Short-cut Keys for Google Chrome and Internet Explorer
Given below are the short-cut Keys which you could use while working on your browser i.e. in Internet Explorer or Google Chrome.
Mouse Actions for Tabs
- Middle Click a Tab – Close the tab
- Ctrl+T – Open a new tab
- Ctrl+N – Open a new browser window
- Alt+F4 – Close the current window
Function for Tabs
- Ctrl+9 – Switch to the last tab
- Ctrl+Shift+Tab – Switch to the previous tab – in other words, the tab on the left. (Ctrl+Page Down also works, but not in Internet Explorer.)
- Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4 – Close the current tab
- Ctrl+Tab – Switch to the next tab – in other words, the tab on the right. (Ctrl+Page Up also works, but not in Internet Explorer.)
- Ctrl+1-8 – Switch to the specified tab, counting from the left.
- Ctrl+Shift+T – Reopen the last closed tab
Functions for Zooming
- Ctrl and +, Ctrl+Mousewheel Up – Zoom in
- Ctrl and -, Ctrl+Mousewheel Down — Zoom out
- Ctrl+0 – Default zoom level
- F11 – Full-screen mode
Functions for Address Bar
- Ctrl+L, Alt+D, F6 – Focus the address bar so you can begin typing
- Ctrl+Enter – Prefix www. add the name .com to the text in the address bar, and then load the website. For example,
type techstroke into the address bar and press Ctrl+Enter to open www.techstroke.com - Alt+Enter – Open the location in the address bar in a new tab
Functions for Navigation
- Alt+Left Arrow, Backspace – Back
- Alt+Right Arrow, Shift+Backspace – Forward
- F5 – Reload
- Ctrl+F5 – Reload and skip the cache, re-downloading the entire website
- Escape – Stop
- Alt+Home – Open homepage
Other Imp. Functions
- Ctrl+P – Print the current page
- Ctrl+S – Save the current page to your computer
- Ctrl+O – Open a file from your computer
- Ctrl+U – Open the current page’s source code. (Not in Internet Explorer)
- F12 – Open Developer Tools
For Searching
- Ctrl+K, Ctrl+E – Focus the browser’s built-in search box or focus the address bar if the browser doesn’t have a dedicated search box. (Ctrl+K doesn’t work in Internet Explorer, Ctrl+E does)
- Alt+Enter – Perform a search from the search box in a new tab
- Ctrl+F, F3 – Open the in-page search box to search on the current page
- Ctrl+G, F3 – Find the next match of the searched text on the page
- Ctrl+Shift+G, Shift+F3 – Find the previous match of the searched text on the page
Keys for directly going in History & Bookmarks
- Ctrl+H – Open the browsing history
- Ctrl+J – Open the download history
- Ctrl+D – Bookmark the current website
- Ctrl+Shift+Del – Open the Clear Browsing History window
(will be updated as soon as the changes occur)