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Alt+Home | Go to Home webpage. |
Alt+Arrow Right/Alt+Arrow Left | Go to next / previous webpage. |
Alt+D/F6 | Jump to address bar. f6 additionally navigates through window elements. |
Ctrl+Enter | Complete a .com address in address bar: adds "http://" prefix and a ".com"-suffix, then loads the webpage. |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Complete an URI in address bar with user-defined suffix: adds "http://" prefix and suffix (e.g. .net, .org, .de, ...), then loads the webpage. Set the suffix in tools:options (alt+t, then o), languages (alt+l), and enter to suffix field at bottom. |
Alt+Arrow Down/F4 | Open webpages visited in the past when in address bar. Includes Favorites and History. Navigate with arrow keys and enter to visit. |
Delete/Shift+Delete | Delete past visited webpages from address bar history (also see shortcut above). |
Ctrl+T | Open new tab in same window. |
Ctrl+K | Duplicate current tab. |
Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Jump to next / jump to previous browser tab. |
Ctrl+W | Close the current tab. |
Ctrl+Shift+T | Restore closed tab (open previously closed tab). |
Ctrl+Q | Show Tabs: Open or close quick tab view. |
Ctrl+Shift+Q | Show Tabs: Open list of tabs. Then use arrow keys and enter to select or escape to exit. |
Ctrl+1 ... ctrl+9 | Jump to browser tab 1 - 9. |
On Link: ctrl+ left mouse button | Open link in new background tab (sometimes link is opened in new window; as an alternative, use right mouse button and press w). |
Alt+Enter | Open typed webpage address in new background tab. |
Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Scroll down / scroll up inside a webpage. |
Page Up/Page Down | Jump one page down / jump one page up (space / shift+space works as well). |
Home/End | Move to the beginning or end of a document. |
Ctrl+[+]/Ctrl+- | Increase text size / decrease text size (zoom in and out). |
Ctrl+0 (zero) | Reset text size to default (zoom to 100%). |
Tab/Shift+Tab | Move forward / move backwards through items on a webpage. Press and hold tab button to skip through multiple links. |
Shift+F10 | When on link: Display a context menu for a link. |
Enter | Activate a selected link. |
Tab/Shift+tab, and enter /Space | In web forms: move forward / move backwards through form items. Press space to activate action buttons, select boxes, or radio buttons. |
Ctrl+A | Select all content on webpage. |
F5/Ctrl+R | Refresh the current webpage. |
Ctrl+F5 | Refresh the current webpage with cache override. |
F7 | Turn caret browsing on or off (movable cursor on page). |
Esc | Stop loading webpage. |
Ctrl+I | Open Favorites box. |
Ctrl+Shift+I | Open Favorites box in pinned mode. |
Ctrl+H | Open History box. |
Ctrl+Shift+H | Open History in pinned mode. |
Ctrl+J | Open Feeds. |
Ctrl+Shift+J | Open Feeds in pinned mode. |
Ctrl+ left mouse click | In the History or Favorites boxes, open link as background tab. |
Ctrl+D | Add the current webpage to favorites. |
Ctrl+B | Open the Organize Favorites dialog box. Use tab to navigate and alt and shift+alt to move items up or down in list. |
Ctrl+F/F3 | Open find window. Then Ctrl+G to jump to each instance. Ctrl+shift+G to reverse. Press escape to exit |
Ctrl+Shift+F | Turn in-private filtering on or off (watch icon change in status bar) |
Ctrl+Shift+P | Open private browsing window / incognito mode. |
Ctrl+Shift+Delete | Open 'Delete Browsing History' Menu. |
Alt+Space | Opens the title bar menu. |
Alt+Space+Enter | Restore Window (default Windows feature). |
Alt+Space+X | Maximize Window (default Windows feature). |
Alt+Space+N | Minimize Window (default Windows feature). |
Alt+Shift+Enter | Toggle regular window / full screen without toolbars |
F11 | Turn full page view on or off (default Windows feature). |
F6 | Move forward between window elements. |
Ctrl+N | Open a new browser window. |
F4 | Close IE8 Window. |
Ctrl+E | Jump to the Instant Search box (box on top right corner of browser window). |
Ctrl+Arrow Down | View list of search providers. |
Alt+Enter | Open search results in new tab. |
Alt+P | Print the current webpage. |
F12 | Open Developer Tools. |
Ctrl+O/Ctrl+L | Open location. |
Alt+V+C | View webpage source in default editor (used to be ctrl+u but that was discontinued). |
F1 | Display Internet Explorer Help or to display context Help about an item in a dialog box. |
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