Google Chrome Tip #3: Keyboard Shortcuts

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Keyboard ShortcutsGoogle provides many keyboard shortcuts to move around and work with Google Chrome. For a complete list, you can always jump over to the Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts page. In the mean time, read on to see a list of the keyboard shortcuts….

Here is a list of most of Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts:

Window and tab shortcuts Window and tab shortcuts

Ctrl+NOpen a new window
Ctrl+Shift+NOpen a new window in incognito mode
Press Ctrl, and click a linkOpen link in a new tab
Press Shift, and click a linkOpen link in a new window
Alt+F4Close current window
Ctrl+TOpen a new tab
Ctrl+Shift+TReopen the last tab you’ve closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you’ve closed.
Drag link to tabOpen link in specified tab
Drag link to space between tabsOpen link in a new tab in the specified position on the tab strip
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8Switch to the tab at the specified position number. The number you press represents a position on the tab strip.
Ctrl+9Switch to the last tab
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDownSwitch to the next tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUpSwitch to the previous tab
Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4Close current tab or pop-up
Alt+HomeOpen your homepage
Ctrl+O, then select fileOpen a file from your computer in Google Chrome

Address bar shortcuts

Do one of the following actions in the address bar:
Type a search termPerform a search using your default search engine
Type the part of the web address that’s between ‘www.’ and ‘.com’, then press Ctrl+EnterAdd www.and .com to your input in the address bar and open the web address
Type a search engine keyword or URL, press Tab, then type a search termPerform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword or the URL. Google Chrome prompts you to press Tab if it recognizes the search engine you’re trying to use.
F6 or Ctrl+L or Alt+DHighlight content in the web address area
Type a web address, then press Alt+EnterOpen your web address in a new tab
Shortcuts to open Google Chrome features
Ctrl+BToggle bookmarks bar on and off
Ctrl+HView the History page
Ctrl+JView the Downloads page
Shift+EscapeView the Task manager

Webpage shortcuts

Ctrl+PPrint your current page
F5Reload current page
EscStop page loading
Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5Reload current page, ignoring cached content
Press Alt, and click a linkDownload link
Ctrl+FOpen find-in-page box
Ctrl+G or F3Find next match for your input in the find-in-page box
Ctrl+Shift+G or Shift+F3Find previous match for your input in the find-in-page box
Ctrl+UView source
Drag link to bookmarks barBookmark the link
Ctrl+DBookmark your current webpage
Ctrl++Make text larger
Ctrl+-Make text smaller
Ctrl+0Return to normal text size

Text shortcuts

Highlight content, then press Ctrl+CCopy content to the clipboard
Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl+V or Shift+InsertPaste current content from the clipboard
Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl+Shift+VPaste current content from the clipboard without formatting
Highlight content in a text field, then press Ctrl+X or Shift+DeleteDelete the content and copy it to the clipboard
Backspace, or press Alt and the left arrow togetherGo to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab
Shift+Backspace, or press Alt and the right arrow togetherGo to the next page in your browsing history for the tab
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+EPlaces a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the ‘?’ to perform a search using your default search engine.
Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the left arrow togetherJump to the previous word in the address bar
Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the right arrow togetherJump to the next word in the address bar
Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl+BackspaceDelete the previous word in the address bar
Space barScroll down the web page
HomeGo to the top of the page
EndGo to the bottom of the page