The 9 Most Useful Google Chrome Shortcuts You’ll Ever Need – Like computers, the Google Chromebrowser is also equipped with keyboard shortcuts. While Google Chrome shortcuts are available on all devices, they will vary slightly depending on the operating system the user is using.
The 16 Most Useful Google Chrome Shortcuts You’ll Ever Need
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The 16 Most Useful Google Chrome Shortcuts You’ll Ever Need
Shortcuts are proven to save users a lot of time. For that, Google Chrome makes using keyboard shortcuts much easier. Below is a list of the complete set of Google Chrome shortcuts.
Close tabs
(or close Chrome if only one tab is open)
Ctrl + 1 to Ctrl + 8
Switch to the first tab, the second, etc.
Ctrl + 9
Switch to the last tab
Ctrl + Tab / Ctrl + Page Up
Switch to the next tab
Ctrl + Shift + Tab / Ctrl + Page Down
Switch to the previous tab
Ctrl + N
Open a new window
Ctrl + Shift + N
Open a new incognito window
Ctrl + Shift + W / Alt + F4
Close the current window
Ctrl + left click
Open the link in the new tab background
Ctrl + Shift + left click
Open the link in the foreground in a new tab
Shift + left click
Open the link in a new window
Alt + left click
Download link
Ctrl + click “Search Google” from the drop-down menu
Open Google search in the new tab background
Shift + click “Search Google” from the drop-down menu
Open Google search in a new window
Drag the link to an existing tab
Open the link in the selected tab
Drag the link to the tab bar
Open a link in a new tab in the specified position on the tab strip
Hold Ctrl + click on the tab in the tab bar
Select multiple tabs (to rearrange or create new windows)
Hold Shift + click on two tabs in the tab bar
Select all tabs between two tabs (to rearrange or create new windows)
#2. Address Bar
Ctrl + L / Alt + D
Set focus to address bar (highlight current web page URL if available)
Shift + Alt + T
Set focus to the toolbar
Ctrl + E / Ctrl + K.
Enter a search query in the address bar
Arrow Down to highlight, then Shift + Delete
Remove predictions from the address bar
Type a search term and press Enter
Perform a search using a search engine related to a keyword or URI
Type and press Alt + Enter
Open the site or search in the foreground for a new tab
Type and press Win + Enter
Open the site or search in a new tab background (it doesn’t work in Windows 10)
Type and press Alt + Shift + Enter
Open the site or search in a new tab background (works on Windows 10)
Type and press Shift + Enter
Open the site or search in a new window
Type and press Ctrl + Enter
Add www. to start and .com to the end of input and open the web address in the current tab
Type and press Ctrl + Alt + Enter
Add www. to start and .com to the end of input and open the web address in the foreground new tab
Type and press Ctrl + Win + Enter
Add www. to start and .com to end input and open web address in new tab background (doesn’t work in Windows 10)
Type and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Add www. to the beginning and .com to the end of the input and open the web address in a new window
Type the name of the search engine and press Tab
Tab-to-Search feature. For example, Typing in the ‘yahoo.com’ tab plus opens a Yahoo search.
#3. View Webpage
F6
Alternative focus between address bar, bookmarks bar, and webpage
Arrow Down /Arrow Up
Scroll down / scroll up
Page Down / Page Up
Scroll one page down/up
Space / Shift + Space
Scroll one page down/up
Home / End
Jump to the start/end of the webpage
Ctrl + [ + ] / –
Zoom in/out (or Ctrl + mouse wheel)
Ctrl + 0 (zero)
Return zoom to normal text size
Ctrl + U
View page source
F11
Enable/disable fullscreen
F
Enable/disable the full screen for some video types (e.g. YouTube)
M
Mute/unmute some types of videos (e.g. YouTube)
#4. Browse Between Webpages
Alt + Home
Jump to the veranda
Alt + Arrow Left / Arrow Right
Jump to the previously visited webpage/jump to the next webpage
F5 / Ctrl + R
Reload current webpage
Ctrl + F5 / Shift + F5
Reload the current web page with cache override
ESC
Stop loading webpage
#5. Browse Within Webpages
Tab / Shift + Tab with a focus on the web page
Jump to the next/previous link
Login at the link
Open the link in the current tab
Ctrl + Enter on the link
Open the link in the new tab background
Shift + Ctrl + Enter on the link
Open the link in the foreground in a new tab
Shift + Enter on the link
Open the link in a new window
Alt + Enter on the link
Download link
Shift + F10
Open context menu (simulate right mouse button)
Ctrl + A
Select all content on a webpage
Ctrl + C with content selected
Copy selected content to the clipboard
#6. Access Browser Features
Ctrl + P
Print current web page (Chrome Print Dialog)
Ctrl + Shift + P
Print the current web page (Native Windows Print Dialog)
Ctrl + O
Open file
Ctrl + S
Save current webpage
Alt + F
Open Wrench Menu
Ctrl + H
Open history tab
Ctrl + J
Go to the Download tab
Shift + Esc
Check out Google Task Manager
F1
Chrome Help
Ctrl + Shift + Del
Go to the Clear Browsing Data option
#7. Search
Ctrl + F / F3
Find text on a web page.
