Chrome Shortcuts

Platform: Windows/English
Manage Tabs
Ctrl+T Open new tab
Ctrl+W/Ctrl+F4 Close tab (or close Chrome if only one tab is open)
Ctrl+Shift+T Reopen last tab closed. Up to 10 tabs.
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl
+8
Jump to first tab, second tab, etc.
Ctrl+9 Switch to the last tab
Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift
+Tab
Switch to the next / previous tab
(or use ctrl+page up/ctrl+page down)
Ctrl+N Open new Chrome window
Ctrl+Shift+N Open new Chrome window in incognito mode
Alt+F4 Close current window
Ctrl and click on
link
Open link in a new background tab
Shift+ctrl and click
on link
Open link in a new foreground tab
Shift and click on
link
Open link in a new window
Alt and click on
link
Download link
Drag link to
existing tab
Open link in selected tab
Drag link to tab bar Open link in a new tab in the specified position on
the tab strip.
Address Bar
Alt+D (or Ctrl+l) Jump to address bar; highlights current webpage URI
if available
Ctrl+E (or Ctrl+k) Enter search query in address bar
Home/Rnd in
address bar
Jump to beginning / end of address bar
Ctrl+A in address
bar
Select all text of address. Also use shift+end with
cursor at beginning or shift+home with cursor at end
Type name of site
and press Ctrl+Ent
er
Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and
opens the web address in current tab.
Type name of site
and press Alt+Ente
r
Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and
opens the web address in new background tab.
Type search term
and press Enter
Perform a search using the search engine associated
with the keyword or the URI.
Type name of
search engine and
press Tab
Tab-to-Search feature. E.g. Typing in 'yahoo.com'
plus tab opens yahoo search. Add/edit search engines
via 'Under the Hood' -> Basic -> Search Engines.
View Webpages
F6 Alternate focus between address bar and webpage
Arrow Down/Arro
w Up
with focus on
webpage
Scroll down / scroll up
Page Down/Page
Up
Scroll one page down / one page up. Also use space/s
hift+space
Home/End Jump to beginning / to end of webpage
Ctrl+[[]+[[]/- Zoom in / zoom out (or ctrl+mousewheel)
Ctrl+0 (zero) Return zoom to normal text size
Ctrl+U View webpage source
F11 Turn full screen on / off
Browse between Webpages
Alt+Home Jump to homepage
Alt+Arrow Left/Arr
ow Right
Jump to previous webpage visited / jump to next
webpage
F5/Ctrl+R Reload current webpage
Ctrl+F5/Shift+F5 Reload current webpage with cache override
Esc Stop webpage loading
Browse within Webpages
Tab/Shift+Tab
with focus on
webpage
Jump to next / previous link
Enter on link Open link in current tab
Ctrl+enter on link Open link in a new background tab
Shift+Ctrl+Enter on
link
Open link in a new foreground tab
Shift+Enter on link Open link in a new window
Alt+Enter on link Download link
Shift+F10 Open context menu (simulate right mouse button)
Ctrl+A Select all content on webpage
Ctrl+c with content
selected
Copy selected content to clipboard
Access Browser Features
Ctrl+P Print current webpage (Chrome Print Dialog)
Ctrl+Shift+P Print current webpage (Native Windows Print
Dialog)
Ctrl+O Open file
Ctrl+S Save current webpage
Alt+F Open Wrench Menu (I'd call it file menu to
remember the shortcut)
Ctrl+H Open History tab
Ctrl+J Open Downloads tab
Search
Ctrl+F/F3 Find text on webpage. Press Enter for
Enter/Shift+Enter
with text found on
webpage
Find next / find previous match
Ctrl+G/Ctrl+Shift+G
with text found on
webpage
Find next / find previous match
Esc With focus on Search box: Close Search box
Bookmarks Shortcuts
Ctrl+Shift+B Show or hide bookmarks bar
Ctrl+Shift+O Open Bookmark Manager
Ctrl+D Add bookmark for current webpage
Ctrl+Shift+D Add bookmark for current webpage and edit details
Drag URI to
bookmark bar
Bookmark webpage (can be URI from address bar or
link from page)
Alt+D, then F6 Jump to bookmark toolbar. Use arrow keys and enter
to access bookmarks
Alt+F, then b Open Bookmark Manager Tab
http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/Chrome.pdf
Chrome Shortcuts
Platform: Windows/English
The Rest
Shift+Alt+T Set focus on the toolbar. Use arrow keys to navigate
between different buttons on the toolbar.
Ctrl+Shift+I/Ctrl+Sh
ift+J
Open Developer Tools / JavaScript Console
Shift+Esc View Google Task manager
F1 Chrome Help
http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/Chrome.pdf