Keyboard Shortcuts That Works For All Web Browsers

     We are familiar with Keyboard shortcuts on our PC. And we are even able to set hotkeys for launching programs, opening programs and so. By the way, while talking about Web Browsers, we have to compromise in keyboard shortcuts. This is mainly because most users are not aware about it. If we are surfing internet, we can find lots of keyboard shortcuts for favorite internet browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Since you are readers of HomeForGeeks, we are giving you a list of keyboard shortcuts which are working on your favorite Google Chrome, Mozilla And Internet Explorer.

Controlling Tabs

Ctrl + 1-8 : Press the corresponding the number of Tab along with Ctrl key which you want to take

Ctrl +9 : Switches To Last Tab

Ctrl + Tab : Switches To Next Tab

Ctrl + Shift + Tab : Switches To Previous Tab

Ctrl + W Or Ctrl +F4 : Closes The Current Tab

Ctrl + Shift + T : Reopens The Last Closed Tab

Ctrl +T : Opens A New Tab

Ctrl +N : Opens New Browser Window

Alt + F4 : Closes Current Browser Window (Works In Whole Applications)

Tab Controlling With Mouse Actions

Middle Click On Tab : Closes Tab

Ctrl + Left Click : Opens Linked Webpage In Background Tab

Shift + Left Click : Opens Linked page in New Browser Window

Ctrl + Shift + Click : Opens Link In Foreground Tab

Page Navigation

Alt + Left Arrow Or Backspace : Back

Alt + Right Arrow Or Shift + Backspace : Forward

F5 : Reload

Escape : Stops Loading Page

Alt + Home : Opens Homepage Of Browser

Zooming

Ctrl + ‘+’ Or Ctrl + Mousewheel Up : Zoom In

Ctrl + ‘-’ Or Ctrl + Mousewheel Down : Zoom Out

Ctrl + 0 : Default Zooming Level

F11 : Full-screen Mode

Scrolling

Space Or Page Down : Scroll Down Through A Page

Page Up : Scroll Up Through A Page

Home : Top Of Page

End : Bottom Of Page

Middle Click : Scroll With Mouse’s Position

Address Bar

Ctrl + L Or Alt + D Or F6 : Focuses Curser On Address Bar And You Can Start Typing

Ctrl + Enter : Type Web Site’s Address And Hit Enter To Go To That Page

Alt + Enter : Opens The Link typed in Address Bar On a new Tab

Search

Ctrl + K Or Ctrl + E : Focuses at Browser’s Built In Search Box (Address Bar In Chrome) Start Typing to Get Results On It

Ctrl + F : To Search Contents On Current Page (Opens Built In Search Box)

Ctrl + G : Finds Next Match Of Your Search Query In Current Page

Ctrl + Shift + G : Finds Previous Match Of Your Search Query In Current Page

History & Bookmarks

Ctrl + H : Opens Browsing History

Ctrl + J : Opens Download History

Ctrl + D : Bookmarks The Current Website

Ctrl + Shift + Del : Deletes Browsing History (Cache, Cookies, And Saved Passwords In Google Chrome)

Other Functions

Ctrl + P : Print Current Page

Ctrl + s : Save Current Pages

Ctrl + O : Opens A File From Computer

Ctrl + O : Opens Current Page’s Source (Not Available In Internet Explorer)

F12 : Opens Developer Tools (Not In Firefox)

 Hope these shortcuts for Web Browsers will help you to surf web and manage your contents easily and quickly. 99 Percentage of these shortcuts are working on Chrome, Mozilla, Internet Explorer and Safari. If you are aware about more keyboard shortcuts, you may shout about it in comment boxes.