44 useful shortcuts on all browsers

If you spend a lot of time online, you probably know the pain of having dozens of tabs open and having to navigate through them. Luckily, every web browser has keyboard shortcuts to help you manage your tabs. These shortcuts involve holding down two or three keys at once and can save you time.

Browser shortcuts allow you to quickly open a browser, navigate, zoom, and work faster. Especially for those who love shortcuts, or often have to work on the browser, shortcuts are indispensable. If you are looking for shortcuts for your favorite browser, congratulations, you have come to the right place.

This article will summarize common shortcuts on popular browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Apple Safari or Opera and have special notes on shortcuts that are only used on certain browsers.

44 useful shortcuts on all browsers

1. Shortcut keys when working with Tab:

  • Ctrl + 1 to 8: Select a specific open tab, numbered from left to right
  • Ctrl + 9: Go to the last tab
  • Ctrl + Tab: Switch to the next tab, usually the tab to 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 closed tab.
  • 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. Clicking on tabs:

  • Middle click (mouse wheel) on a Tab: Close tab.
  • Ctrl + left click or mouse wheel click on link: Open link in a new tab but still on the current page.
  • Shift + left click on link: Open link in a new browser window.
  • Ctrl + Shift + left click on link : Open link in new tab and move to that tab.

3. Shortcut keys for navigation:

  • Alt + Left arrow, Backspace: Back/Return to previous page
  • Alt + Right arrow, Shift + Backspace: Forward/Go to next page
  • F5: Reload page.
  • Ctrl + F5: Reload page and clear cache, reload entire website.
  • Escape: Stop loading the page.
  • Alt + Home: Open the homepage.
  • F6: Select the address bar ( Alt + D and Ctrl + L also work here)
  • Home: Scroll to top
  • 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 copied text
  • F3: Perform text search on current page, find next text result

4. Browser shortcuts to zoom in/out:

  • Ctrl and +, Ctrl + mouse wheel up: Zoom in on the web page.
  • Ctrl and -, Ctrl + scroll down: Zoom out the web page.
  • Ctrl + 0: Return to default ratio.
  • F11: Toggle full screen mode on/off.

5. Move shortcuts:

  • Space, Page Down: Move down one screen view.
  • Page Up: Move up 1 screen view.
  • Home: Go to top of page.
  • End: Down to the bottom of the page.
  • Mouse Scroll: Scroll the frame by dragging the mouse up or down.

6. Shortcuts for the address bar:

  • Ctrl + L, Alt + D, F6: Navigate to place the cursor in the address bar.
  • Ctrl + Enter: Adds the www. prefix and .com suffix to the text typed in the address bar, and then opens the website with that full name. For example, type quantrimang in the address bar, then press Ctrl + Enter to open quantrimang.com
  • Alt + Enter: Open the website just entered in the address bar in a new tab.

7. Search related shortcuts:

  • Ctrl + K, Ctrl + E: Navigate to the browser's built-in search box (or to the address bar under the search function if the browser doesn't have a separate search box). Ctrl + K doesn't work on IE, you have to use Ctrl + E). On Google Chrome, pressing Ctrl + K (Command + K, for Mac) will take you to the address bar to search with Google.
  • Alt + Enter: Execute 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 found results.
  • Ctrl + Shift + G, Shift + F3: Switch to the previous search result in the found results.

8. Shortcuts for History and Bookmarks:

  • Ctrl + H: Open browser browsing history.
  • Ctrl + J: Open browser Download history.
  • Ctrl + D: Save the currently opened page to Bookmark.
  • Ctrl + Shift + Del: Open the clear browsing history window.

9. Other browser shortcuts:

  • Ctrl + P: Print the current web page.
  • Ctrl + S: Save the open web page to your computer.
  • Ctrl + O: Open a file on your 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 convenient shortcuts above, your web surfing will become more professional and easier.

Wish you always success!

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