Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcut and Hotkeys Every user need to know. List of Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcut and Hotkeys
Google Chrome is a freeware. Although an open source version wherein Google releases large portion of the source code of Google Chrome exist as the Chromium Project (the Chromium browser also exist).
Google Chrome Web Browser is developed by Google. Google Chrome was initially released on 2nd September, 2008.
Google Chrome Web browser has the stable and preview releases, while the preview releases are divided into Beta (Window, Mac OSX and Linux) and Dev edition (Window, Mac OSX and Linux).
Google Chrome has the 32 (x86) bit version, 64 (amd64) bit version and the ARMv7 version. It is present in the following Operating System (OS), the Windows Operating System, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS. It uses the Blink, V8 JavaScript engines except for iOS devices where it uses the WebKit engine.
Google Chrome is one of the world’s most popular web browser and mobile browser and in order to use Google Chrome more effectively, faster and efficiently. One needs to have the knowledge of Google Chrome inbuilt keyboard shortcut and hotkeys.
So now we will be looking the Top Google Chrome Web Browser keyboard shortcut and hotkeys every Google Chrome User is expected to know and master in order to navigate through the web browser faster, thereby resulting in great productivity for the end user.
1. Down arrow
To move down within an opened webpage.
2. Up arrow
To move up within an opened webpage.
3. Page down
To move faster down within an opened webpage
4. Page Up
To move faster up within an opened webpage
5. Enter
Used in the address bar or search bar, when you have inputted a website or a thing to search for.
6. Ctrl + T
Opens a new tab
7. Ctrl + 1 to 8
To move between tabs from left to right. For example, Ctrl + 1, the first tab from the left, Ctrl + 7, the seventh tab counting from the left.
8. Ctrl + 9
To move to the last tab, that the last tab on the right.
9. Ctrl + W
Closes the current tab you are in
10. Alt + D
Go to the Address Bar of Google Chrome.
11. Ctrl + Enter
When using the address bar, it adds the www and .com to typed word and goes to the address. For example, if you type aboutdevice, and then press Ctrl + Enter, it becomes https://aboutdevice.com and then it goes to the address.
12. Ctrl + F
Find typed text on webpage. You will press enter to go to the next position where typed text is showed.
13. Alt + Home
Goes to the homepage of Google Chrome.
14. Alt
Show the Menu bar
15. F5
Refresh current tab
16. Ctrl + S
Save current page or tab as
17. Ctrl + P
Print current page or tab
18. Ctrl + Shift + B
Show or Hide bookmark window
19. Ctrl + D
Add a website or webpage to bookmark
20. Ctrl + N
Open new Google Chrome window
21. Alt + F4
Closes current Google Chrome Window
22. F1
Google Chrome support page (online help).
Yep, these are all the Keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys I think all Google Chrome Web browser user should know and use them while browsing the Web.
Which other important Keyboard shortcut do you think we left out? Comment below to enable us to add it to this ever growing list. Thanks