Chrome Shortcuts

Platform: Windows/English

Manage Tabs

Browse between Webpages

Ctrl+T

Open new tab

Alt+Home

Jump to homepage

Ctrl+W/Ctrl+F4

Close tab (or close Chrome if only one tab is open)

Ctrl+Shift+T

Reopen last tab closed. Up to 10 tabs.

Alt+Arrow Left/Arr
ow Right

Jump to previous webpage visited / jump to next

webpage

Ctrl+1 through Ctrl

+8

Jump to first tab, second tab, etc.

F5/Ctrl+R

Reload current webpage

Ctrl+F5/Shift+F5

Reload current webpage with cache override

Ctrl+9

Switch to the last tab

Esc

Stop webpage loading

Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift
+Tab

Switch to the next / previous tab

(or use ctrl+page up/ctrl+page down)

Browse within Webpages

Ctrl+N

Open new Chrome window

Ctrl+Shift+N

Open new Chrome window in incognito mode

Alt+F4

Close current window

Ctrl+left-click

Open link in a new background tab

Ctrl+Shift+left-click Open link in a new foreground tab

Tab/Shift+Tab
with focus on
webpage

Jump to next / previous link

Enter on link

Open link in current tab

Ctrl+Enter on link

Open link in a new background tab

Shift+left-click

Open link in a new window

Shift+Ctrl+Enter on Open link in a new foreground tab

link

Alt+left-click

Download link

Shift+Enter on link

Open link in a new window

Drag link to
existing tab

Open link in selected tab

Alt+Enter on link

Download link

Shift+F10

Open context menu (simulate right mouse button)

Ctrl+A

Select all content on webpage

Ctrl+c with content

selected

Copy selected content to clipboard

Drag link to tab bar Open link in a new tab in the specified position on
the tab strip.
Address Bar
Alt+D (or Ctrl+L)

Jump to address bar; highlights current webpage URI

if available

Access Browser Features

Ctrl+E (or Ctrl+K)

Enter search query in address bar

Ctrl+P

Print current webpage (Chrome Print Dialog)

Home/End in
address bar

Jump to beginning / end of address bar

Ctrl+Shift+P

Print current webpage (Native Windows Print

Dialog)

Ctrl+A in address
bar

Select all text of address. Also use shift+end with

cursor at beginning or shift+home with cursor at end

Ctrl+O

Open file

Ctrl+S

Save current webpage

Type name of site

and press Ctrl+Ent
er

Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and

opens the web address in current tab.

Alt+F

Open Wrench Menu (I'd call it file menu to

remember the shortcut)

Type name of site

and press Alt+Ente
r

Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and

opens the web address in new background tab.

Ctrl+H

Open History tab

Ctrl+J

Open Downloads tab

Type search term

and press Enter

Perform a search using the search engine associated

with the keyword or the URI.

Search
Ctrl+F/F3

Find text on webpage. Press Enter for

Type name of
search engine and
press Tab

Tab-to-Search feature. E.g. Typing in 'yahoo.com'

plus tab opens yahoo search. Add/edit search engines
via 'Under the Hood' -> Basic -> Search Engines.

Enter/Shift+Enter
with text found on
webpage

Find next / find previous match

Find next / find previous match

F6

Alternate focus between address bar and webpage

Ctrl+G/Ctrl+Shift+G
with text found on
webpage

Arrow Down/Arro
w Up
with focus on
webpage

Scroll down / scroll up

Esc

With focus on Search box: Close Search box

Page Down/Page
Up

Scroll one page down / one page up. Also use space/s
hift+space

View Webpages

Bookmarks Shortcuts
Ctrl+Shift+B

Show or hide bookmarks bar

Ctrl+Shift+O

Open Bookmark Manager

Jump to beginning / to end of webpage

Ctrl+D

Add bookmark for current webpage

Zoom in / zoom out (or Ctrl+mousewheel)

Ctrl+Shift+D

Saves all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder

Ctrl+0 (zero)

Return zoom to normal text size

Ctrl+U

View webpage source

Drag URI to
bookmark bar

Bookmark webpage (can be URI from address bar or

link from page)

F11

Turn full screen on / off

Alt+D, then F6

Jump to bookmark toolbar. Use arrow keys and enter

to access bookmarks

Alt+F, then b

Open Bookmark Manager Tab

Home/End
Ctrl+[[]+[[]/-

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Chrome Shortcuts
Platform: Windows/English

The Rest
Shift+Alt+T

Sources Panel
Set focus on the toolbar. Use arrow keys to navigate
between different buttons on the toolbar.

