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
Web History and Bookmark
Ctrl + H : Open browsing history page
Ctr + J : Open the download history page
Ctrl + D : Bookmark the current web page
Ctrl + Shift + Del : Open Clear Browsing History window (set to clear browsing data)
Other functions
Ctrl + P : Print the current page
Ctrl + S : Save the current page to the computer
Ctrl + O : Open a file from the computer
Ctrl + U : Open the website's source code (does not apply to IE)
F12 : Open web development tools (requires Firebug extension for Firefox)