Google Chrome comes with a list of several shortcuts for us to enjoy. Some a similar to the ones you already used, some a new as the functions in this amazing new browser. We’ll present you with just a few shortcuts to begin with and will add more in the articles to come.
- We’ll start with the traditional Ctrl+N to open a new window
- And Ctrl+Shift+N will open a new window in the Incognito mode
- Ctrl+T will be used to open a new tab
- Alt+Home gets you to your home page
- Press Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab
- Pressing Shift and clicking a link will open the link in a new window
- Ctrl+H is the faster way to get to the History page
- And Ctrl+J will show up your Downloads page
- Ctrl+B brings/hides the Google Chrome bookmarks bar
- Ctrl+Tab lets you switch through your open tabs
- F3 or CTRL+F will let you search through the page
- F5 to reload
- Shift+Esc to bring the Chrome Task Manager
- Ctrl+U to view the source
- Space bar - scroll down the web page
- Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 to close the current tab or pop-up
- Ctrl and + to make the text larger
- Respectively Ctrl and - for smaller text
- And Ctrl+0 (zero) to get back to the original text size
- Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E places a ‘?’ in the address bar which is used to perform search with your default search engine (guess which?)
If it’s not enough for you then we suggest you go though entire list of shortcuts. Have fun!
