Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google Inc. and its initial release was on September 2, 2008. It is a very fast browser for browsing web pages on the internet. It is one of the most popular and widely distributed web browser around the world. This browser is powered on the WebKit Engine, which powers the browser software. It is written in C++, Assembly, Python, and JavaScript Languages. There is cross browser compatibility for this browser. It also support more than 50 languages. Although it has a minimalistic design, it is based on very sophisticated technology that makes web browsing easier, faster, and safer. Google Chrome comes with a wide range of functions and tasks which makes use of a variety shortcut key combinations.
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Here is a list of Google Chrome shortcut keys:
Press the key Action
Tab and window shortcuts
Ctrl+N Opens
a new window.
Ctrl+T Opens a new tab.
Ctrl+Shift+N Opens
a new window in incognito mode.
Press Ctrl+O,
then select file. Opens
a file from your computer in Google Chrome.
Press Ctrl and click a link. Or click
a link with your
middle mouse
button (or
mousewheel). Opens
the link in a new tab in the background.
Press Ctrl+Shift and click a link.
Or
press Shift and click a link with
your middle mouse
button
(or mousewheel). Opens the link in a new
tab and switches to the newly opened tab.
Press Shift and click a link. Opens
the link in a new window.
Ctrl+Shift+T Reopens
the last tab you've closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you've
closed.
Drag a link to
a tab. Opens
the link in the tab.
Drag a link to a blank area on the tab strip. Opens the link in a new tab.
Drag a tab out
of the tab strip. Opens
the tab in a new window.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip and into
an existing window. Opens the tab in the
existing window.
Press Esc while
dragging a tab. Returns
the tab to its original position.
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 Switches to the tab at the specified position number on the tab strip.
Ctrl+9 Switches
to the last tab.
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDown Switches
to the next tab.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp Switches
to the previous tab.
Alt+F4 Closes
the current window.
Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 Closes the
current tab or pop-up.
Click a tab with your middle mouse
button (or mousewheel). Closes the tab you
clicked.
Right-click, or click and hold either
the Back or Forward
arrow in the
browser toolbar. Displays
your browsing history in the tab.
Press Backspace, or Alt and the left
arrow
together. Goes
to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab.
Press Shift+Backspace, or Alt and
the right
arrow together. Goes
to the next page in your browsing history for the tab.
Press Ctrl and click either the
Back arrow, Forward
arrow, or
Go button in the
toolbar. Or click either
button with your
middle mouse
button (or mousewheel). Opens the button destination in a
new tab in the background.
Double-click the blank area on the
tab strip. Maximizes
or minimizes the window.
Alt+Home Opens
your homepage in your current window.
Google Chrome feature shortcuts
Alt+F or Alt+E Opens
the wrench menu, which lets you customize and control settings in Google
Chrome.
Ctrl+Shift+B Toggles
the bookmarks bar on and off.
Ctrl+H Opens
the History page.
Ctrl+J Opens
the Downloads page.
Shift+Esc Opens
the Task Manager.
Shift+Alt+T Sets
focus on the first tool in the browser toolbar. You can then use the following
shortcuts to move around in the toolbar:
Press Tab, Shift+Tab, Home,
End, right arrow, and left arrow to move focus to different
items in the toolbar.
Press Space or Enter to
activate toolbar buttons, including page actions and browser actions.
Press Shift+F10 to bring
up any associated context menu (e.g. browsing history for the Back button).
Press Esc to return
focus from the toolbar back to the page.
F6 or Shift+F6 Switches
focus to the next keyboard-accessible pane. Panes include:
Address bar
Bookmarks bar
(if visible)
The main web content (including
any infobars)
Downloads bar (if
visible)
Ctrl+Shift+J Opens
Developer Tools.
Ctrl+Shift+Delete Opens
the Clear Browsing Data dialog.
F1 Opens
the Help Center in a new tab (our favorite).
Ctrl+Shift+M Switch
between multiple users.
Address bar shortcuts
Type a search
term, then press Enter. Performs
a search using your default search engine.
Type a search engine keyword,
press Space, type a search term, and
press Enter. Performs
a search using the search engine associated with the keyword.
Begin typing a search engine URL,
press Tab when prompted, type a
search term,
and press Enter. Performs
a search using the search engine associated with the URL.
Ctrl+Enter Adds www. and .com to
your input in the address bar and open the resulting URL.
Type a URL, then press Alt+Enter. Opens
the URL in a new tab.
Ctrl+L or Alt+D Highlights
the URL.
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E Places
a '?' in the address bar. Type a search term after the question mark to perform
a search using your default search engine.
Press Ctrl and
the left arrow together. Moves
your cursor to the preceding key term in the address bar
Press Ctrl and
the right arrow together. Moves
your cursor to the next key term in the address bar
Ctrl+Backspace Deletes
the key term that precedes your cursor in the address bar
Select an entry in the address bar
drop-down menu with your keyboard
arrows, then
press Shift+Delete. Deletes
the entry from your browsing history, if possible.
Click an entry in the address bar
drop-down menu with your middle
mouse button
(or mousewheel). Opens
the entry in a new tab in the background.
Press Page Up or Page Down when
the address bar
drop-down menu is
visible. Selects
the first or last entry in the drop-down menu.
Webpage shortcuts
Ctrl+P Prints
your current page.
Ctrl+S Saves
your current page.
F5 or Ctrl+R Reloads
your current page.
Esc Stops
the loading of your current page.
Ctrl+F Opens
the find bar.
Ctrl+G or F3 Finds
the next match for your input in the find bar.
Ctrl+Shift+G, Shift+F3,
or Shift+Enter Finds
the previous match for your input in the find bar.
Click the middle mouse button
(or
mousewheel). Activates
auto-scrolling. As you move your mouse, the page automatically scrolls
according to the direction of the mouse.
Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5 Reloads
your current page, ignoring cached content.
Press Alt and click a link. Downloads
the target of the link.
Ctrl+U Opens
the source of your current page.
Drag a link to bookmarks bar Saves the link as a
bookmark.
Ctrl+D Saves your current webpage as a
bookmark.
Ctrl+Shift+D Saves
all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder.
F11 Opens
your page in full-screen mode. Press F11 again to exit full-screen.
Ctrl and +, or press Ctrl and scroll
your mousewheel up. Enlarges
everything on the page.
Ctrl and -, or press Ctrl and scroll
your mousewheel down. Makes everything on the
page smaller.
Ctrl+0 Returns
everything on the page to normal size.
Space bar Scrolls
down the web page.
Home Goes
to the top of the page.
End Goes
to the bottom of the page.
Press Shift and scroll your mousewheel. Scrolls horizontally on the page.
Text shortcuts
Ctrl+C Copies
highlighted content to the clipboard.
Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert Pastes
content from the clipboard.
Ctrl+Shift+V Paste
content from the clipboard without formatting.
Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete Deletes the
highlighted content and copies it to the clipboard.
