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Keyboard and mouse shortcuts

Keyboard and mouse shortcuts are combinations of keyboard strokes and mouse clicks that you can use

to perform specific actions. Knowing some of the Google Chrome shortcuts listed below can help save you

time.

Keyboard and mouse shortcut guide intro

Keyboard and mouse shortcuts are combinations of keyboard strokes and mouse

clicks that you can use to perform specific actions. Knowing some of the Google

Chrome shortcuts listed below can help save you time.

Windows keyboard shortcuts

Tab and window shortcuts

Ctrl+N Opens a new window.

Ctrl+T Opens a new tab.

Ctrl+Shift+NOpens 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 mousebutton (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.

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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 atab.

Returns the tab to its originalposition.

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+F4Closes 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+HomeOpens your homepage in your

current window.

Google Chrome feature shortcuts

Alt+F

Opens the Tools menu, which

lets you customize and control

sett ings in Google Chrome.

Ctrl+Shift+BToggles 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 followingshortcuts 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.

Press F6 or Shift+F6 to

switch focus to the next

keyboard-accessible

pane, where panes

include the main web

content, toolbar, and

bookmarks bar (if

visible).

Ctrl+Shift+J Opens Developer Tools.

Ctrl+Shift+DeleteOpens the Clear Browsing Data

dialog.

F1Opens the Help Center in a

new tab (our favorite).

Address bar shortcuts

Use the following shortcuts in the address bar:

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

Performs a search using the

search engine associated with





term, and press Enter . the keyword.

Begin typing a search engine

URL, press Tab when

prompted, type a search term,

and press Enter .



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.

F6 or 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 arrowtogether.

Moves your cursor to the

preceding key term in theaddress 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



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.

EscStops the loading of your

current page.

Ctrl+F Opens the find bar.

Ctrl+G or F3Finds 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+F5Reloads your current page,

ignoring cached content.

Press Alt and click a link.Downloads the target of the

link.

Ctrl+UOpens the source of your

current page.

Drag a link to bookmarks bar Saves the link as a bookmark.

Ctrl+DSaves your current webpage as

a bookmark.

Ctrl+Shift+DSaves 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+0Returns everything on the page

to normal size.

Space bar Scrolls down the web page.

Home Goes to the top of the page.

EndGoes 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+InsertPastes content from the

clipboard.

Ctrl+Shift+VPaste content from the

clipboard without formatting.

Ctrl+X or Shift+DeleteDeletes the highlighted content

and copies it to the clipboard.





Mac keyboard shortcuts


⌘⌘⌘⌘-N Opens a new window.⌘⌘⌘⌘-T Opens a new tab.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-NOpens a new window in

incognito mode.

Press ⌘⌘⌘⌘-O, then select file.Opens a file from your


Press ⌘⌘⌘⌘ and click a link. Or


mouse button (or

mousewheel).


the background .

Press ⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift and click a link.Or press Shift and click a link

with your middle mouse button

(or mousewheel).



opened tab.


window.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-T




you've closed.

Drag a tab out of the tab strip.

Opens the tab in a new

window.




window.

Press ⌘⌘⌘⌘-Option and the right

arrow together.Switches to the next tab.

Press ⌘⌘⌘⌘-Option and the left

arrow together.Switches to the previous tab.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-WCloses the current tab or pop-

up.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-W Closes the current window.

Click and hold either the Back

or Forward arrow in the browser

toolbar.


in the tab.

Press Delete or ⌘⌘⌘⌘-[



tab.

Press Shift-Delete or ⌘⌘⌘⌘-]Goes to the next page in your






Press Shift while clicking the

+ button in the top left corner of

the window.

Maximizes the window.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-M Minimizes the window.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-H Hides Google Chrome.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Option-H Hides all other windows.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Q Closes Google Chrome.


⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-BToggles the bookmarks bar on

and off.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Option-B Opens the bookmark manager.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-, Opens the Preferences dialog.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Y Opens the History page.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-J Opens the Downloads page.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-DeleteOpens the Clear Browsing Data

dialog.




Enter .





term, and press Enter .



the keyword.


URL, press Tab when


and press Enter .



the URL.

Type a URL, then press ⌘⌘⌘⌘-

Enter .

Opens the URL in a new

background tab.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-L Highlights the URL.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Option-F



question mark to perform asearch using your default

search engine.

Press Option and the left

arrow together.


preceding key term in the

address bar

Press Option and the right

arrow together.



Press Shift-Option and the left Highlights the preceding key





arrow together. term in the address bar

Press Shift-Option and the

right arrow together.

Highlights the next key term in

the address bar

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Delete


precedes your cursor in the

address bar

Press Page Up or PageDown in the addess bar menu.

Selects the previous or nextentry in the menu.

