47 common keyboard shortcuts for all web browsers

Web browsers currently use quite a large number of keyboard shortcuts. Whether you are using Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, IE, ... speed up

You may not know, web browsers currently use quite a large number of shortcuts . Whether you're using Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari or Opera - these shortcuts will work the same.

In addition, each browser has its own shortcut keys, owning a 'quality' for itself. But learning these common shortcuts will help users operate more conveniently, not be surprised when changing web browsers. Here we will introduce you to 47 useful shortcuts that you should memorize.

Keyboard shortcuts help switch between running Tabs

Ctrl + 1-8 : Switch to another tab counting from left

Ctrl + 9 : Go to the last tab

Ctrl + Tab : Go to the next tab (located on the right)

(similar to Ctrl + Page Up but this key combination is not effective in Internet Explorer)

Ctrl + Shift + Tab : Go to the next tab (located on the left)

(similar to Ctrl + Page Down but this key combination is not effective in IE)

Ctrl + W / Ctrl + F4 : Close the current tab

Ctrl + Shift + T : Reopen closed tabs only

Ctrl + T : Open a new tab

Ctrl + N : Open a new browser window

Alt + F4 : Close the current window (can be used in all applications)

Mouse actions on Tabs :

Middle click on tab : Close tab

Ctrl + left click / Middle click : Open link in new tab

Shift + left mouse click : Open a link in a new window

Ctrl + Shift + left mouse click : Open a link in a new tab and move to that tab

Locate

Alt + left arrow / Backspace : Back

Alt + right arrow / Shift + Backspace : Forward

F5 : Reload

Ctrl + F5 : Reload the page and skip the cache, reload the entire web page

Escape : Stop

Alt + Home : Go to the homepage

Zoom in / Out

Ctrl and ' + ' / Ctrl + scroll up : Zoom in

Ctrl and '- ' / Ctrl + scroll down : Zoom out

Ctrl + 0 : Return to the default mode

F11: Open full screen mode

Move

Space / Page Down : Scroll the web page down

Shift + Space / Page Up : Scroll web page up

Home : Go to the top of the page

End : Go to the bottom of the page

Middle mouse click : Move web page up and down with mouse

Address bar

Ctrl + L / Alt + D / F6 : Highlight web addresses so you can type new

Ctrl + Enter : Add a prefix 'www.' and '.com' to the address and reload the website. For example, type 'TipsMake' in the address bar and press Ctrl + Enter to open www.TipsMake.com.

Alt + Enter : Open the web address in use in a new tab

Search

Ctrl + K / Ctrl + E : Quickly move to the search box (or go to the address bar if the browser does not have a dedicated search box and in IE only use Ctrl + E)

Alt + Enter : Perform a search in a new tab

Ctrl + F / F3 : Open the search box on the current web page

Ctrl + G / F3 : Go to the next search result

Ctrl + Shift + G / Shift + F3 : Go to the previous search result