Section 11.7. The Keyboard Shortcut Master List: All Versions

11.7. The Keyboard Shortcut Master List: All Versions

Before you set off into the Internet Explorer sunset, it's worth admitting that surfing the Web is one of the things most people do most with their PCs. And as long as you're going to spend so much time in this single program, it's worth mastering its keyboard shortcuts. Once you've learned a few, you save yourself time and fumbling.

Here it is, then: the complete master list of every Internet Explorer keyboard shortcut known to Microsoft. Clip and save.

Viewing
Full Screen mode (on/off)	F11
Cycle through links on a page	Tab
Search the text on a page	Ctrl+F
Open the current page in a new window	Ctrl+N
Print this page	Ctrl+P
Select all items on the page	Ctrl+A
Zoom in/out by 10 percent	Ctrl+plus, Ctrl+minus
Zoom to 100%	Ctrl+0
Override pop-up blocker	Ctrl+Alt
Shut up this Web page's background sounds	Esc

Bars and Menus
Highlight the Address bar	Alt+D
Add http://www . and .com to the text in Address Bar	Ctrl+Enter
Add http://www . and .net or .org to the text in Address Bar	Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Open URL in the Address Bar in new tab	Alt+Enter
View previously typed addresses	F4
Highlight the Information bar	Alt+N
Open Home menu	Alt+M
Open Feeds menu	Alt+J
Open Print menu	Alt+R
Open Page menu	Alt+P
Open Tools menu	Alt+O
Open Help menu	Alt+L
Open Favorites menu	Alt+C, Ctrl+I
Open Favorites in pinned mode (won't auto-close)	Ctrl+Shift+I
Organize Favorites dialog box	Ctrl+B
Open Feeds list	Ctrl+J
Open Feeds in pinned mode	Ctrl+Shift+J
Open History	Ctrl+H
Open History in pinned mode	Ctrl+Shift+H

Navigation
Scroll down a screenful	Space bar (or Page Down)
Scroll up a screenful	Shift+Space bar (or Page Up)
Go to home page	Alt+Home
Go back a page	Alt+left
Go forward a page	Alt+right
Refresh page	F5
Super refresh (ignore any cached elements)	Ctrl+F5
Stop downloading this page	ESC
Open link in a new window	Shift-click
Add current page to Favorites	Ctrl+D
"Right-click" any highlighted item	Shift+F10
Search bar
Highlight the Search Bar	Ctrl+E
Open list of search services	Ctrl+down
Open search results in new tab	Alt+Enter

Tabbed Browsing
Open link in new background tab	Ctrl-click [*]
Open link in new foreground tab	Ctrl+Shift-click (left or middle button)
Close tab ( closes window if only one tab is open)	Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4 [*]
Quick Tab view	Ctrl+Q
Open new empty tab	Ctrl+T
View list of open tabs	Ctrl+Shift+Q
Switch to next tab	Ctrl+Tab
Switch to previous tab	Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Switch to tab #1, #2, etc.	Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, etc.
Switch to last tab	Ctrl+9

^[*] or scroll wheel-click, or middle button-click

^[*] or scroll wheel-click, or middle button-click