Window and tab shortcuts
| Ctrl+N | Open a new window |
| Ctrl+T | Open a new tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+N | Open a new window in incognito mode |
| Ctrl+O, then select file | Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome |
| Press Ctrl, and click a link | Open link in a new tab in the background while remaining on the current tab |
| Press Ctrl+Shift, and click a link | Open link in a new tab and switch to the newly opened tab |
| Press Shift, and click a link | Open link in a new window |
| Alt+F4 | Close current window |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Reopen the last tab you’ve closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you’ve closed. |
| 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 the position of the tab on 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 |
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 press Ctrl+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 term | Perform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword or the URL. Google Chrome prompts you to press Tab if it recognizes the search engine you’re trying to use. |
| F6 or Ctrl+L or Alt+D | Highlight content in the web address area |
| Type a web address, then press Alt+Enter | Open your web address in a new tab |
Shortcuts to open Google Chrome features
| Ctrl+B | Toggle bookmarks bar on and off |
| Ctrl+Shift+B | Open the Bookmark manager |
| Ctrl+H | View the History page |
| Ctrl+J | View the Downloads page |
| Shift+Escape | View the Task manager |
| Shift+Alt+T | Set focus on the toolbar. Use right and left arrows on the keyboard to navigate to different buttons on the toolbar. |
Webpage shortcuts
| Ctrl+P | Print your current page |
| Ctrl+S | Save your current page |
| F5 | Reload current page |
| Esc | Stop the loading of current page |
| Ctrl+F | Open find-in-page box |
| Click the middle button or mousewheel on the mouse | Activate auto-scrolling. As you move your mouse, the page automatically scrolls according to the direction of the mouse. |
| Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5 | Reload current page, ignoring cached content |
| Press Alt and click a link | Download link |
| 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 |
| F11 | Go full-screen. Press F11 again to exit full-screen. |
| Ctrl++, or press Ctrl and scroll mousewheel up | Enlarge everything on the page |
| Ctrl+-, or oress Ctrl and scroll mousewheel down | Make everything on the page smaller |
| Ctrl+0 | Return everything on the page to normal size |
Text shortcuts
| Highlight content, then press Ctrl+C | Copy content to the clipboard |
| Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert | Paste current content from the clipboard |
| Place your cursor in a text field, then press Ctrl+Shift+V | Paste current content from the clipboard without formatting |
| Highlight content in a text field, then press Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete | Delete the content and copy it to the clipboard |
Application shortcuts
Many websites, such as email services, operate like actual programs, similar to those on your computer desktop.
Open these websites just like any other programs on your computer. Create an application shortcut for the website you’re on:
- Click the Page menu.
- Select Create application shortcuts.
- In the ‘Google Gears’ dialog box, select the checkboxes where you want shortcuts to be placed on your computer.
- Desktop
- Start menu
- Quick launch bar
- Click the OK button.
When you double-click a shortcut icon, the web application opens in a special streamlined window that gives you as much working room as possible.
Source:google.com
