Friday 28 December 2012

Google Chrome - Keyboard Shortcuts

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Access your Google Chrome browser with your keyboard ONLY.
Using keyboard shortcuts often looks cool and the same could be done in your chrome browser too since Google Chrome allows many keyboard shortcuts and using them makes our work more simpler. Checkout!

Shortcuts -

CTRL + N: Open a new window

CTRL + <Link>: Open a link in a new tab

CTRL + SHIFT + N: Open a new window in Incognito Mode

SHIFT + <Link>: Open a link in a new window

CTRL + T: Open a new tab

CTRL + SHIFT + T: Reopen the last tab that you closed

ALT + F4: Close current window

CTRL + 1: Switch to the tab in position 1 on the tab strip

CTRL + 2: Switch to the tab in position 2 on the tab strip

CTRL + 3: Switch to the tab in position 3 on the tab strip

CTRL + 4: Switch to the tab in position 4 on the tab strip

CTRL + 5: Switch to the tab in position 5 on the tab strip

CTRL + 6: Switch to the tab in position 6 on the tab strip

CTRL + 7: Switch to the tab in position 7 on the tab strip

CTRL + 8: Switch to the tab in position 8 on the tab strip

CTRL + 9: Switch to the last tab on the tab strip

CTRL + TAB: Switch to the next tab

CTRL + PAGE DOWN: Switch to the next tab

CTRL + SHIFT + TAB: Switch to the previous tab

CTRL + PAGE UP: Switch to the previous tab

CTRL + W: Close current tab or pop-up window

CTRL + F4: Close current tab or pop-up window

ALT + HOME: Open your home page

CTRL + O: Open a file in the browser

CTRL + H: View Browsing History

CTRL + B: Toggle bookmarks display

CTRL + J: View Downloads

SHIFT + ESC: View Chrome's internal Task Manager

CTRL + P: Print the current page

F5: Reload the current page

ESC: Stop the current page from loading

CTRL + F5: Reload the current page, overriding the cache

SHIFT + F5: Reload the current page, overriding the cache

ALT + <Link>: Download link

CTRL + F: Open the 'Find in page' dialog box

CTRL + G: Find the next match from 'Find in page' box

F3: Find the next match from 'Find in page' box

CTRL + SHIFT + G: Find the previous match from 'Find in page' box

SHIFT + F3: Find the previous match from 'Find in page' box

CTRL + U: View source code of the current page

CTRL + D: Bookmark the current page

CTRL + PLUS: Make text larger

CTRL + MINUS: Make text smaller

CTRL + 0: Return to default text size

BACKSPACE or ALT + LEFT ARROW: Advance to the previous page in your browsing history (for the current tab)

SHIFT + BACKSPACE or ALT + RIGHT ARROW: Advance to the next page in your browsing history (for the current tab)

ALT + E or ALT + F: Open Chrome's "wrench", or tools, menu

CTRL + SHIFT + B: Activate or disable the Bookmarks Bar.

F6 or SHIFT + F6: Advance through active components on the current page, or through items in Chrome's Address bar, Bookmarks bar, or Downloads bar.

CTRL + SHIFT + J: Open Chrome's JavaScript Console.

CTRL + SHIFT + I: Open Chrome's Developer Tools interface.

F1: Open Chrome's Help Center in a new tab or window.

CTRL + SHIFT + DELETE: Open the Clear Browsing Data window.

CTRL + ENTER: Automatically add www. (at the beginning) and .com (at the end) of the text currently residing in the Address (or URL) bar

CTRL + BACKSPACE: Remove whatever key term precedes the active cursor in the Address (or URL) bar

CTRL + L or ALT + D: Highlight the full URL in the Address bar

CTRL + K or CTRL + E: Enters a question mark in the Address bar. Typing a keyword or keywords following this question mark will submit the search term to your default engine.

CTRL + S: Save the current page to your hard drive

CTRL + C: Copy selected text or images to the Clipboard

CTRL + V or SHIFT + INSERT: Paste the current contents of the Clipboard, preserving original formatting

CTRL + SHIFT + V: Paste the current contents of the Clipboard without original formatting



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