Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
F5 | Refresh |
Ctrl + F5 | Refresh and reset the browser cache for the current page. |
Alt + Left Arrow | Back |
Alt + Right Arrow | Forward |
Alt + Home | Return to Homepage |
Escape | Stop |
F6 | Select the address bar (Alt+D and Ctrl+L also works here) |
F11 | Fullscreen mode, exit fullscreen mode |
Home | Scroll to top of page |
End | Scroll to bottom of page |
Spacebar | Scroll down |
Shift+ Spacebar | Scroll up |
Page Down / Up | Scroll down / up |
Ctrl + C | Copy selected text |
Ctrl + X | Cut (copy and delete original) text |
Ctrl + V | Paste copied text |
Ctrl + D | Bookmark current page |
F1 | Open a mostly useless help page |
F3 | Perform a text search on the current page, find next text result |
Shift + F3 | Find previous text search results |
Ctrl + F | Perform a text search on the current page |
Ctrl + G | Find next text result |
Ctrl + Shift + G | Find previous text result |
Ctrl + H | Open browsing history |
Ctrl + J | Open the downloads folder and/or history |
Ctrl + O | Open a local file in the browser |
Ctrl + S | Download and save the current page |
Ctrl + P | Print current page |
Ctrl + E | Select the search box or omnibar. (Ctrl + K also works) |
Ctrl + Shift + Del | Opens up the clear browser history dialog or settings |
Alt + Enter | Open search in a new tab |
Ctrl + Enter | Open search term as a website |
F12 | Open developer tools or Firebug |
Ctrl + U | View source |
Alt + F | Makes the menu bar appear (if hidden) |
Ctrl + N | Opens a new window (this works in Windows too) |
Ctrl + Tab | Cycle forward to the next tab |
Ctrl + Shift + Tab | Cycle backward to the previous tab |
Ctrl + F4 | Closes the current tab. |
Ctrl + T | Opens a new tab. |
Ctrl + Shift + T | Opens a recently closed tab. |
Alt + F4 | Close the entire window (truly universal for every app) |
Ctrl + # key (1 to 8) | Changes view to the tab number chosen |
Ctrl + 9 | Changes view to the last tab |
Ctrl + Mousewheel | Zoom in our out |
Ctrl + 0 | Reset to 100% (default) zoom |
Mousewheel Press | Closes tabs if clicked on a tab, opens links in a new tab, scroll |
Ctrl + Left Click | Open link in a new tab |
Shift + Left click | Open link in a new window |
Shift + Ctrl + Left click |
Open link in a new background tab |
Ctrl + Z | Undo |
Ctrl + Y | Redo |