If you spend a lot of time online, you probably know the pain of opening dozens of tabs and being forced to navigate through them. Luckily, every web browser has keyboard shortcuts to help you manage your tabs. These keyboard shortcuts involve holding down two or three keys at the same time and can save you time.
Browser shortcuts enable quick opening of a browser, faster navigation, zooming and manipulation. Especially for those who love shortcuts, or often have to work in the browser, shortcuts are indispensable. If you're looking for keyboard shortcuts for your favorite browser, congratulations, you've come to the right place.
This article will summarize common keyboard shortcuts on popular browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Apple Safari or Opera and have specific notes on keyboard shortcuts that can only be used on certain browsers.
1. Shortcuts when working with Tab:
- Ctrl + 1 to 8: Select a specific open tab, numbering from left to right
- Ctrl + 9: Go to the last tab
- Ctrl + Tab: Switch to the next tab, usually the one on the right. (Ctrl + Page Up also works but not in IE).
- Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Switch to the previous tab, usually the tab on the left. (Ctrl + Page Down also works but not in IE).
- Ctrl + W, Ctrl + F4: Close the current tab.
- Ctrl + Shift + T: Reopen the last tab you just closed.
- Ctrl + T: Open a new tab.
- Ctrl + N: Open a new window.
- Alt + F4: Close the current window. (Works with all open windows, including applications).
2. Mouse click activity on tab:
- Middle click (mouse scroll) on a Tab: Close the tab.
- Ctrl + left mouse button or Click the mouse wheel on the link: Open the link in a new tab but still on the current page.
- Shift + left click on link: Open the link in a new browser window.
- Ctrl + Shift + left click on the link: Open the link in a new tab and move to that tab.
3. Shortcuts for navigation:
- Alt + Left Arrow, Backspace: Back/Return to the previous page
- Alt + Right Arrow, Shift + Backspace: Forward/Go to the next page
- F5: Reload the page.
- Ctrl + F5: Reload the page and clear the cache, reload the entire website.
- Escape: Stop page loading.
- Alt + Home: Open the home page (homepage).
- F6: Select the address bar (Alt + D and Ctrl + L also works here)
- Home: Scroll to the top of the page
- End: Scroll to the bottom of the page
- Spacebar: Scroll down
- Shift + Spacebar: Scroll up
- Page Down/Up: Scroll down/up
- Ctrl + C: Copy selected text
- Ctrl + X: Cut (copy and delete original text)
- Ctrl + V: Paste the copied text
- F3: Perform a text search on the current page, find the next text result
4. Browser shortcut to zoom in/out:
- Ctrl and +, Ctrl + scroll up: Zoom in on the website.
- Ctrl and -, Ctrl + scroll down: Minimize the website.
- Ctrl + 0: Returns to default ratio.
- F11: Toggle full screen view on/off.
5. Navigation shortcuts:
- Space, Page Down: Move down 1 screen view.
- Page Up: Move up 1 screen view.
- Home: Go to top.
- End: Go to the bottom of the page.
- Click to scroll: Scroll the frame by dragging the mouse up or down.
6. Shortcut for address bar:
- Ctrl + L, Alt + D, F6: Navigation places the cursor in the address bar.
- Ctrl + Enter: Add prefix www. and suffix .com into the text typed in the address bar, and then open the website with that full name. For example, enter quantrimang Go to the address bar, then press Ctrl + Enter to open quantrimang.com
- Alt + Enter: Open the website you just entered in the address bar on a new tab.
7. Shortcuts related to search:
- Ctrl + K, Ctrl + E: Navigate to your browser's built-in search box (or go to the address box under the search function if your browser doesn't have a separate search box). Ctrl + K does not work in IE, you must use Ctrl + E). On Google Chrome, when you press Ctrl + K (Command + K, for Mac) you will be taken to the address bar to search with Google.
- Alt + Enter: Perform and display search results on a new tab.
- Ctrl + F, F3: Open the search box for information on the current page (Find search).
- Ctrl + G, F3: Go to the next search result in the results found.
- Ctrl + Shift + G, Shift + F3: Return to the previous search result in the found results.
8. Shortcuts for History and Bookmarks:
- Ctrl + H: Open your browser's browsing history.
- Ctrl + J: Open your browser's Download history.
- Ctrl + D: Save the currently open page to Bookmarks.
- Ctrl + Shift + Del: Open the window to delete browsing history.
9. Other browser shortcuts:
- Ctrl + P: Print the current web page.
- Ctrl + S: Save the currently open web page to your computer.
- Ctrl + O: Open a file on the computer.
- Ctrl + U: Open the source code of the current page. (Does not work on IE).
- F12: Open Developer Tools (Requires Firebug extension for Firefox).
- Ctrl + Shift + N: Open an incognito tab on Chrome
- Ctrl + Shift + P: Open an incognito tab on Firefox.
With the above handy shortcuts, your web surfing will become more professional and easier.
Wish you always success!
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