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Google Chrome Windows Keyboard Shortcuts Flashcards

Google Chrome Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

1
Q

<p>Open a new window</p>

A

<p>Ctrl﹢n</p>

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<p>Open a new window in Incognito mode</p>

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<p>Ctrl﹢Shift﹢n</p>

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<p>Open a new tab, and jump to it</p>

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<p>Ctrl﹢t</p>

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4
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<p>Reopen previously closed tabs in the order they were closed</p>

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<p>Ctrl﹢Shift﹢t</p>

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<p>Jump to the next open tab</p>

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Ctrl﹢Tab

Ctrl﹢PgDn

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6
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<p>Jump to the previous open tab</p>

A

Ctrl﹢Shift﹢Tab
Ctrl﹢PgUp

Mac:
⌘﹢Option﹢Left arrow

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7
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<p>Jump to a specific tab</p>

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<p>Ctrl﹢1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8</p>

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8
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<p>Jump to the rightmost tab</p>

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Ctrl﹢9

SAME ON Mac; Ctrl to Cmd

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9
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<p>Open your home page in the current tab</p>

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<p>Alt﹢Home</p>

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10
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<p>Open the previous page from your browsing history in the current tab</p>

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Alt﹢Left arrow

Mac:
Cmd﹢Left arrow
Cmd﹢[

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11
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<p>Open the next page from your browsing history in the current tab</p>

A

Alt﹢Right arrow

Mac:
Cmd﹢Right arrow
Cmd﹢]

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12
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<p>Close the current tab</p>

A

Ctrl﹢w

Ctrl﹢F4

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13
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<p>Close the current window</p>

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Ctrl﹢Shift﹢w

Alt﹢F4

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14
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<p>Minimize the current window</p>

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Alt﹢Space then n

More of a OS shortcut than a Chrome shortcut

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15
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<p>Maximize the current window</p>

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Alt﹢Space then x

More of a OS shortcut than a Chrome shortcut

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16
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<p>Quit Google Chrome</p>

A

<p>Alt﹢f then x</p>

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17
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<p>Open the Chrome menu</p>

A

Alt﹢f (On Mac: Alt to Opt types ƒ)

Alt﹢e (On Mac: Alt to Opt types ´)

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18
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<p>Show or hide the Bookmarks bar</p>

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<p>Ctrl﹢Shift﹢b</p>

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19
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<p>Open the Bookmarks Manager</p>

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<p>Ctrl﹢Shift﹢o</p>

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20
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Open the History page in a new tab

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Ctrl﹢h

Mac;
⌘﹢y

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21
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<p>Open the Downloads page in a new tab</p>

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<p>Ctrl﹢j</p>

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22
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<p>Open the Chrome Task Manager</p>

A

<p>Shift﹢Esc</p>

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23
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<p>Set focus on the first item in the Chrome toolbar</p>

A

<p>Shift﹢Alt﹢t</p>

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24
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<p>Set focus on the rightmost item in the Chrome toolbar</p>

A

<p>F10</p>

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25
Q

<p>Switch focus to unfocused dialog (if showing) and all toolbars</p>

A

<p>F6</p>

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26
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<p>Open the Find Bar to search the current page</p>

A

<p>Ctrl﹢f or F3</p>

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27
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<p>Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search</p>

A

<p>Ctrl﹢g</p>

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28
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<p>Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search</p>

A

<p>Ctrl﹢Shift﹢g</p>

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29
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Open Developer Tools

A

Ctrl﹢Shift﹢j (Specifically opens the Javascript Console in DevTools)
F12 (Specifically opens the Elements (first?) tab in DevTools)

UNDOCUMENTED?:
Ctrl﹢Shift﹢i (Does same as F12)

Mac:
⌘﹢Option﹢i (DevTools firs tab (Elements))
⌘﹢Option﹢j (DevTools Javascript Console tab)

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30
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<p>Open the Clear Browsing Data options</p>

