I use Google Chrome as my browser and so do a lot of my customers. There are some handy keyboard shortcuts I use all the time - and I thought I'd save the official list here for others as well.
Tabs and windows | |
Ctrl+N | Open a new window |
Ctrl+Shift+N | Open a new window in incognito mode |
Ctrl+T | Open a new tab |
Ctrl+O | Open a file in the browser |
Ctrl+Shift+Q (twice) | Sign out of your Google Account on Chrome OS |
Ctrl+W | Close the current tab |
Ctrl+Shift+W | Close the current window |
Ctrl+Shift+T | Reopen the last tab you've closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you've closed. |
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 | Go to the tab at the specified position in the window |
Ctrl+9 | Go to the last tab in the window |
Alt+1 through Alt+8 | Activate launcher items 1-8 |
Search+1 through Search+= | Use F1 to F12 |
Alt+9 | Go to the last window open |
Ctrl+Tab | Go to the next tab in the window |
Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Go to the previous tab in the window |
Alt+Tab | Go to the next window you have open |
Alt+Shift+Tab | Go to the previous window you have open |
Click and hold the Back or Forward arrow in the browser toolbar | See your browsing history for the tab |
Backspace, or press Alt and the left arrow | Go to previous page in your browsing history. |
Shift+Backspace, or press Alt and the right arrow | Go to the next page in your browsing history. |
Press Ctrl and click a link | Open the link in a new tab in the background |
Press Ctrl+Shift and click a link | Open the link in a new tab and switch to the newly opened tab |
Press Shift and click a link | Open the link in a new window |
Drag a link to a tab | Open the link in the tab |
Drag a link to a blank area on the tab strip | Open the link in a new tab |
Type a URL in the address bar, then pressAlt+Enter | Open the URL in a new tab |
Press Esc while dragging a tab | Return the tab to its original position |
Ctrl+Shift+L | Locks your screen |
Page shortcuts | |
Press Alt and up arrow | Page up |
Press Alt and down arrow | Page down |
Space bar | Scroll down the web page |
Press Ctrl+Alt and up arrow | Home |
Press Ctrl+Alt and down arrow | End |
Ctrl+P | Print your current page |
Ctrl+S | Save your current page |
Ctrl+R | Reload your current page |
Ctrl+Shift+R | Reload your current page without using cached content |
Ctrl and + | Zoom in on the page |
Ctrl and - | Zoom out on the page |
Ctrl+0 | Reset zoom level |
Esc | Stop the loading of your current page |
Press Alt and click a link | Open the link in a new tab in the background |
Ctrl+D | Save your current webpage as a bookmark |
Ctrl+Shift+D | Save all open pages in your current window as bookmarks in a new folder |
Drag a link to bookmarks bar | Save the link as a bookmark |
Ctrl+F | Open the find bar to search your current page |
Ctrl+G or Enter | Go to the next match for your input in the find bar |
Ctrl+Shift+G orShift+Enter | Go to the previous match for your input in the find bar |
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E | Perform a search. Type a search term after the question mark in the address bar and press Enter. |
Ctrl+Enter | Add www. and .com to your input in the address bar and open the resulting URL |
Ctrl+ | Take a screenshot of your current page |
Ctrl+ Shift+ | Take a partial screenshot |
Ctrl+U | View page source |
Ctrl+Shift+I | Toggle the display of the Developer Tools panel |
Ctrl+Shift+J | Toggle the display of the DOM Inspector |
Browser settings | |
Ctrl+Shift+B | Toggle the display of the bookmarks bar. Bookmarks appear on the New Tab page if the bar is hidden. |
Alt+Shift+M | Open the Files app |
Ctrl+. | Display hidden files in the Files app |
Ctrl+H | Open the History page |
Ctrl+J | Open the Downloads page |
Shift+Esc | Open the Task Manager |
Ctrl+Alt+/ | Open the list of available keyboard shortcuts |
Ctrl+? | Go to the Help Center |
Ctrl+ | Configure monitor display |
Shift+Alt+S | Opens the status area in the bottom-right corner of the screen. |
Shift+Alt+L | Place focus on the launcher |
Press Tab or the right arrow to focus on the next item in the toolbar | |
Press Shift+Tab or the left arrow to focus on the previous item in the toolbar | |
Press Space or Enter to activate buttons, including page actions and browser actions | |
Press Shift + | |
to open the context menu for the button (if available). | |
Press Esc to return focus to the page | |
Ctrl + left arrow or Ctrl + right arrow | Pressing Ctrl and either the back or forward keys switches focus to the next keyboard-accessible pane. Panes include: |
Status area containing the time, network icon, and battery icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen | |
Launcher | |
Address bar | |
Bookmarks bar (if visible) | |
The main web content (including any infobars) | |
Downloads bar (if visible) | |
Alt+Shift+B | Place focus on the bookmarks bar. Use the actions listed for Shift+Alt+T to move the focus. |
Alt+E or Alt+F | Open the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar |
Shift+Search+Volume Up | Open right-click menus for focused items. |
Ctrl+Alt+Z | Enable or disable accessibility features if you're not signed in with a Google Account. If you're signed in, you can configure the accessibility feature on the Settings page. |
Ctrl+Shift and + | Increase screen scale |
Ctrl+Shift and - | Decrease screen scale |
Ctrl+Shift and ) | Reset screen scale |
Ctrl+Shift and Refresh | Rotate screen 90 degrees |
Text editing | |
Ctrl+A | Select everything on the page |
Ctrl+L or Alt+D | Select the content in the address bar |
Press Ctrl+Shift and right arrow | Select next word or letter |
Press Shift+Search and right arrow | Select text to the end of the line |
Press Shift+Search and left arrow | Select text to the beginning of the line |
Press Ctrl+Shift and left arrow | Select previous word or letter |
Press Ctrl and right arrow | Move to the end of the next word |
Press Ctrl and left arrow | Move to the start of the previous word |
Press Alt and up arrow | Page up |
Press Alt and down arrow | Page down |
Press Ctrl+Alt and up arrow | Home |
Press Ctrl+Alt and down arrow | End |
Press Ctrl+Search and right arrow | Go to end of document |
Press Ctrl+Search and left arrow | Go to beginning of document |
Ctrl+C | Copy selected content to the clipboard |
Ctrl+V | Paste content from the clipboard |
Ctrl+Shift+V | Paste content from the clipboard as plain text |
Ctrl+X | Cut |
Ctrl+Backspace | Delete the previous word |
Alt+Backspace | Delete the next letter (forward delete) |
Ctrl+Z | Undo your last action |