Making Google Chrome Work for You!
We know a lot of our readers use Google Chrome as their daily browser. Since it is also our favorite, we thought it would be relevant to post some ways to make Chrome work better for you! We scoured the web and came up with these cool keyboard shortcuts!
Page Navigation Shortcuts
Space Bar – Page down one full screen at a time
Page Down — Page down one full screen at a time
Down Arrow – Scroll Down
Shift + Space Bar – Page up one full screen at a time
Page Up — Page up one full screen at a time
Up Arrow – Scroll Up
Home – Go to the top of the webpage
End – Go to the bottom of the webpage
Browser Window Shortcuts
Ctrl + N – Open a new window
Ctrl + Shift + N – Open a new window in incognito mode (Pages viewed in incognito mode won’t show in browser history or search history. They also won’t leave cookies or other traces)
Alt + F4 – Close the current window
Shift + Click on link – Open the link in a new window
Tab Shortcuts
Ctrl + Click on link – Open link in a new tab in the background
Ctrl + Shift — Click on link – Open the link in a new tab and switch to the newly opened tab
Ctrl + T – Open a new tab
Ctrl + Shift + T – Reopen the last tab that was closed
Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8 – Switch to the tab at the specified position
Ctrl + 9 – Switch to the last tab
Ctrl + Tab – Switch to the next tab
Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PgUp – Switch to the previous tab
Backspace – Go to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab
Shift + Backspace – Go to the next page in your browsing history for the tab
Ctrl + W – Close the current tab or pop-up
Alt + Home – Go to your homepage in the current tab
Ctrl + Click the Back Arrow, Forward Arrow, or Go button – Open destination in a new tab in the background
Drag a link to a tab – Open the link in the tab
Drag a link to a blank area on the tab strip – Open the link in a new tab
Drag a tab out of the tab strip – Open the tab in a new window
Drag a tab out of the tab strip and into an existing window’s tab strip – Open the tab in the existing window
Press ESC while dragging a tab – Return the tab to its original position
Webpage Shortcuts
Ctrl + P – Print the current page
Ctrl + S – Save the current page
Ctrl + O – Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome
F5 – Reload the current page
Esc – Stop page loading
Ctrl + F5 – Reload the current page (ignore cached content)
Ctrl + D – Bookmark the current webpage
Ctrl + Shift + D – Save all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder
Alt + Click on link – Download link
Ctrl + F – Open the search box
F3 – Find the next match for your input in the search box
Shift + F3 – Find the previous match for your input in the search box
F11 – Open page in full screen mode
Ctrl + + – Make the text larger
Ctrl + – – Make the text smaller
Ctrl + 0 – Return text to normal size
Ctrl + Shift + B – Toggle the bookmarks bar
Ctrl + H – View the History page
Ctrl + J – View the Downloads page
Shift + Esc – View the task manager
Ctrl + Shift + Delete – Open the Clear Browsing Data Dialog
F1 – Open the Help Center in a new tab
Ctrl + U – View page source code
Address Bar Shortcuts
Type a search term, then press Enter – Perform a search using your default search engine
Type a search engine URL, then press TAB, type a search term, and press Enter – Perform a search using search engine associated with the URL
Ctrl + Enter after typing base web address – Automatically add ‘www.’ and ‘.com’ what you have typed in the address bar and open that web address.
F6 – Highlight address bar contents
Type a web address then Alt + Enter – Open web address that appears in the address bar in a new tab
Ctrl + K – Initiate a Google search with the address bar. After typing the shortcut key, a ‘?’ will appear in the address bar. Type your query then press Enter.
Ctrl + Right Arrow – Jump to the next word in the address bar
Ctrl + Backspace – Delete the previous word in the address bar
Select an entry from the drop down menu in the address bar, then press Shift — Delete – Delete the entry from the browsing history
Click an entry in the address bar drop down list with the Middle Mouse Button – Open that URL in a new tab
Mouse Shortcuts
Middle click on link – Open the link in a new tab in the background
Shift + Middle click on link – Open the link in a new tab and switch to the newly opened tab
Middle click on tab – Close the tab
Click the Back Button, Forward Arrow, or Go button with Middle Mouse Button – Open destination in a new tab in the background
Shift + Scroll Wheel – Scroll horizontally
Ctrl + Scroll Wheel – Increase or decrease text size
