50+ Keyboard shortcuts that work across all the browsers
Deepanker Verma
There are lots of web browsers and people use a browser of their choice. Some people prefer web browsing on Chrome while there are a lot of people who love using Firefox. Now a lot of people also prefer Edge which comes pre-installed on Windows. Although we have several browsers, these browsers have common keyboard shortcuts. These keyboard shortcuts let you perform several tasks quickly while browsing the web. If you learn these keyboard shortcuts for a browser, you can use them while using any other web browser. In this article, I am listing some of the keyboard shortcuts that you can use on Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, and Safari.
All these Browser keyboard shortcuts are for Windows. If you are using macOS, replace Ctrl with CMD in the keyboard shortcuts. For example, ctrl+F5 is used to refresh the browser on Windows, and Cmd+F5 is used for the same thing on macOS.
Basic Navigation Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcut
Action
F5
Refresh
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
Escape
Stop
F6
Select the address bar (Alt+D and Ctrl+L also works here)
F11
Fullscreen mode, exit fullscreen mode
Home
Scroll to the top of the page
End
Scroll to the bottom of the page
Spacebar
Scroll down
Shift+ Spacebar
Scroll up
Page Down / Up
Scroll down / up
Ctrl + C
Copy selected text
Ctrl + X
Cut (copy and delete original) text
Ctrl + V
Paste copied text
Advanced Navigation Shortcut Keys
Keyboard Shortcut
Action
Ctrl + D
Bookmark current page
F1
Open a mostly useless help page
F3
Perform a text search on the current page, find the next text result
Shift + F3
Find previous text search results
Ctrl + F
Perform a text search on the current page
Ctrl + G
Find the next text result
Ctrl + Shift + G
Find previous text result
Ctrl + H
Open browsing history
Ctrl + J
Open the downloads folder and/or history
Ctrl + O
Open a local file in the browser
Ctrl + S
Download and save the current page
Ctrl + P
Print current page
Ctrl + E
Select the search box or omnibar. (Ctrl + K also works)
Ctrl + Shift + Del
Opens up the clear browser history dialog or settings
Alt + Enter
Open search in a new tab
Ctrl + Enter
Open search term as a website
F12
Open developer tools or Firebug
Ctrl + U
View source
Alt + F
Makes the menu bar appear (if hidden)
All About Tabs
Keyboard Shortcut
Action
Ctrl + N
Opens a new window (this works in Windows too)
Ctrl + Tab
Cycle forward to the next tab
Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Cycle backward to the previous tab
Ctrl + F4
Closes the current tab.
Ctrl + T
Opens a new tab.
Ctrl + Shift + T
Opens a recently closed tab.
Alt + F4
Close the entire window (truly universal for every app)
Ctrl + # key (1 to 8)
Changes view to the tab number chosen
Ctrl + 9
Changes view to the last tab
Mouse and Keyboard Combos
Keyboard Shortcut
Action
Ctrl + Mousewheel
Zoom in our out
Ctrl + 0
Reset to 100% (default) zoom
Mousewheel Press
Closes tabs if clicked on a tab, opens links in a new tab, scroll
