Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts

Monday, August 10, 2009 Leave a Comment

 

You can useGoogle Chrome shortcut keys to perform lots of different tasks quickly or to work without a mouse.

Window and Tab keyboard Shortcuts

Using Ctrl+ Button

  • Ctrl+T: Open a new tab  or Press Ctrl, and click a link: Open link in a new tab
  • Ctrl+N: Open a new window or Press Shift, and click a link: Open link in a new window
  • Ctrl+Shift+N: Open a incognito window
  • Ctrl+Shift+T: Reopen the last tab you’ve closed. (This is new & amazing function of Google Chrome. It can remembers the last 10 tabs you’ve closed. Isn't amazing?)
  • Ctrl+9: Switch to the last tab
  • Ctrl+1 To Ctrl+8: Switch to the tab at the specified position number. The number you press represents a position on the tab strip.
  • Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDown: Switch to the next tab
  • Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp: Switch to the previous tab
  • Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4: Close current tab or pop-up
  • Ctrl+O, then select file: Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome
  • Using Alt+ Button

    • Alt+Home: Open your homepage
    • Alt+F4: Close current window

    Using Dragging

    • Drag link to tab: You can Open link in specified tab after dragging.
    • Drag link to space between tabs: Open link in a new tab in the specified position on the tab strip

     

    Address Bar Shortcuts

    • F6 or Ctrl+L or Alt+D: Highlight content in the web address area
    • Type a search term: Perform a search using your default search engine
    • Type the part of the web address without ‘www.’ and ‘.com’, then press Ctrl+Enter: Your desired website will be open REMEMBER If website address contain other extension except .com, it will not work.
    • Type a search engine keyword or URL, press Tab, then type a search term: Perform 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.
    • Type a web address, then press Alt+Enter: Open your web address in a new tab

    Shortcuts to Google Chrome Features

    • Ctrl+B: Toggle bookmarks bar on and off
    • Ctrl+H: View the History page
    • Ctrl+J: View the Downloads page
    • Shift+Escape: View the Task manager

    Webpage Shortcuts

    • Ctrl+P: Print your current page
    • Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5: Reload current page, ignoring cached content
    • Esc: Stop page loading
    • F5: Reload current page

    Google Chrome Features

    Using Alt

    • Press Alt, and click a link: Download link

    Using Ctrl+

    • Ctrl+F: Open find-in-page box
    • Ctrl+G or F3: Find next match for your input in the find-in-page box
    • Ctrl+Shift+G or Shift+F3: Find previous match for your input in the find-in-page box
    • Ctrl+U: View source
    • Ctrl+D: Bookmark your current webpage
    • Ctrl++: Make text larger
    • Ctrl+-: Make text smaller
    • Ctrl+0: Return to normal text size

    Using Dragging

    • Drag link to bookmarks bar: Bookmark the link

    Other Shortcuts

    • Space bar: Scroll down the web page
    • Home: Go to the top of the page
    • End: Go to the bottom of the page
    • Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E: Places a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the ‘?’ to perform a search using your default search engine.
    • Backspace, or press Alt and the left arrow together: Go to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab
    • Shift+Backspace, or press Alt and the right arrow together: Go to the next page in your browsing history for the tab
    • Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the left arrow together:Jump to the previous word in the address bar
    • Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the right arrow together: Jump to the next word in the address bar
    • Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl+Backspace: Delete the previous word in the address bar

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