Shortcuts
Chrome Shortcuts
Table of Contents:
- Manage Tabs
- Address Bar
- View Webpages
- Browse between Webpages
- Browse within Webpages
- Access Browser Features
- Search
- Bookmarks Shortcuts
- The Rest
 1. Manage Tabs | |
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| Ctrl+T | Open new tab |
| Ctrl+W/Ctrl+F4 | Close tab (or close Chrome if only one tab is open) |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Reopen last tab closed. Up to 10 tabs. |
| Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 | Jump to first tab, second tab, etc. |
| Ctrl+9 | Switch to the last tab |
| Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Switch to the next / previous tab (or use ctrl+page up/ctrl+page down) |
| Ctrl+N | Open new Chrome window |
| Ctrl+Shift+N | Open new Chrome window in incognito mode |
| Alt+F4 | Close current window |
| Ctrl and click on link | Open link in a new background tab |
| Shift+ctrl and click on link | Open link in a new foreground tab |
| Shift and click on link | Open link in a new window |
| Alt and click on link | Download link |
| Drag link to existing tab | Open link in selected tab |
| Drag link to tab bar | Open link in a new tab in the specified position on the tab strip. |
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| 2. Address Bar | |
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| Alt+D (or Ctrl+l) | Jump to address bar; highlights current webpage URI if available |
| Ctrl+E (or Ctrl+k) | Enter search query in address bar |
| Home/Rnd in address bar | Jump to beginning / end of address bar |
| Ctrl+A in address bar | Select all text of address. Also use shift+end with cursor at beginning or shift+home with cursor at end |
| Type name of site and pressCtrl+Enter | Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and opens the web address in current tab. |
| Type name of site and pressAlt+Enter | Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and opens the web address in new background tab. |
| Type search term and press Enter | Perform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword or the URI. |
| Type name of search engine and press Tab | Tab-to-Search feature. E.g. Typing in 'yahoo.com' plus tab opens yahoo search. Add/edit search engines via 'Under the Hood' -> Basic -> Search Engines. |
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| 3. View Webpages | |
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| F6 | Alternate focus between address bar and webpage |
| Arrow Down/Arrow Up with focus on webpage | Scroll down / scroll up |
| Page Down/Page Up | Scroll one page down / one page up. Also usespace/shift+space |
| Home/End | Jump to beginning / to end of webpage |
| Ctrl+[+]/- | Zoom in / zoom out (or ctrl+mousewheel) |
| Ctrl+0 (zero) | Return zoom to normal text size |
| Ctrl+U | View webpage source |
| F11 | Turn full screen on / off |
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| 4. Browse between Webpages | |
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| Alt+Home | Jump to homepage |
| Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Jump to previous webpage visited / jump to next webpage |
| F5/Ctrl+R | Reload current webpage |
| Ctrl+F5/Shift+F5 | Reload current webpage with cache override |
| Esc | Stop webpage loading |
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| 5. Browse within Webpages | |
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| Tab/Shift+Tab with focus on webpage | Jump to next / previous link |
| Enter on link | Open link in current tab |
| Ctrl+enter on link | Open link in a new background tab |
| Shift+Ctrl+Enter on link | Open link in a new foreground tab |
| Shift+Enter on link | Open link in a new window |
| Alt+Enter on link | Download link |
| Shift+F10 | Open context menu (simulate right mouse button) |
| Ctrl+A | Select all content on webpage |
| Ctrl+c with content selected | Copy selected content to clipboard |
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| 6. Access Browser Features | |
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| Ctrl+P | Print current webpage (Chrome Print Dialog) |
| Ctrl+Shift+P | Print current webpage (Native Windows Print Dialog) |
| Ctrl+O | Open file |
| Ctrl+S | Save current webpage |
| Alt+F | Open Wrench Menu (I'd call it file menu to remember the shortcut) |
| Ctrl+H | Open History tab |
| Ctrl+J | Open Downloads tab |
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| 7. Search | |
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| Ctrl+F/F3 | Find text on webpage. Press Enter for |
| Enter/Shift+Enter with text found on webpage | Find next / find previous match |
| Ctrl+G/Ctrl+Shift+G with text found on webpage | Find next / find previous match |
| Esc | With focus on Search box: Close Search box |
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| 8. Bookmarks Shortcuts | |
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| Ctrl+Shift+B | Show or hide bookmarks bar |
| Ctrl+Shift+O | Open Bookmark Manager |
| Ctrl+D | Add bookmark for current webpage |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | Add bookmark for current webpage and edit details |
| Drag URI to bookmark bar | Bookmark webpage (can be URI from address bar or link from page) |
| Alt+D, then F6 | Jump to bookmark toolbar. Use arrow keys and enter to access bookmarks |
| Alt+F, then b | Open Bookmark Manager Tab |
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| 9. The Rest | |
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| Shift+Alt+T | Set focus on the toolbar. Use arrow keys to navigate between different buttons on the toolbar. |
| Ctrl+Shift+I/Ctrl+Shift+J | Open Developer Tools / JavaScript Console |
| Shift+Esc | View Google Task manager |
| F1 | Chrome Help |
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