45 Most Useful Keyboard Shortcuts That Work in All Web Browsers

Mouse is considered one of the greatest and most useful computing technologies ever made but sometimes the redundant point and click actions can slow you down. We all know that keyboard shortcuts are very useful to be more productive when using your PC. When using the web browser, keyboard shortcuts are pretty handy as they help you in getting thing done faster. Each of the web browser have their own shortcuts, but there are lot of shortcuts which are common to all browsers.

45 Most Useful Keyboard Shortcuts That Work in All Web Browsers

Here are some useful keyboard shortcuts you can use while surfing the web to save time and you get exactly where you want to be in seconds. Whether you're using Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari or Opera, these keyboard shortcuts will work in your browser.


Tabs

Ctrl+1 to 8                  Switch to the specified tab


Ctrl+9                          Switch to the last tab


Ctrl+Tab                     Switch to the next tab


Ctrl+Shift+Tab          Switch to the previous 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 window


Mouse Actions for Tabs

Middle Click a Tab – Close the tab

Ctrl+Left Click, Middle Click – Open a link in a background tab

Shift+Left Click – Open a link in a new browser window

Ctrl+Shift+Left Click – Open a link in a foreground tab






Navigation

Alt+Left Arrow, Backspace – Back

Alt+Right Arrow, Shift+Backspace – Forward

F5 – Reload

Ctrl+F5 – Reload and skip the cache, re-downloading the entire website

Escape – Stop

Alt+Home – Open homepage




Zooming

Ctrl and +, Ctrl+Mouse wheel Up – Zoom in

Ctrl and -, Ctrl+Mouse wheel Down — Zoom out

Ctrl+0 – Default zoom level

F11 – Full-screen mode



Scrolling

Space, Page Down – Scroll down a frame

Shift+Space, Page Up – Scroll up a frame

Home – Top of page

End – Bottom of page

Middle Click – Scroll with the mouse. (Windows only)



Address Bar

Ctrl+L, Alt+D, F6 - Focus the address bar so you can begin typing

Ctrl+Enter - type baatkar into the address bar and press Ctrl+Enter to open www.baatkar.com


Alt+Enter - Open the location in the address bar in new tab



Search

Ctrl+K, Ctrl+E - Focus the browser's built in search box

Alt + Enter - Perform a search from the search box in a new tab

Ctrl+F, F3 – Open the in-page search box to search on the current page

Ctrl+G, F3 – Find the next match of the searched text on the page

Ctrl+Shift+G, Shift+F3 – Find the previous match of the searched text on the page



History & Bookmarks

Ctrl+H – Open the browsing history

Ctrl+J – Open the download history

Ctrl+D – Bookmark the current website

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

Ctrl+U – Open the current page’s source code. (Not in IE.)

F12 – Open Developer Tools. (Requires Firebug extension for Firefox.)