Using keyboard shortcuts while browsing the web will help you operate faster on your computer. Typically, modern browsers share similar shortcut combinations. So, to handle tasks or browse the web more quickly, aggregating common web browser shortcuts will inform you how to use them for specific functions.
Web browsing shortcuts, applicable to popular browsers Chrome, Firefox, Coc Coc
Tab Management Shortcuts
- Ctrl + 1 - 8: Quickly switch between tabs in order from 1 to 8 (left to right).
- Ctrl + 9: Quickly switch to the last tab.
- Ctrl + Tab: Swiftly move to the next tab (to the right of the current tab).
- Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Swiftly move to the previous tab (to the left of the current tab).
- Ctrl + W, Ctrl + F4: Close the current tab.
- Ctrl + Shift + T: Reopen the last closed tab.
- Ctrl + T: Open a new tab.
- Ctrl + N: Open a new browser window.
- Alt + F4: Close the current browser window.
Middle mouse button when clicking on a tab: Close the tab.
- Ctrl + Left Click, middle mouse button: Open the link in a new tab.
- Shift + Left Click: Open the link in a new browser window.
Control Shortcuts
- Alt + Left Arrow. Backspace: Go back to the previous web page.
- Alt + Right Arrow. Shift + Backspace: Go forward to the previous web page.
- F5: Refresh the page.
- Ctrl + F5: Refresh the entire page, bypassing the cache.
- Escape (ESC): Stop loading the current web page.
- Alt + Home: Open the homepage.
Zoom Shortcuts
- Ctrl and +, Ctrl + scroll up middle mouse button: Zoom in.
- Ctrl and -, Ctrl + scroll down middle mouse button: Zoom out.
- Ctrl + 0: Return to the default zoom level.
- F11: Full-screen mode.
Web Page Drag Shortcuts
- Space , Page Down: Scroll down one screen.
- Shift + Space, Page Up: Scroll up one screen.
- Home: Go to the top of the page.
- End: Go to the bottom of the page.
- Click and drag the mouse wheel: Drag the web page up or down, left or right based on mouse movement.
Address Bar
- Ctrl + L, Alt + D, F6: Move the cursor to the address bar, allowing you to start entering a new address.
- Ctrl + Enter: Automatically add the www. prefix and .com suffix to the entered address. For example, typing Google and pressing Ctrl + Enter will open Google.com without the need to type it.
- Alt + Enter: Open the entered website address in a new tab.
Search Shortcuts
- Ctrl + K, Ctrl + E: Move the cursor to the browser's search box (could be Google, Yahoo, Bing, or other applications). If the browser doesn't have a search box, it will move the cursor to the address bar.
- Alt + Enter: Display search results in the browser's search box in a new tab.
Shortcuts for Displaying History and Bookmarked Pages
- Ctrl + H: Open web browsing history.
- Ctrl + J: Open download history.
- Ctrl + D: Quickly bookmark the current web page.
- Ctrl + Shift + Del: Open the Clear Browsing History window.
Other Functions
- Ctrl + P: Print the current page.
- Ctrl + S: Save the current page to your computer.
- Ctrl + O: Open a file from your computer.
This Mytour article has compiled a comprehensive list of shortcuts to help you navigate web browsers quickly. You're likely to discover many shortcuts that you may not have known how to use. We hope this article is helpful to our readers.
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