There are a huge number of combinations, but here we have collected a few that will be most useful in daily work with most browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox and others). Of course, it may be difficult to remember them all at once, but after using it a few times, it becomes a habit and does not cause any discomfort anymore, on the contrary, it speeds up the work.

How to flip tabs

It happens if the mouse is far from you or gets stuck or for some other reason you can’t or don’t want to use it. Here you will need a combination Ctrl+Tab on Windows or Cmd+Option+Right ArrowTo switch between browser tabs one by one. If you want to do this in reverse order – Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Cmd+Option+Left Arrow.

Also, if you want to select a specific tab immediately, Ctrl/Cmd and the desired number in the top line of numbers, where each digit corresponds to the serial number of the tab. Unfortunately, this option has a limitation: you can press numbers 1 to 8 this way, and number 9 will take you to the last tab. So, for example, if you have 15 tabs open, you can choose from tabs 1 to 8 and select the 15th tab, which is the last one.

Quick closing of tabs

There are situations when you need to perform the same monotonous action in several tabs, but constantly dragging the mouse from the page to the close button can be annoying. You can leave the cursor on the page and use it instead. Ctrl/Cmd+W To quickly close the page you are currently on.

Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+W It will completely close all your tabs at once so you don’t have to do it with each one individually.

Did you accidentally close something? Here is the recovery combination

You can restore a closed tab just as quickly without entering your browser history. Just click Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+T. This combination can be used multiple times by opening tabs in the order they were closed.

This works even when you close the browser completely. In this case, Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+T will restore all tabs that were open when you exited the program.

How to open the link in a new tab or window?

If you don’t want the link to open in the window you’re currently in, tap and hold . Ctrl/Cmdwhen you click on the link with the mouse – in this case you will open a new tab.

If you press ShiftThe link will open in a new browser window.

Enlarge page

If the font on the page is too small, press and hold the key. Ctrl/Cmdand then scroll or click with the mouse wheel. plus (or minus to reduce scale).

Note that the font will remain high quality, but images will stretch and lose quality when enlarged.

Cleaning

If you need to quickly clear the cache, cookies, browser history, settings or other data, there is no need to look for the desired menu item in the settings. Use a combination Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Del. In the window that opens, select the data you want to delete and confirm the action.

Please note that deleting cookies will cancel all your authorizations on the sites, so you will need to log in again. You can also delete passwords in this menu, so be careful not to accidentally delete them.

Navigating the page

You can navigate between pages quite efficiently using keyboard shortcuts.

• For example, try using the spacebar to scroll down the page or Shift+spacebar to go back.
• The Tab and Shift+Tab key combinations help you quickly navigate through all the links on the page in any direction, and when you get to the link you want, you can press Enter.
• The End and Home keys can reduce the page to the end and raise the page to the top.

Other

• Ctrl/Cmd+N – opens a new window.
• Ctrl/Cmd+N+Shift – opens a new window in incognito mode.
• Ctrl/Cmd+D – to bookmark the current page.
• Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+D – to save all open tabs to a new folder.
• Use Ctrl+Shift+O (Windows) or Cmd+Option+B (macOS) to open the Bookmarks Manager.
• Ctrl+Shift+B – hides and rotates the bookmarks panel.
• Ctrl/Cmd+H opens browser history.
• Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+K – Duplicates the current tab.
• Ctrl/Cmd+R – reload the current page.
• Ctrl/Cmd+F5 – fast clearing of page cache with reload.