Although the market is dominated by mobile devices, the desktop experience is much more complete, especially in work or study situations. After all, the keyboard can offer various possibilities to enhance your activities on a computer, such as shortcut keys.
When it comes to web browsing, the Google Chrome it is one of the main tools available on the market and deserves special attention from those who work with the internet. However, there are some browser shortcuts and tools which may be unknown to even the most experienced users.
There are dozens of shortcuts to make your day to day easierSource: unsplash
To make your life easier, the TechWorld gathered all the shortcuts available from Google Chrome in a list. The shortcuts available below can be used on computers and laptops running windows Y Linux, following the keyboard pattern widely used with systems.
Tabs and window shortcuts in Windows and Linux
- ctrl + n — Open a new window
- Ctrl + Shift + n — Open a new window in incognito mode
- Ctrl + t — Open a new tab and access it.
- Ctrl + Shift + t — Reopen previously closed tabs in the order they were closed
- Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + Page Down — Access the next open tab
- Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PageUp — Access the previous open tab
- Ctrl + 1 to Ctrl + 8 — Access a specific tab
- Control + 9 — Go to the last tab on the right
- Alt + Home — Open home page in current tab
- Alt + left arrow — Open the previous page of the browsing history on the current page
- Alt + right arrow — Opens the next page of the browsing history on the current page
- Ctrl + w or Ctrl + F4 – Close the current tab
- Ctrl + Shift +w or Alt + F4 — Close current window
- Alt + Space — Minimize the current window
- Alt + Space ex — Maximize the current window
- alt + fex — Quit Google Chrome
- Ctrl + Right Arrow or Ctrl + Left Arrow — Move tabs left or right with keyboard focus
Google Chrome Feature Shortcuts
- Alt + f or Alt + e — Open the Google Chrome menu
- Ctrl + Shift + b — Show or hide the bookmarks bar
- Ctrl + Shift + or — Open Bookmark Manager
- Ctrl + h — Open the history page in a new tab
- Ctrl + J — Open the download page in a new tab
- Shift + Esc — Open Chrome Task Manager
- Shift + Alt + t — Set focus to the first item in the Chrome toolbar
- F10 — Set focus to the last item on the right in the Chrome toolbar
- F6 — Toggle focus for blurry dialog (if shown) and all toolbars
- Ctrl + fo F3 — Open the search bar to search the current page
- ctrl + g — Go to the next search match from the “Search” bar
- Ctrl + Shift + g — Go to the previous search match from the “Search” bar
- Ctrl + Shift + jo F12 — Open tools for developers
- Ctrl + Shift + Delete — Open the “Clear browsing data” options
- F1 — Open Chrome Help Center in a new tab
- Ctrl + Shift + m — Log in as a different user or browse as a guest
- Alt + Shift + i — Open a feedback form
- F7 — Enable caret navigation
- Control + F6 — Access the content of the website
- Alt + Shift + a — Focus on idle dialogs
Address bar shortcuts
- Type a search term + Enter — Search with the default search engine
- Type the name of a search engine and press Tab — Search using a different search engine
- Type a site name + Ctrl + Enter — Add www. and .com to a website name and open it in the current tab
- Type a search term + Alt + Enter — Open a new tab and perform a Google search
- Ctrl + l or Alt + c F6 — Go to address bar
- Ctrl + k or Ctrl + e — Search from anywhere on the page
- Down arrow to highlight + Shift + Delete — Remove address bar predictions
- Control + F5 — Move cursor to address bar
Website shortcuts
- ctrl+p — Open options to print the current page
- Ctrl + s — Open options to save the current page
- F5 or Ctrl + r — Refresh current page
- Shift + F5 or Ctrl + Shift + r — Refresh current page, ignoring cached content
- esc — Stop page loading
- Tab — Explore clickable items in the future
- Shift + Tab — Examine clickable items by going back
- Ctrl + o + select a file — Open a file from your computer in Chrome
- Ctrl + you — Show the non-editable HTML source code of the current page
- ctrl + d — Save the current web page as a bookmark
- Ctrl + Shift + d — Save all open tabs as favorites in a new folder
- F11 — Enable or disable full screen mode
- Ctrl and + — Enlarge everything on the page
- ctrl and – — Shrink everything on the page
- Control + 0 — Returns everything on the page to the default size
- Space or Page Down — Scroll down a web page, one screen at a time
- Shift + Space or Page Up — Scroll up through a web page, one screen at a time
- House — Go to the top of the page
- The end — Go to bottom of page
- Shift + mouse scroll — Scroll the page horizontally
- Ctrl + left arrow — Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word in a text field
- Ctrl + right arrow — Move the cursor to the next word
- Ctrl + Backspace — Delete the previous word in a text field
- Alt + Home — Open home page in current tab
- Control + 0 — Reset page zoom level
mouse shortcuts
- Drag a link to a tab — Open a link in a current tab (only with the mouse)
- Ctrl + click on a link — Open a link in a new tab in the background
- Ctrl + Shift + click on a link — Open a link and access it
- Drag a link to a blank area on the tab bar — Open a link and access it (only with the mouse)
- Shift + click on a link — Open a link in a new window
- Drag the tab out of the tab bar — Open a tab in a new window (only with the mouse)
- Drag the tab into an existing window — Move a tab to the current window (only with the mouse)
- Press Esc while dragging — Return a guide to its original position
- Drag the web address to the bookmarks bar — Save the current web page as a bookmark
- Shift + mouse scroll — Scroll the page horizontally
- Alt + click on a link — Download target from a link
- Double click on a blank area of the tab bar — Switch between maximized and windowed modes
- Ctrl + Move mouse up — Enlarge everything on the page
- Ctrl + mouse down — Shrink everything on the page
In it Google Chrome official website, you can also see all the shortcuts available on Apple computers. If you’re using macOS Catalina or higher, keyboard navigation is enabled by default in System Preferences.
