Keyboard Shortcuts For Internet Explorer In Windows
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Internet Explorer Hotkeys: Article will show you a list of working shortcut keys or the combination of keys that can be used as shortcuts to do various option in Internet Explorer (IE). Internet explorer is one of the best browser of Windows developed by Microsoft. You can also get the shortcut keys for other browsers from the below link.
Keyboard Shortcuts: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox
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All the keyboard shortcuts are categorized by the following sections.
- Viewing And Exploring Web Pages: Deals with different function of webpages in view level.
- Working With Tabs: Several Functions of Browser Tab
- Using Zoom: Different zoom options like zoom in, zoom out, zoom in/out by a percentage
- Search: Functions of the browser on the search box
- Print Preview: Associated shortcuts in review and print the webpages.
- Address Bar: Hotkeys used in the address bar.
- Toolbar Menu: Shortcuts to access the toolbar and command bar menu of internet explorer
- Feeds, History, Favorites: These are some of the hot-keys used in feeds, history and favorites section of Internet explorer.
- Editing: Different text related keys used when editing a page
- Information Bar: Shortcuts that are used in Information Bar
Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcut Keys: Viewing And Exploring Webpages
| Display Help | F1 |
| Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window | F11 |
| Move forward through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar | Tab |
| Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar | Shift+Tab |
| Start Caret Browsing | F7 |
| 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 through frames and browser elements (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled) | Ctrl+Tab or F6 |
| Move backward between frames (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled) | Ctrl+Shift+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 webpage | F5 |
| Refresh the current webpage, even if the time stamp for the web version and your locally stored version are the same | Ctrl+F5 |
| Stop downloading a page | Esc |
| Open a new website or page | Ctrl+O |
| Open a new window | Ctrl+N |
| Open a new InPrivate Browsing window | Ctrl+Shift+P |
| Duplicate tab (open current tab in a new tab) | Ctrl+K |
| Reopen the last tab you closed | Ctrl+Shift+T |
| Close the current window (if you only have one tab open) | Ctrl+W |
| Save the current page | Ctrl+S |
| Print the current page or active frame | Ctrl+P |
| Activate a selected link | Enter |
| Open Favorites | Ctrl+I |
| Open History | Ctrl+H |
| Open Feeds | Ctrl+J |
| Open the Page menu | Alt+P |
| Open the Tools menu | Alt+T |
| Open the Help menu | Alt+H |
Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys: Working With Tabs
| 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 or Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
| Close current tab (or the current window if tabbed browsing is disabled) | Ctrl+W |
| Open a new tab in the foreground from the Address bar | Alt+Enter |
| Switch to a specific tab number | Ctrl+n (where n is a number between 1 and 8) |
| Switch to the last tab | Ctrl+9 |
| Close other tabs | Ctrl+Alt+F4 |
| Toggle Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off | Ctrl+Q |
Internet Explorer Shortcuts: Zoom Option
| Increase zoom (+ 10%) | Ctrl+Plus Sign |
| Decrease zoom (- 10%) | Ctrl+Minus Sign |
| Zoom to 100% | Ctrl+0 |
Internet Explorer Hotkeys: Search Option
| Go to the search box | Ctrl+E |
| Open your search query in a new tab | Alt+Enter |
| Open the search provider menu | Ctrl+Down Arrow |
Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys: Print Preview
| Set printing options and print the page | Alt+P |
| Change paper, headers and footers, orientation, and margins for this page | Alt+U |
| Display the first page to be printed | Alt+Home |
| Display the previous page to be printed | Alt+Left Arrow |
| Type the number of the page you want displayed | Alt+A |
| Display the next page to be printed | Alt+Right Arrow |
| Display the last page to be printed | Alt+End |
| Specify how you want frames to print (this option is available only if you are printing a webpage that uses frames) | Alt+F |
| Close Print Preview | Alt+C |
Internet Explorer Keyboard Hot Keys: Address Bar
| Select the text in the Address bar | Alt+D |
| Display a list of addresses you’ve typed | F4 |
| When in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical break in the address (period or slash) | Ctrl+Left Arrow |
| When in the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next logical break in the address (period or slash) | Ctrl+Right Arrow |
| Add “www.” to the beginning and “.com” to the end of the text typed in the Address bar | Ctrl+Enter |
| Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches | Up Arrow |
| Move back through the list of AutoComplete matches | Down Arrow |
Keyboard Shortcut Keys For Internet Explorer: Toolbar Menus
| Open the Home menu | Alt+M |
| Open the Print menu | Alt+R |
| Open the RSS menu | Alt+J |
| Open the Tools menu | Alt+O |
| Open the Safety menu | Alt+S |
| Open the Help menu | Alt+L |
Shortcuts For Internet Explorer: Feeds, History And Favorites
| Add the current page to your favorites (or subscribe to the feed when in feed preview) | Ctrl+D |
| Delete browsing history | Ctrl+Shift+Del |
| Open an InPrivate Browsing window | Ctrl+Shift+P |
| Open the Organize Favorites dialog box | Ctrl+B |
| Move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box | Alt+Up Arrow |
| Move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box | Alt+Down Arrow |
| Open Favorites Center and display your favorites | Alt+C |
| Open Favorites Center and display your history | Ctrl+H |
| Open Favorites Center and display your feeds | Ctrl+J |
| Open and dock the Favorites Center and display your feeds | Ctrl+Shift+J |
| Open the Add to Favorites menu (or open Subscribe to feed when in feed preview) | Alt+Z |
| Open the Favorites menu from the menu bar | Alt+A |
| Display all feeds (when in feed view) | Alt+I |
| Mark a feed as read (when in feed view) | Alt+M |
| Put the cursor in search box in feed view | Alt+S |
Keyboard Shortcuts For Internet Explorer: Editing
| Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard | Ctrl+X |
| Copy the selected items to the Clipboard | Ctrl+C |
| Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location | Ctrl+V |
| Select all items on the current webpage | Ctrl+A |
| Open Internet Explorer Developer Tools | F12 |
Shortcuts For Internet Explorer: Information Bar
| Move focus to the Information bar | Alt+N |
| Click the Information bar | Spacebar |
Note: Keyboard Shortcuts are not case sensitive.
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Also Check: How To Start InPrivate Browsing In Internet Explorer
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