Webpage shortcuts

⌘⌘⌘⌘-P Prints your current page.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-P Opens the Page Setup dialog.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-S Saves your current page.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-I Emails your current page.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-R Reloads your current page.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-, Stops loading of your currentpage.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-F Opens the find bar.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-GFinds the next match for your


⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-G or Shift-Enter Finds the previous match for


⌘⌘⌘⌘-E Uses selection for find

⌘⌘⌘⌘-J Jumps to selection

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Option-I Opens Developer Tools.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Option-J Opens the JavaScript Console.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Option-UOpens the source of your

current page.

Press Option and click a link.Downloads the target of the

link.

Drag a link to the bookmarks

bar.Saves the link as a bookmark.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-DSaves your current webpage as

a bookmark.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-DSaves all open tabs as


⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-F


mode. Press ⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-F again

to exit full-screen.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-+Enlarges everything on the

page.

⌘⌘⌘⌘ and -Makes everything on the page





-smaller.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-0Returns everything on the page

to normal size.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-HOpens your home page in your

current tab.


⌘⌘⌘⌘-Option-F Searches the web.

Text shortcuts

⌘⌘⌘⌘-CCopies highlighted content to

the clipboard.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Option-CCopies the URL of the page

you're viewing to the clipboard.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-VPastes content from the

clipboard.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-Option-V Pastes content without sourceformatting.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-X or Shift-DeleteDeletes the highlighted content


⌘⌘⌘⌘-Z Reverts your last action.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-Shift-Z Repeats your last action.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-XDeletes highlighted content and

saves it to your clipboard (cut).

⌘⌘⌘⌘-ASelects all the text on your

current page.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-:Opens the Spelling and

Grammar dialog.

⌘⌘⌘⌘-;Checks your current page for

spelling and grammar

Linux keyboard shortcuts


Ctrl+N Opens a new window.

Ctrl+T Opens a new tab.

Ctrl+Shift+NOpens a new window in

incognito mode.

Press Ctrl+O, then select file.Opens a file from your






Press Ctrl and click a link. Or


mouse button (or

mousewheel).


the background .

Press Ctrl+Shift and click a

link. Or press Shift and click a

link with your middle mouse

button (or mousewheel).



opened tab.


window.

Ctrl+Shift+T




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 newwindow.




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.

Ctrl+Shift+Q Closes Google Chrome.

Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4Closes 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 Forwardarrow in the browser toolbar.


in the tab.

Press Alt and the left arrow

together.



tab.

Press Alt and the right arrow

together.

Goes to the next page in your


Click either the Back arrow,

Forward arrow, or Go button inOpens the button destination in





the toolbar with your middle

mouse button (or

mousewheel).

a new tab in the background.

Double-click the blank area on

the tab strip.

Maximizes or minimizes the

window.


Alt+F

Opens the Tools menu, which

lets you customize and control

sett ings in Google Chrome.

Ctrl+Shift+BToggles the bookmarks bar on

and off.

Ctrl+H Opens the History page.

Ctrl+J Opens the Downloads page.

Shift+Esc Opens the Task Manager.

Ctrl+Shift+J Opens Developer Tools.

Ctrl+Shift+DeleteOpens the Clear Browsing Data

dialog.

F1Opens the Help Center in a

new tab (our favorite).




Enter .





term, and press Enter .



the keyword.


URL, press Tab when


and press Enter .



the URL.

Ctrl+L Highlights the URL.

Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E



question mark to perform asearch using your default

search engine.

Press Ctrl+Shift and the left

arrow together.


preceding key term in the

address bar

Press Ctrl+Shift and the right

arrow together.








Ctrl+Backspace precedes your cursor in the

address bar

Select an entry in the address


keyboard arrows, then press

Shift+Delete.

Deletes the entry from your

browsing history, if possible.

Click an entry in the address



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.

Ctrl+R Reloads your current page.

EscStops the loading of your

current page.

Ctrl+F Opens the find bar.

Ctrl+G or Enter Finds the next match for your


Ctrl+Shift+G or Shift+Enter Finds the previous match for


Press Alt and click a link.

Downloads the target of the

link.

Ctrl+UOpens the source of your

current page.

Drag a link to bookmarks bar Saves the link as a bookmark.

Ctrl+DSaves your current webpage as

a bookmark.

Ctrl+Shift+DSaves all open pages as


F11


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+0Returns everything on the page

to normal size.






Home Goes to the top of the page.

EndGoes to the bottom of the

page.

Text shortcuts

Ctrl+CCopies highlighted content to

the clipboard.

Ctrl+V or Shift+InsertPastes content from the

clipboard.

Ctrl+Shift+VPaste content from the

clipboard without formatting.

Ctrl+X or Shift+DeleteDeletes the highlighted content


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