A

Ctrl﹢Shift﹢Delete

Mac (Unofficial documentation):
⌘﹢Shift﹢Backspace

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31
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<p>Open the Chrome Help Center in a new tab</p>

A

<p>F1</p>

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32
Q

<p>Log in a different user or browse as a Guest</p>

A

<p>Ctrl﹢Shift﹢m</p>

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33
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<p>Open a feedback form</p>

A

Alt﹢Shift﹢i

Undocumented “Equivalent” on Mac:
Cmd﹢Shift﹢i opens Gmail with page URL as body, page title as subject

Note: Opt﹢Shift﹢i actually types the character ˆ on Mac

34
Q

<p>Turn on caret browsing</p>

A

F7

SAME ON Mac

35
Q

Perform equivalent action when caret on address bar:

Search with your default search engine unless recognized as a link, in which case follow link

A

Type search term﹢Enter

SAME ON Mac

36
Q

<p>Search using a different search engine</p>

A

Type search engine name﹢Tab

SAME ON Mac

37
Q

Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in the CURRENT TAB

A

Type site name﹢Ctrl﹢Enter

SAME ON Mac

38
Q

Perform the equivalent action:

Open a new tab; In the new tab, type term into the address bar and press Enter.

A

FOREGROUND VERSION:
Type term (in current address bar)﹢Alt﹢Enter
UNDOCUMENTED BACKGROUND VERSION:
Type term (in current address bar)﹢Alt﹢Shift﹢Enter

On Mac (NOTE THE REVERSAL):

UNDOCUMENTED FOREGROUND VERSION:
Type term (in current address bar)﹢Cmd﹢Shift﹢Enter
DOCUMENTED BACKGROUND VERSION:
Type term (in current address bar)﹢Cmd﹢Enter

39
Q

<p>Jump to the address bar</p>

A

Ctrl﹢L (Prefer this for portability)
Alt﹢d (Opt﹢d appears to do nothing on Mac, but Alt to Cmd does page bookmark…)
F6 (bad, since Switch focus to unfocused dialog (if showing) and all toolbars is F6 also)

Mac:
Cmd﹢L

40
Q

Perform the equivalent action:

Jump to address bar; type in Google search engine and press Tab.

TL;DR Force a Google search from anywhere on the page

A

Ctrl﹢k
Ctrl﹢e

NOTE: This actually forces a google search (URLs are not followed). Use Ctrl﹢L to simply jump to address bar.

Mac:
⌘﹢Option﹢f

41
Q

<p>Remove predictions from your address bar</p>

A

Down arrow to highlight﹢Shift﹢Delete

SAME ON Mac

42
Q

<p>Move cursor to the address bar (DOESN'T APPEAR TO ACTUALLY WORK, IGNORE THIS)</p>

A

<p>Control﹢F5 [sic]</p>

43
Q

<p>Open options to print the current page</p>

A

Ctrl﹢p

(SAME ON Mac; Ctrl to Cmd)

NOTE:
On Mac, there is a separate “Page Setup” dialog for printing which is activated with ⌘﹢Option﹢p

