WHAT IS A BROWSER SHORTCUT?
This is a key or combination of keys which are used for speedy ways of completely getting one or more tasks done within your web browser. the Shortcut keys help give a simpler and faster technique for exploring the internet browser.
Below are shortcut that you will find useful in your everyday browsing with any browser on a PC
NAVIGATION
Here are important shortcuts to make your navigating in browser simple and fast.
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Action |
Shortcut |
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Back |
Alt + Left arrow |
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Forward |
Alt + Right arrow |
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Home |
Alt + Home |
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Open file |
Ctrl + O |
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Reload |
F5 or fn + F5 |
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Reload (override cache) |
Ctrl + F5 |
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Stop |
Escape key |
SEARCH
The following are shortcuts to search a particular web page. It will help you find content in a page.
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Action |
Shortcut |
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Find in this page |
Ctrl + F |
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Find next |
F3 or Ctrl + G |
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Find previous |
Shift + F3 |
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Close the find bar |
Esc |
TABS
Need to know how to close tabs with your keyboard? Here’s the close tab shortcut, plus shortcuts for opening and switching tabs.
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Action |
Shortcut |
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Open a new window |
Ctrl + N |
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Open a new tab |
Ctrl + T |
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Close current tab |
Ctrl + F4 |
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Switch to right tab |
Ctrl + Tab |
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Switch to left tab |
Ctrl + Shift + Tab |
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Open a recently closed tab |
Ctrl + Shift + T |
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Close the entire window |
Alt + F4 |
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Change view to tab 1 to 8 |
Ctrl + # key (1-8) |
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Change view to last tab |
Ctrl + 9 |
HISTORY AND BOOKMARKS
The following are the shortcut to make and manage your bookmarks so you can save pages for some other time, just as the shortcut to view and clear your browsing history. You’ll likewise know the shortcut to open bookmarks in Chrome and different programs.
To keep your web browsing more hidden, you might need to clear your browsing history all the more effectively. You can likewise enable and disable cookies in your browser.
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Action |
Shortcut |
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Open history |
Ctrl + H |
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Download history |
Ctrl + J |
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Clear Browsing History |
Ctrl + Shift + Del |
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Bookmark current page |
Ctrl + D |
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Save all tabs as bookmarks |
Ctrl + Shift + D |
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Show bookmarks bar |
Ctrl + Shift + B |
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Bookmarks manager |
Ctrl + Shift + O |
TOOLS
There are a lot of tools accessible in case you’re searching for a more advanced web browser shortcut on a PC. See the table below for the shortcut for downloads, inspecting elements, and other common tool and developer functions.
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Action |
Shortcut |
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Downloads |
Ctrl + J |
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Open Developer Tools |
F12 |
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Inspect element |
Ctrl + Shift + C |
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Open web console |
Ctrl + Shift + J |
ADDRESS BAR
Below are useful shortcuts to the address bar you can use on a PC.
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Action |
Shortcut |
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Open the URL in another tab. |
Enter the URL, then hit Alt + Enter |
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Highlight the URL |
Ctrl + L or Alt + D |
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Focus address bar for web search |
Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E |
ZOOMING AND SCROLLING
To better navigate the site page you’re on, utilize these shortcuts to zoom and scroll to the lower part of the page. Note that for zooming in and zooming out, the + and – show the key on the keyboard you need to press for this shortcut
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Action |
Shortcut |
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Zoom in |
Ctrl + or Ctrl scroll up on your mouse |
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Zoom out |
Ctrl- or Ctrl scroll down on your mouse |
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Default zoom level |
Ctrl + 0 |
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Full-screen mode |
F11 or fn + F11 |
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Scroll page down |
Space or Pg dn |
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Scroll up a page |
Shift + Space or Pg up |
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Top of page |
Home |
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Bottom of page |
End |
Note: If you’re using Mac, use Cmd rather than Ctrl.
