Explorer Shortcut Keys

Explorer Shortcut Keys

Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, ... to 8 – Switch to specified tab, counting from the left

Ctrl+9 – Switch to the last tab

Ctrl+Tab – Switch to next tab (the tab on right)

Ctrl+Page Up also works as above, (but not in Explorer)

Ctrl+Shift+Tab – Switch to previous tab (the tab on left)

Ctrl+Page Down also works as above, (but not in Explorer)

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 browser window

Alt+F4 – Close the current window (works in all applications)

..... Mouse Actions for Tabs .....

Middle Click a Tab – Close the tab

Ctrl+Left Click, Middle Click – Open a link in a background tab

Shift+Left Click – Open a link in a new browser window

Ctrl+Shift+Left Click – Open a link in a foreground tab

..... Navigation .....

Alt+Right Arrow, Shift+Backspace – Forward

F5 – Reload

Ctrl+F5 – Reload and skip the cache, re-downloading the entire website

Escape – Stop

Alt+Home – Open homepage

..... Zooming .....

Ctrl and +, Ctrl+Mouse wheel Up – Zoom in

Ctrl and -, Ctrl+Mouse wheel Down — Zoom out

Ctrl+0 – Default zoom level

F11 – Full-screen mode

..... Scrolling .....

Space, Page Down – Scroll down a frame

Shift+Space, Page Up – Scroll up a frame

Home – Top of page

End – Bottom of page

Middle Click – Scroll with the mouse (Windows only)

..... Address Bar .....

Ctrl+L, Alt+D, F6 – Focus the address bar so you can begin typing

Ctrl+Enter – Prefix www. and append .com to the text in the address bar, and then load the website

For example, type niasfaaiz.blogspot into the address bar and press Ctrl+Enter to open www.niasfaaiz.blogspot .com

Alt+Enter – Open the location in the address bar in a new tab

..... Search .....

Ctrl+K, Ctrl+E – Focus the browser’s built-in search box or focus the address bar if the browser doesn’t have a dedicated search box (Ctrl+K doesn’t work in IE, Ctrl+E does)

Alt+Enter – Perform a search from the search box in a new tab

Ctrl+F, F3 – Open the in-page search box to search on the current page

Ctrl+G, F3 – Find the next match of the searched text on the page

Ctrl+Shift+G, Shift+F3 – Find the previous match of the searched text on the page

..... History & Bookmarks .....

Ctrl+H – Open the browsing history

Ctrl+J – Open the download history

Ctrl+D – Bookmark the current website

Ctrl+Shift+Del – Open the Clear Browsing History window

..... Other Functions .....

Ctrl+P – Print the current page

Ctrl+S – Save the current page to your computer

Ctrl+O – Open a file from your computer

Ctrl+U – Open the current page’s source code. (Not in IE)

F12 – Open Developer Tools (Requires Firebug extension for Firefox)

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Alt+Left Arrow, Backspace – Back