44
Q

<p>Open options to save the current page</p>

A

Ctrl﹢s

SAME ON Mac; Ctrl to Cmd

45
Q

<p>Reload the current page</p>

A

Ctrl﹢r
F5

Mac:
Cmd﹢r

46
Q

<p>Reload the current page, ignoring cached content</p>

A

Ctrl﹢Shift﹢r
Shift﹢F5

Mac:
Cmd﹢Shift﹢r

47
Q

<p>Stop the page loading</p>

A

Esc

SAME ON Mac

48
Q

<p>Browse clickable items moving forward</p>

A

Tab

SAME ON Mac

49
Q

<p>Browse clickable items moving backward</p>

A

Shift﹢Tab

SAME ON Mac

50
Q

<p>Open a file from your computer in Chrome</p>

A

Ctrl﹢o﹢Select a file

SAME ON Mac; Ctrl to Cmd

51
Q

<p>Display non-editable HTML source code for the current page</p>

A

<p>Ctrl﹢u</p>

52
Q

<p>Save your current webpage as a bookmark</p>

A

<p>Ctrl﹢d</p>

53
Q

<p>Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder</p>

A

Ctrl﹢Shift﹢d

SAME ON Mac; Ctrl to Cmd

54
Q

<p>Turn full-screen mode on or off</p>

A

F11

Mac (NOTE USAGE OF Ctrl!):
⌘﹢Ctrl﹢f

55
Q

<p>Make everything on the page bigger</p>

A

Ctrl and +

SAME ON Mac; Ctrl to Cmd

56
Q

<p>Make everything on the page smaller</p>

A

Ctrl and -

SAME ON Mac; Ctrl to Cmd

57
Q

Return everything on the page to default size

A

Ctrl﹢0

SAME ON Mac; Ctrl to Cmd

58
Q

Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time

A

Space
PgDn

(SAME ON Mac)

59
Q

Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time

A

Shift﹢Space
PgUp

(SAME ON Mac)

60
Q

Go to the top of the page

A

Home

SAME ON Mac

61
Q

Go to the bottom of the page

A

End

SAME ON Mac

62
Q

Scroll horizontally on the page (Mouse)

A

Shift﹢Scroll your mousewheel

SAME ON Mac

63
Q

<p>Move your cursor to the beginning of the previous word in a text field</p>

A

Ctrl﹢Left arrow

SAME ON Mac; Ctrl to Opt

64
Q

<p>Move your cursor to the next word</p>

A

Ctrl﹢Right arrow

Mac:
Option﹢Right arrow

NOTE:
Mac and Windows have different behavior here!
Hard to explain, but basically:
Mac: move to the end of the current word
Windows: move to the beginning of previous word

65
Q

<p>Delete the previous word in a text field</p>

A

<p>Ctrl﹢Backspace</p>

66
Q

<p>Open the Home page in the current tab</p>

A

<p>Alt﹢Home</p>

67
Q

<p>Reset page zoom level</p>

A

<p>Ctrl﹢0</p>

68
Q

<p>Open a link in a current tab (mouse only)</p>

A

<p>Drag a link to a tab</p>

69
Q

<p>Open a link in new background tab</p>

A

<p>Ctrl﹢Click a link</p>

70
Q

<p>Open a link, and jump to it</p>

A

<p>Ctrl﹢Shift﹢Click a link</p>

71
Q

<p>Open a link, and jump to it (mouse only)</p>

A

<p>Drag a link to a blank area of the tab strip</p>

72
Q

<p>Open a link in a new window</p>

A

<p>Shift﹢Click a link</p>

73
Q

<p>Open a tab in a new window (mouse only)</p>

A

<p>Drag the tab out of the tab strip</p>

74
Q

<p>Move a tab to a current window (mouse only)</p>

A

<p>Drag the tab into an existing window</p>

75
Q

<p>Return a tab to its original position</p>

A

<p>Press Esc while dragging</p>

76
Q

<p>Save the current webpage as a bookmark</p>

A

<p>Drag the web address to the Bookmarks Bar</p>

77
Q

<p>Scroll horizontally on the page</p>

A

<p>Shift﹢Scroll your mousewheel</p>

78
Q

<p>Download the target of a link</p>

A

<p>Alt﹢Click a link</p>

79
Q

<p>Display your browsing history</p>

A

<p>Right-click Back/Next or click &amp;amp; hold Back/Next</p>

80
Q

<p>Switch between maximized and windowed modes</p>

A

<p>Double-click a blank area of the tab strip</p>

81
Q

<p>Make everything on the page bigger</p>

A

<p>Ctrl﹢Scroll your mousewheel up</p>

82
Q

<p>Make everything on the page smaller</p>

A

<p>Ctrl﹢Scroll your mousewheel down</p>

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