Enter / Shift + Enter with the text found on the web page
Find next / find the previous match
Ctrl + G / Ctrl + Shift + G with text found on the webpage
Find next / find the previous match
ESC
With a focus on the Search box: Close the Search box
#8. Bookmarks Shortcuts
Ctrl + Shift + B
Show or hide the bookmark bar
Ctrl + Shift + O
Open Bookmark Manager
Ctrl + D
Add a bookmark for the current webpage
Ctrl + Shift + D
Save all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder
Drag the URL to the bookmark bar
Bookmark the web page (can be a URL from the address bar or a link from a page)
Alt + F, then B
Open Bookmark Manager Tab
Manage Chrome DevTools
#1. Accessing DevTools Basics
Ctrl + Shift + I (or F12 )
Go to Developer Tools
Ctrl + Shift + J
Open Developer Tools (With Focus on Javascript Console)
Ctrl + Shift + C
Switch Element Inspection mode
Ctrl + Shift + C (2x)
Switch Focus on Developer Tools (there’s no shortcut to focus on Developer Tools, but this is a workaround. Notice the Inspector Mode Icon changes color when you press for hints. Lastly, this only works if DevTools are docked; if they aren’t, you can switch between windows with Alt + Tab )
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Show General Settings Dialog (press Esc to exit)
Ctrl + [ / ]
Switch to the next panel / Switch to the previous panel (add Alt to combination to reverse direction)
Ctrl + D
Dock / Undock Developer Tool
Ctrl + Shift + M
Toggle ( mobile) Device Mode
Ctrl + F
Search Text in Source
Ctrl + Shift + F
Search Text across all sources
Ctrl + O
Search by File Name
Ctrl + [ + ] / –
Zoom in/out Developer tools
Ctrl + 0 (zero)
Zoom to default
#2. Elements Panel
Ctrl + Arrow Up
Focus on Elements of content
Arrow Up / Arrow Down
Navigate up/down
Ctrl + Z / Ctrl + Y
Undo/Redo Changes
Arrow Right / Arrow Left
Expand / Collapse
Left-click on Arrow
Expand node
Ctrl + Alt + Arrow Left
Expand/collapse node with all children
Enter
Edit the element
H.
Hide the elements
F2
Switch edit as HTML
#3. Styles Panel
Left-click
Edit Rules
Left-click on a space
Insert new property
Ctrl + Left click on properties
Go to line style rule property declaration
Shift + Left click on properties
Browse color definition values
Tab / Shift + Tab
Edit next property/edit previous property
Arrow Up/Arrow Down
Increase/decrease value by 1
Page Up / Page Down
Increase/decrease value by 10
Shift + Page Up / Page Down
Increase/decrease value by 100
Alt + Arrow Up/Arrow Down
Increase/decrease value by 100
#4. Source Panel
F8 , Ctrl + \
Pause/resume script execution
F8 , Ctrl + \
Pause/resume script execution
F10 , Ctrl + ‘
Skip the next function call
F11 , Ctrl + ;
Go to the next function call
Shift + F11 , Ctrl + Shift + ;
Exit the current function
Ctrl +. /,
Select next frame / select previous call frame
Left-click on line number
Toggle breakpoint condition
Right-click on line number
Edit breakpoint condition
Alt + Delete
Delete words one by one
Ctrl + /
Comment on the selected line or text
Ctrl + S
Save changes to local modifications
Ctrl + Alt + S
Save all changes
Ctrl + G
Go to line
Ctrl + O
Search by Filename
Ctrl + P + number
Jump to line number
Ctrl + O + number + number
Jump to column
Ctrl + Shift + O
Go to members
Alt + W
Close active tab
Ctrl + Enter
Run snippet
#5. Code Editor
Ctrl + M
Go to the suitable bracket
Ctrl + P + number
Jump to line number
Ctrl + O + number + number
Jump to column
Ctrl + /
Redirect comments
Ctrl + D
Choose the next event
Ctrl + U
Undo the last selection
#6. Timeline Panel
Ctrl + E
Start/stop recording
Ctrl + S
Save timeline data
Ctrl + O
Open/Load timeline data
#7. Profile Panel
Ctrl + E
Start/stop recording
#8. Console Panel
Arrow Right
Thank Suggestion
Arrow Up/Arrow Down
Previous/next command
Ctrl + `
Focus Console
Ctrl + L
Clean Console
Shift + Enter
Multi-line entry
Enter
Operate
Conclusion:
So, friends, that’s a list of Google Chrome shortcuts you can use, These keyboard shortcuts not only make it easy to use, but they can also improve the overall working performance of the Google Chrome browser.
