Browser Shortcuts
Lastly let's take a look at all the shortcuts you can use in your browser. Most of these have been tested with Google Chrome, Firefox and Brave.
| Shortcut | Function | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + "+" or "-" | Zoom | Zoom the page in and out |
| Ctrl + 0 | Reset zoom | Reset the page to 100% zoom |
| Ctrl + D | Add bookmark | Add the page to you bookmarks |
| Ctrl + F | Search | Search text in the page |
| Ctrl + G (or F3) | Search again | Search the same text as previously, depending on the browser this might work the same as Ctrl + F |
| / | Quick search | Highlight all searched text, can't cycle through them |
| Ctrl + Shift + G (or Shift + F3) | Find previous | Like Ctrl + G, but search from back to front |
| ↑ or ↓ | Scroll | Scroll up or down |
| Page up or Page down | Fast scroll | Scroll fast up or down |
| Middle mouse + drag | Controlled scroll | Hold middle mouse and drag your mouse further and closer up or down to scroll faster or slower |
| Home or End | Go | Go to the top or bottom of the page |
| Ctrl + F5 (or Ctrl + Shift + R) | Hard reload | Normale reloading can leave some website information on your pc, hard reload will delete and reload such information |
| Alt + ← | Back | Go back to the previous page |
| Alt + → | Forward | Go to the next page (when you've already used back) |
| Middle mouse (or Ctrl + left click) on link | Open in new tab | Open the link in a new tab |
| Ctrl + T | Open tab | Open a new tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + T | Reopen tab | Open a previously closed tab |
| Ctrl + W (or Ctrl + F4) | Close tab | Close the current tab |
| Middle mouse on tab | Close tab | Middle mouse click when your pointer is on a tab to close the tab |
| Ctrl + Tab (or Ctrl + Page Down) | Next tab | Move to the next tab, depending on your browser settings this can also make you switch between your most recent tabs |
| Ctrl + Shift + Tab (or Ctrl + Page Up) | Previous tab | Move to the previous tab |
| Ctrl + number | Jump tab | Jump to the tab corresponding with the selected number |
| Ctrl + Shift + W | Close browser | Close the entire browser, same als Alt + F4 |
| Alt + Home | Homepage | Got to the homepage of your browser |
| Ctrl + B | Bookmarks | Open bookmarks view |
| Ctrl + I | Page info | Open page info |
| Ctrl + J | Downloads | Open downloads panel |
| Ctrl + H | History | Open browser history view |
| Ctrl + P | Open the print popup, this also works in most editors like Word, Notepad, Excel, etc | |
| Ctrl + O | Open file | Open file in the browser |
| Ctrl + U | Page source | Open a new tab with the page code in text |
| Ctrl + Shift + I | Inspect | Open the inspect page view |
| Ctrl + N | New panel | Open a new panel of the browser |
| Ctrl + K | Web search | Search in the address bar, this replaces the current page link |
| Ctrl + L | Link | Select the link to the current page (the following shortcuts are in the address bar) |
| Ctrl + Enter | .com | Add .com to the end of the link and search |
| Shift + Enter | New panel search | Open a new panel and search directly |
| Alt + Enter | New tab | Open address bar link in new tab |
| F7 | Caret browsing | Start caret browsing, allows you to move your mouse with the arrows keys |
Lastly I want to say that every software has its own array of shortcuts, so if you think something should be a shortcut, it just might. Have a google, or search around in the settings, usually this will be called "Keyboard shortcuts" or "Keybinds" or something similar, you just might find some other useful shortcuts or functionalities you never even thought about.