Do you know 54 Keyboard Shortcuts That Work In All Web Browsers? Actually these days people are so addicted to using mouse, that they ignore learning Keyboard Shortcuts. However, these most-used shortcuts could make their life so much easier.
Mouse is one of the most important peripherals of the personal computer. Most people can’t operate their system without it. Well, it’s good, easy, fun, and fast but keyboard shortcuts are also so much fun. There are a lot of shortcuts that I bet you don’t know.
If you learn these 54 Keyboard Shortcuts, life will become so easy for you. Let’s say, you are habituated to your mouse and suddenly you get to work on a laptop (without an extra mouse) then you might face some difficulties. But with the help of these54 Keyboard Shortcuts, you can perform almost all tasks that you need a mouse for.
Every browser has some common shortcuts that they share. We are going to discuss those browser shortcuts in this guide. If you master these 54 Keyboard Shortcuts then you can perform lots of tasks without even touching your mouse. It will increase the efficiency of your work or even keep your one hand free for most of the time. So you don’t need to use both of your hands all the time to use your computer or laptop. You can do multitask and have lots of fun.
54 Keyboard shortcuts that work on all browsers
All about Tabs:
Shortcuts | Action |
Ctrl + T | For Opening a new tab. |
Ctrl + N | For Opening a new tab in a new window |
Ctrl + Shift + N | For Opening a new incognito tab. |
Ctrl + Tab | Switch to the next tab |
Ctrl + Page Up | Switch to the next tab |
Ctrl + Page Down | Switch to the previous tab |
Ctrl + Shift + Tab | Switch to the previous tab |
Ctrl + F4 | Closes the current tab. |
Ctrl + W | Closes the current tab. |
Ctrl + Shift + T | Opens a recently closed tab. |
Alt + F4 | Close the entire browser (all tabs) |
Ctrl + Shift + W | Close the entire browser (all tabs) |
Ctrl + # key (1 to 8) | Changes view to the tab number chosen |
Ctrl + 9 | Changes view to the last tab |
For Basic Navigation :
Shortcuts | Action |
F5 | For Refreshing the tab. |
Ctrl + F5 | Refresh and reset the browser cache for the current page. |
Alt + Left Arrow | Back |
Alt + Right Arrow | Forward |
Alt + Home | Return to Homepage |
Spacebar | Scroll Down |
Shift+ Spacebar | Scroll Up |
Page Down / Up | Scroll down / up |
Home | Scroll to the top of page |
End | Scroll to the bottom of the page |
Alt + Home | Open homepage |
Escape | End or stop loading a page |
For Searching and Browsing :
Shortcuts | Action |
Ctrl+K | Focus the browser search box (not in IE) |
Ctrl+E | Focus the browser 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 | Find the previous match of the searched text on the page. |
For Zoom and Multimedia :
Shortcuts | Action |
Ctrl and + | For zooming in |
Ctrl+Mousewheel Up | For zooming in |
Ctrl and – | For zooming out |
Ctrl+Mousewheel Down | For zooming out |
Ctrl+0 | Return zoom to normal text size |
F11 | Full-screen mode ON/OFF |
F | Turn fullscreen on / off for some video types |
M | Mute / unmute some video types |
F6 | Alternate focus between address bar, bookmarks bar and webpage |
Alt+D | Select URL bar |
Ctrl + U | Open page source |
Ctrl+O | Open a file from your computer |
For Ease of access :
Shortcuts | Action |
Ctrl+D | Bookmark the page |
Ctrl+C | copy |
Ctrl+X | cut |
Ctrl+V | paste |
Ctrl+H | Open browser history |
Ctrl+J | Open download page |
Ctrl+F | Start “Find” option on the page |
Ctrl+S | Save the webpage on your PC |
Ctrl+P | Print the webpage |
F12 | Open developer options. |
I hope this guide will help you in doing some quick work. If any of the keys don’t work then do write us in the comment section. If you want some hotkeys shortcuts or other information, do not hesitate to ask. Share this post if you liked it.
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