Internet Explorer shortcut keys
Internet Explorer shortcut keys (IE7 too)
Submitted by Brent Strange on Thu, 09/02/2006 - 15:33.The Internet Explorer team posted a blog entry on the new Internet Explorer 7 shortcut keys. It's obvious they've put a lot of focus on making tabs easier to use (which is cool). If you're anything like me, you're in a Web browser nearly all day (most the time testing) and the quickest way to get around is with shortcut keys. As a gift to you my dear reader, I've compiled all the shortcut keys I could find for the various versions of Internet Explorer:
Internet Explorer 7 shortcut keys:
Tabs shortcut keys:
| To do the following | Press this |
| Open links in a new tab in the background | Ctrl+Click |
| Open links in a new tab in the foreground | Ctrl+Shift+Click |
| Open a new tab in the foreground | Ctrl+T |
| Switch between tabs | Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
| Close current tab (or current window when there are no open tabs) | Ctrl+W |
| Open a new tab in the foreground from the address bar | Alt+Enter |
| Switch to the n'th tab | Ctrl+n (n can be 1-8) |
| Switch to the last tab | Ctrl+9 |
| Close other tabs | Ctrl+Alt+F4 |
| Open quick tabs | Ctrl+Q |
Zoom shortcut keys:
| To do the following | Press this |
| Increase zoom (+ 10%) | Ctrl+(+) |
| Decrease zoom (-10%) | Ctrl+(-) |
| Original size (100% zoom)* | Ctrl+0 |
Search shortcut keys:
| To do the following | Press this |
| Go to the Toolbar Search Box | Ctrl+E |
| Open your search query in a new tab | Alt+Enter |
| Bring down the search provider menu | Ctrl+Down Arrow |
Favorites Center shortcut keys:
| To do the following | Press this |
| Open Favorites Center to your favorites | Ctrl+I |
| Open Favorites Center to your history | Ctrl+H |
| Open Favorites Center to your feeds | Ctrl+J |
Even with all these cool keyboard hotkeys we've introduced a few helpful shortcuts for mouse users as well.
| To do the following with a mouse | Press this |
| Open a link in a background tab | Middle mouse button |
| Close a tab | Middle mouse button on the tab |
| Open a new tab | Double click on empty tab band space |
| Zoom the page in/out 10% | Ctrl+Mouse wheel Up/Down |
Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 shortcut keys:
To view and explore Web pages with shortcut keys:
| To do the following | Press this |
| Open your favorites in a folder window | Shift+Click on the "Organize Favorites" menu item |
| Change the text size | Ctrl+Mouse wheel Up/Down |
| In the History or Favorites boxes, open multiple folders | CTRL+click |
| Open the History box | CTRL+H |
| Open the Favorites box | CTRL+I |
| Open the Search box | CTRL+E |
| Activate a selected link | ENTER |
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Print the current page or active frame |
CTRL+P |
| Save the current page | CTRL+S |
| Close the current window | CTRL+W |
| Open a new window | CTRL+N |
| Go to a new location | CTRL+O or CTRL+L |
| Display Internet Explorer Help or to display context Help about an item in a dialog box | F1 |
| Toggle between full-screen and other views in the browser | F11 |
| Move forward through the items on a Web page, the Address box, or the Links box | TAB |
| Move through the items on a Web page, the Address box, or the Links box | SHIFT+TAB |
| Go to your Home page | ALT+HOME |
| Go to the next page | ALT+RIGHT ARROW |
| Go to the previous page | ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE |
| Display a shortcut menu for a link | SHIFT+F10 |
| Move forward between frames | CTRL+TAB or F6 |
| Move back between frames | SHIFT+CTRL+TAB |
| Scroll toward the beginning of a document | UP ARROW |
| Scroll toward the end of a document | DOWN ARROW |
| Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments |
PAGE UP |
| Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments | PAGE DOWN |
| Move to the beginning of a document | HOME |
| Move to the end of a document | END |
| Find on this page | CTRL+F |
| Refresh the current Web page | F5 or CTRL+R |
| Refresh the current Web page, even if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are the same | CTRL+F5 |
| Stop downloading a page | ESC |
To Print Preview Web pages with shortcut keys:
| To do the following | Press this |
| Close Print Preview | ALT+C |
| Display a list of zoom percentages | ALT+Z |
| Zoom in | ALT+PLUS |
| Zoom out | ALT+MINUS |
| Display the last page to be printed | ALT+END |
| Display the next page to be printed | ALT+RIGHT ARROW |
| Type the number of the page that you want displayed |
ALT+A |
| Display the previous page to be printed | ALT+LEFT ARROW |
| Display the first page to be printed | ALT+HOME |
| Change paper, headers and footers, orientation, and margins for this page |
ALT+U |
| Set printing options and print the page | ALT+P |
To use the Address box with shortcut keys:
| To do the following | Press this |
| Move back through the list of AutoComplete matches | DOWN ARROW |
| Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches | UP ARROW |
| Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text that you type in the Address box | CTRL+ENTER |
| When in the Address box, move the cursor right to the next logical break in the address (period or slash) | CTRL+RIGHT ARROW |
| When in the Address box, move the cursor left to the next logical break in the address (period or slash) | CTRL+LEFT ARROW |
| Display a list of addresses that you have typed | F4 |
To work with Favorites by using shortcut keys:
| To do the following | Press this |
| Move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box | ALT+DOWN ARROW |
| Move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box | ALT+UP ARROW |
| Add the current page to your favorites | CTRL+D |
| Open the Organize Favorites dialog box | CTRL+B |
To edit with shortcut keys:
| To do the following | Press this |
| Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard | CTRL+X |
| Select all items on the current Web page | CTRL+A |
| Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location | CTRL+V |
| Copy the selected items to the Clipboard | CTRL+C |