Shift+Esc

View Google Task manager

F1

Chrome Help

Manage Chrome DevTools

Accessing DevTools and DevTools Basics
Ctrl+Shift+I (or F12
)

Open Developer Tools

Ctrl+Shift+J

Open Developer Tools (With Focus on Javascript

Console)

Ctrl+Shift+C

Toggle Element Inspection mode

Ctrl+Shift+C (2x)

Switch Focus on Developer Tools (there is not really a

shortcut for focusing on the Developer Tool, but this
is a workaround. Watch the Inspector Mode Icon
change color as you press for guidence. Finally, this
works only if DevTools are docked; if they are not,
simpy switch between windows with Alt+Tab)

F8, Ctrl+\

Pause / resume script execution

F8, Ctrl+\

Pause / resume script execution

F10, Ctrl+'

Step over next function call

F11, Ctrl+;

Step into next function call

Shift+F11, Ctrl+Shif Step out of current function

t+;
Ctrl+./,

Select next / select previous call frame

Left-click on
line-number

Toggle breakpoint condition

Right-click on line
number

Edit breakpoint condition

Alt+Delete

Delete individual words

Ctrl+/

Comment a line or selected text

Ctrl+S

Save changes to local modifications

Ctrl+Alt+S

Save all changes

Ctrl+G

Go to line

Ctrl+O

Search by filename

Show General Settings Dialog (press Esc to exit)

Ctrl+P+number

Jump to line number

Ctrl+[[]/[[]

Switch to next / Switch to previous panel (add Alt to

the combination to reverse the direction)

Ctrl+O+number
+number

Jump to column

Ctrl+D

Dock / Undock Developer Tool

Ctrl+Shift+O

Go to member

Ctrl+Shift+M

Toggle (mobile) Device Mode

Alt+W

Close active tab

Ctrl+F

Search Text in Source

Ctrl+Enter

Run snippet

Ctrl+Shift+F

Search Text across sources

Ctrl+O

Search by Filename

Ctrl+[[]+[[]/-

Zoom in / Zoom out Developer tools

Ctrl+M

Go to matching bracket

Zoom to default

Ctrl+P+number

Jump to line number

Ctrl+O+number
+number

Jump to column

Ctrl+/

Toggle comment

Ctrl+D

Select next occurrence

Ctrl+U

Undo last selection

Ctrl+0 (zero)
Elements Panel
Ctrl+Arrow Up

Focus on the Elements content (this is strangely

nowhere documented, but worked for me; without
this one, you cannot use any of the other shortcuts
below without clicking on the content first)

Arrow Up/Arrow
Down

Navigate upwards/ downwards

Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+Y

Undo / Redo Change

Arrow Right/Arrow Expand / Collapse

Left

Code Editor

Timeline Panel
Ctrl+E

Start / stop recording

Ctrl+S

Save timeline data

Ctrl+O

Open / Load timeline data

Left-click on arrow

Expand node

Ctrl+Alt+Left-click

Expand/collapse node with all children

Profiles Panel

Enter

Edit the element

Ctrl+E

Hide the element

F2

Toggle edit as HTML

Styles Panel
Left-click

Edit Rule

Left-click on white
space

Insert new property

Ctrl+Left-click on
property

Go to line of style rule property declaration

Shift+Left-click on
property

Cycle through the color definition value

Tab/Shift+Tab

Edit next / edit previous property

Arrow Up/Arrow
Down

Increase / decrease value by 1

Page Up/Page
Down

Increase / decrease value by 10

Shift+Page Up/Page Increase / decrease value by 100

Down
Alt+Arrow Up/Arro
w Down

Increase / decrease value by 100

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Start / stop recording

Console Panel
Arrow Right

Accept Suggestion

Arrow Up/Arrow
Down

Previous / next command (line)

Ctrl+`

Focus the Console

Ctrl+L

Clear Console

Shift+Enter

Multi-line entry

Enter

Execute