Microsoft Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys List
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Shortcuts |
Action |
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Duplicate current
tab. |
Ctrl+K |
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Open new tab in same window. |
Ctrl+T |
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Jump to next / jump
to previous browser tab. |
Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
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Close the current
tab. |
Ctrl+W |
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Restore closed tab
(open previously closed tab). |
Ctrl+Shift+T |
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Show Tabs: Open or
close quick tab view. |
Ctrl+Q |
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Show Tabs: Open list
of tabs. Then use arrow keys and enter to select
or escape to exit. |
Ctrl+Shift+Q |
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Jump to browser tab
1 – 9. |
Ctrl+1 … ctrl+9 |
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Open link in new
background tab (sometimes link is opened in new window; as an alternative,
use right mouse button and press w). |
On Link: ctrl+
left mouse button |
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Open typed webpage
address in new background tab. |
Alt+Enter |
2.Navigate
Webpages In IE8:
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Shortcuts |
Action |
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Jump one page down /
jump one page up (space / shift+space works as well). |
Page Up/Page Down |
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Scroll down / scroll up inside a
webpage. |
Arrow Down/Arrow Up |
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Move to the
beginning or end of a document. |
Home/End |
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Increase text size /
decrease text size (zoom in and out). |
Ctrl+[+]/Ctrl+- |
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Reset text size to
default (zoom to 100%). |
Ctrl+0 (zero) |
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Move forward / move
backwards through items on a webpage. Press and hold tab button to
skip through multiple links. |
Tab/Shift+Tab |
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When on link:
Display a context menu for a link. |
Shift+F10 |
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Activate a selected
link. |
Enter |
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In web forms: move
forward / move backwards through form items. Press space to
activate action buttons, select boxes, or radio buttons. |
Tab/Shift+tab,
and enter /Space |
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Select all
content on webpage. |
Ctrl+A |
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Refresh the current
webpage. |
F5/Ctrl+R |
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Refresh the current
webpage with cache override. |
Ctrl+F5 |
|
Turn caret browsing
on or off (movable cursor on page). |
F7 |
|
Stop loading
webpage. |
Esc |
3.Favorites,
History, And Search:
|
Shortcuts |
Action |
|
Open Favorites box
in pinned mode. |
Ctrl+Shift+I |
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Open Favorites box. |
Ctrl+I |
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Open History
box. |
Ctrl+H |
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Open History in
pinned mode. |
Ctrl+Shift+H |
|
Open Feeds. |
Ctrl+J |
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Open Feeds in pinned
mode. |
Ctrl+Shift+J |
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In the History or
Favorites boxes, open link as background tab. |
Ctrl+ left mouse click |
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Add the current
webpage to favorites. |
Ctrl+D |
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Open the Organize
Favorites dialog box. Use tab to navigate
and alt and shift+alt to move items up or down in list. |
Ctrl+B |
|
Open find
window. Press escape to exit. |
Ctrl+F/F3 |
4.Main For
Privacy Settings:
|
Shortcuts |
Action |
|
Open private
browsing window / incognito mode. |
Ctrl+Shift+P |
|
Turn in-private filtering on
or off (watch icon change in status bar) |
Ctrl+Shift+F |
|
Open ‘Delete
Browsing History’ Menu. |
Ctrl+Shift+Delete |
5.Manage
IE8 Windows:
|
Shortcuts |
Action |
|
Restore Window
(default Windows feature). |
Alt+Space+Enter |
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Opens the title bar menu. |
Alt+Space |
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Maximize Window
(default Windows feature). |
Alt+Space+X |
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Minimize Window
(default Windows feature). |
Alt+Space+N |
|
Toggle regular
window / full screen without toolbars |
Alt+Shift+Enter |
|
Turn full page view
on or off (default Windows feature). |
F11 |
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Move forward between
window elements. |
F6 |
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Open a new browser
window. |
Ctrl+N |
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Close IE8 Window. |
F4 |
6.Instant
Search:
|
Shortcuts |
Action |
|
View list of search
providers. |
Ctrl+Arrow Down |
|
Jump to the Instant Search box
(box on top right corner of browser window). |
Ctrl+E |
|
Open search results
in new tab. |
Alt+Enter |
7.The
Rest:
|
Shortcuts |
Action |
|
Open Developer
Tools. |
F12 |
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Print the current webpage. |
Alt+P |
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Open location. |
Ctrl+O/Ctrl+L |
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View webpage source
in default editor (used to be ctrl+u but that was discontinued). |
Alt+V+C |
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Display Internet
Explorer Help or to display context Help about an item in a dialog box. |
F1 |
8.Top
Shortcuts:
|
Shortcuts |
Action |
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Go to next /
previous webpage. |
Alt+Arrow
Right/Alt+Arrow Left |
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Go to Home webpage. |
Alt+Home |
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Jump to address
bar. f6 additionally navigates through window elements. |
Alt+D/F6 |
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Complete a .com
address in address bar: adds “http://” prefix and a “.com”-suffix, then loads
the webpage. |
Ctrl+Enter |
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Complete an URI in
address bar with user-defined suffix: adds “http://” prefix and suffix (e.g.
.net, .org, .de, …), then loads the webpage. Set the suffix in tools:options
(alt+t, then o), languages (alt+l), and enter to suffix field at bottom. |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
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Open webpages
visited in the past when in address bar. Includes Favorites and History.
Navigate with arrow keys and enter to visit. |
Alt+Arrow Down/F4 |
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Delete past visited
webpages from address bar history (also see shortcut above). |
Delete/Shift+Delete |
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