Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Google Chrome Browser Shortcuts, Tips and Tricks


Explore Google Chrome Features: Keyboard shortcuts

Window and tab shortcuts

Ctrl+N Open a new window
Ctrl+Shift+N Open a new window in incognito mode
Press Ctrl, and click a link Open link in a new tab
Press Shift, and click a link Open link in a new window
Alt+F4 Close current window
Ctrl+T Open a new tab
Ctrl+Shift+T Reopen the last tab you've closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you'veclosed.
Drag link to tab Open link in specified tab
Drag link to space between tabs Open link in a new tab in the specified position on the tab strip
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 Switch to the tab at the specified position number. The number you press represents a positionon the tab strip.
Ctrl+9 Switch to the last tab
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDown Switch to the next tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp Switch to the previous tab
Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 Close current tab or pop-up
Alt+Home Open your homepage
Ctrl+O, then select file Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome

Address bar shortcuts

Do one of the following actions in the address bar:
Type a search term Perform a search using your default search engine
Type the part of the web address that's between 'www.' and '.com', then pressCtrl+Enter Add www.and .com to your input in the address bar and open the web address
Type a search engine keyword or URL, press Tab, then type a search termPerform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword or the URL. Google Chromeprompts you to press Tab if it recognizes the search engine you're trying to use.
F6 or Ctrl+L or Alt+DHighlight content in the web address area
Type a web address, then press Alt+EnterOpen your web address in a new tab

Shortcuts to open Google Chrome features

Ctrl+B Toggle bookmarks bar on and off
Ctrl+H View the History page
Ctrl+J View the Downloads page
Shift+Escape View the Task manager

Webpage shortcuts

Ctrl+P Print your current page
F5 Reload current page
EscStop page loading
Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5 Reload current page, ignoring cached content
Press Alt, and click a link Download link
Ctrl+F Open find-in-page box
Ctrl+G or F3 Find next match for your input in the find-in-page box
Ctrl+Shift+G or Shift+F3 Find previous match for your input in the find-in-page box
Ctrl+U View source
Drag link to bookmarks bar Bookmark the link
Ctrl+D Bookmark your current webpage
Ctrl++ Make text larger
Ctrl+- Make text smaller
Ctrl+0 Return to normal text size

Text shortcuts

Highlight content, then press Ctrl+CCopy content to the clipboard
Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl+V orShift+InsertPaste current content from the clipboard
Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl+Shift+VPaste current content from the clipboard without formatting
Highlight content in a text field, then press Ctrl+X orShift+DeleteDelete the content and copy it to the clipboard

Some More Shortcuts

Backspace, or press Alt and the left arrow togetherGo to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab
Shift+Backspace, or press Alt and the right arrowtogetherGo to the next page in your browsing history for the tab
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+EPlaces a '?' in the address bar. Type a search term after the '?' to perform a search usingyour default search engine.
Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the left arrowtogetherJump to the previous word in the address bar
Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl and the right arrowtogetherJump to the next word in the address bar
Place your cursor in the address bar, then press Ctrl+BackspaceDelete the previous word in the address bar
Space barScroll down the web page
HomeGo to the top of the page
EndGo to the bottom of the page

Source: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95743

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