Browser shortcut keys

A list of shortcut keys which work with most modern web browsers.

Common shortcut keys

• Ctrl + P - Opens the print dialog
• Ctrl + S - Saves the page
• Ctrl + O - Opens a file
• Ctrl + U - Opens the current page's source code

Bookmarks

• Ctrl + B - Manage bookmarks
• Ctrl + D - Add current page to bookmarks

History

• Ctrl + H - Opens history
• Ctrl + Shift + Del - Clear recent history
• Ctrl + J - Opens download history

Tab management

• Ctrl + [number] - Opens the tab corresponding to that number. Ctrl + 1 will open the first tab you have, Ctrl + 2 the second and so forth
• Ctrl + Shift + T - Opens previously closed tab, will work for numerous tabs
• Ctrl + Tab - Cycles through open tabs
• Ctrl + Shift + Tab - Cycles through open tabs backwards
• Ctrl + T - New tab
• Ctrl + N - Opens new window
• Ctrl + W - Closes current tab
• Alt + Enter - Opens location in a new tab

Navigation

• F5 - Reload
• Ctrl + Shift + R / Ctrl + Shift + F5 - Reloads page ignoring cache
• Alt + D / F6 / Ctrl + L - Focuses the URL navigation bar
• Ctrl + Enter - Appends .com to URL in the address bar and opens the page (i.e. www.google becomes www.google.com)
• Ctrl + E / Ctrl + K - Focuses the search box
• Esc - Stops page load
• Alt + Home - Loads your homepage
• Alt + Left, Backspace - Goes back one page
• Alt + Right, Shift + Backspace - Goes forward one page

Search

• Ctrl + F / F3 - Opens the in page search bar
• Ctrl + G / F3 - Goes to the next available search term
• Ctrl + Shift + G / Shift + F3 - Goes to the previous available search term

Scrolling

• Page Down / Space - Goes down a page
• Page Up / Shift + Space - Goes up a page
• Home - Jumps to the top of the page
• End - Jumps to the bottom of page