Finds the previous occurrence of the Find string.
Hide Find Banner Hides the Find Banner.
Use Selection for Find Uses the current selection as the Find string.
Jump to Selection Jumps to the selection in the current window.
Check Spelling And Grammar Of This Document Allows you to check the spelling and grammar of the active document.
Turn Check Spelling While Typing Off Turns off the Check Spelling While Typing feature.
Turn Check Spelling While Typing On Turns on the Check Spelling While Typing feature.
Turn Check Grammar With Spelling Off Turns off the Check Grammar with Spelling feature.
Turn Check Grammar With Spelling On Turns on the Check Grammar with Spelling feature.
Show Special Characters Window Displays the Special Characters palette.

View Menu Actions

What You Say Result
Show Bookmarks Bar Shows the Bookmarks Bar.
Hide Bookmarks Bar Hides the Bookmarks Bar.
Show Status Bar Shows the Status Bar.
Hide Status Bar Hides the Status Bar.
Show Tab Bar Shows the Tab Bar.
Hide Tab Bar Hides the tab bar.
Show Toolbar Shows the Toolbar.
Hide Toolbar Hides the Toolbar.
Access Customize Toolbar Window Opens the Customize Toolbar window.
Stop Loading This Page Stops loading the current page.
Reload This Page Reloads the current web page.

History Menu Actions

What You Say Result
Jump Back Goes back to the last location visited.
Jump Forward Jumps forward to the next location visited (typically used after you have already used the “Jump Back” command to view a previous page again).
Jump Home Takes you to your home page.
Mark This Page For Snap Back Marks the current web page for SnapBack.
Jump To Snap Back Page Takes you to the page you previously marked as the SnapBack page.
Jump To Search Snap Back Takes you to the Search Results SnapBack page.
Reopen Last Closed Window Reopens the last closed window.
Reopen All Windows From Last Session Reopens all the Safari windows that were open during the last session.
Jump To Bookmark One Jumps to the first bookmark in the Bookmark Bar.
Jump To Bookmark Two Jumps to the second bookmark in the Bookmark Bar.
Jump To Bookmark Three Jumps to the third bookmark in the Bookmark Bar.
Jump To Bookmark Four Jumps to the fourth bookmark in the Bookmark Bar.
Jump To Bookmark Five Jumps to the fifth bookmark in the Bookmark Bar.
Jump To Bookmark Six Jumps to the sixth bookmark in the Bookmark Bar.
Jump To Bookmark Seven Jumps to the seventh bookmark in the Bookmark Bar.
Jump To Bookmark Eight Jumps to the Eighth bookmark in the Bookmark Bar.
Jump To Bookmark Nine Jumps to the ninth bookmark in the Bookmark Bar.
Show All History Show All History
Clear History Clears the history of locations visited.

Bookmarks Menu Actions

What You Say Result
Show All Bookmarks Shows the Bookmark Manager.
Hide All Bookmarks Hides the Bookmark manager.
Access Add Bookmark Window Adds a bookmark to the current page, allowing you to rename it.
Add Bookmark For These Tabs Add Bookmark For These Tabs
Add Bookmark Folder Adds a Bookmark Folder to the Bookmark collection.
Bookmark This Page Adds the current page to the Bookmark menu without asking to rename it.
Access Save As Window Opens the Save As dialog box.
Move To Next Cell Moves to the next editable cell while in Bookmarks view.
Open Selected Bookmark Opens the selected bookmark when in Bookmark view.
Delete Selected Bookmarks Deletes the selected Bookmarks when in Bookmarks view.

Window Menu Actions

What You Say Result
Minimize This Window Minimizes the current window.
Minimize All Windows Minimizes all windows.
Zoom This Window Zooms the current window.
Select Next Tab Selects the next tab in the current window.
Select Previous Tab Selects the Previous Tab in the current window.
Merge All Windows Merges all windows.
Move Tab To New Window Moves the current tab to a new window.
Show Downloads Window Opens the Downloads window.
Bring All Windows To Front Brings all Safari windows to the front.

Help Menu Actions

What You Say Result
Show Safari Help Displays Safari’s Help file in a new window.
Show Acknowledgments Displays the Acknowledgments document in a new window.
Show Installed Plug ins Displays the installed plug-ins in a new window.
Show License Displays the license agreement in a new window.

Links and Navigation

What You Say Result
Create a command for this page Creates a command for this page
Jump To This Link Takes you to the web page for the selected link.
Move To Next Link Moves to the next link while in normal view.
Move To Previous Link Moves to the previous link while in normal view.
Move To Next Text Field Moves to the next editable text field while in normal view.
Move To Previous Text Field Moves to the previous editable text field while in normal view.
Scroll Up Scrolls the page up by a small amount, but more than clicking on the scroll bar up arrow.
Scroll Down Scrolls the page down by a little, but more than by clicking the scroll down arrow.
Scroll To Top Scrolls to the top of the current page.
Scroll To Bottom Scrolls to the bottom of the current page.
Scroll Left Scrolls the page left by a little, but more than by clicking the scroll left arrow.
Scroll Right Scrolls the page right by a litte, but more than by clicking the scroll right arrow.
Scroll One Screen Down Scrolls down one screenfull.
Scroll One Screen Left Scrolls left one screen.
Scroll One Screen Right Scrolls right one screen.
Scroll One Screen Up Scrolls up one screenfull.