Keyboard Shortcuts

Tabs and windows

Key Does
Ctrl+T New tab
Ctrl+W Close the tab
Ctrl+Shift+T Reopen the tab closed last
Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+Shift+Tab Next tab, previous tab
Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+8 The tab at that place
Ctrl+9 The last tab
Ctrl+Shift+PageUp, Ctrl+Shift+PageDown Move the tab up or down among the tabs beside it
Ctrl+Shift+B Fold the tab panel to icons, or unfold it
Ctrl+N New window
Ctrl+Shift+N New incognito window

Going places

Key Does
Ctrl+L, Alt+D, F6 Go to the address bar
Alt+Enter in the address bar Open what is typed in a new tab
Alt+Left, Alt+Right Back, forward
F5 Reload
Ctrl+F5 Reload, ignoring cached files
Esc Stop loading

The mouse's side buttons go back and forward too. Right-click the Back button to list the pages behind you.

On the page

Key Does
Ctrl+F Find in the page
F3 Next match
Ctrl+=, Ctrl+- Zoom in, zoom out
Ctrl+0 Actual size
F11 Full screen
Ctrl+D Bookmark the page

The browser's pages and tools

Key Does
Ctrl+H History
Ctrl+Shift+O Bookmarks
Ctrl+J Downloads
F12 Developer tools, docked under the page
Ctrl+U The page's source, in a new tab
Click Opens the link
Ctrl+click, or middle click In a new tab, in the background
Ctrl+Shift+click In a new tab, shown at once
Shift+click In a new window