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 |
Links
| 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 |