| 1. Manage Tabs | |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+T | Open a new tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Reopen the last tab closed (up to 10 tabs) |
| Ctrl+W/ Ctrl+F4 | Close the tab (or close Chrome if only one tab is open) |
| Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 | Switch to the first tab, the second, etc. |
| Ctrl+9 | Switch to the last tab |
| Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Page Up | Switch to the next tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+Tab/Ctrl+Page Down | Switch to the previous tab |
| Ctrl+N | Open a new window |
| Ctrl+Shift+N | Open a new incognito window |
| Ctrl+Shift+W/ Alt+F4 | Close the current window |
| Ctrl+left-click | Open the link in a new background tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+left-click | Open the link in a new foreground tab |
| Shift+left-click | Open the link in a new window |
| Alt+left-click | Download the link |
| Ctrl + click on “Search Google for” from a drop down menu | Open Google search in a new background tab |
| Shift + click on “Search Google for” from a drop down menu | Open Google search in a new window |
| Drag link to an existing tab | Open the link in the selected tab |
| Drag link to tab bar | Open the link in a new tab in the specified position on the tab strip |
| Hold Ctrl + click on tabs in the tab bar | Select multiple tabs (to rearrange them or create a new window) |
| Hold Shift + click on two tabs in the tab bar | Select all the tabs between two tabs (to rearrange them or create a new window) |
| 2. Address Bar | |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+L/ Alt+D | Set focus to the address bar (highlights the current webpage URL if available) |
| Shift+Alt+T | Set focus to the toolbar |
| Ctrl+E/ Ctrl+K | Enter search query in the address bar |
| Arrow Down to highlight, then Shift + Delete | Remove a prediction from the address bar |
| Type search term and press Enter | Perform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword or the URI |
| Type and press Alt+Enter | Open the site or a search in a new foreground tab |
| Type and press Win+Enter | Open the site or a search in a new background tab (doesn’t work in Windows 10) |
| Type and press Shift+Enter | Open the site or a search in a new window |
| Type and press Ctrl+Enter | Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and open the web address in the current tab |
| Type and press Ctrl+Alt+Enter | Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and open the web address in a new foreground tab |
| Type and press Ctrl+Win+Enter | Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and open the web address in a new background tab (doesn’t work in Windows 10) |
| Type and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and open the web address in a new window |
| 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. |
| 3. View Webpages | |
|---|---|
| F6 | Alternate focus between address bar, bookmarks bar and webpage |
| Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Scroll down / scroll up |
| Page Down/Page Up | Scroll one page down / up |
| Space/Shift+Space | Scroll one page down / up |
| Home/End | Jump to beginning / to end of webpage |
| Ctrl+[+]/– | Zoom in / zoom out (or Ctrl+mousewheel) |
| Ctrl+0 (zero) | Return zoom to normal text size |
| Ctrl+U | View webpage source |
| F11 | Turn full screen on / off |
| F | Turn fullscreen on / off for some video types (e.g. YouTube) |
| M | Mute / unmute some video types (e.g. YouTube) |
| 4. Browse between Webpages | |
|---|---|
| Alt+Home | Jump to homepage |
| Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Jump to previous webpage visited / jump to next webpage |
| F5/Ctrl+R | Reload current webpage |
| Ctrl+F5/Shift+F5 | Reload current webpage with cache override |
| Esc | Stop webpage loading |
| 5. Browse within Webpages | |
|---|---|
| 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+Ctrl+Enter on link | Open link in a new foreground tab |
| Shift+Enter on link | Open link in a new window |
| 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 |
| 6. Access Browser Features | |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+P | Print current webpage (Chrome Print Dialog) |
| Ctrl+Shift+P | Print current webpage (Native Windows Print Dialog) |
| Ctrl+O | Open file |
| Ctrl+S | Save current webpage |
| Alt+F | Open Wrench Menu (I’d call it file menu to remember the shortcut) |
| Ctrl+H | Open History tab |
| Ctrl+J | Open Downloads tab |
| Shift+Esc | View Google Task manager |
| F1 | Chrome Help |
| Ctrl+Shift+Del | Open the Clear Browsing Data options |
| 7. Search | |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+F/F3 | Find text on webpage. Press Enter for. |
| Enter/Shift+Enter with text found on webpage | Find next / find previous match |
| Ctrl+G/Ctrl+Shift+G with text found on webpage | Find next / find previous match |
| Esc | With focus on Search box: Close Search box |
| 8. Bookmarks Shortcuts | |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Shift+B | Show or hide bookmarks bar |
| Ctrl+Shift+O | Open Bookmark Manager |
| Ctrl+D | Add bookmark for current webpage |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | Saves all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder |
| Drag URL to bookmark bar | Bookmark webpage (can be URL from address bar or link from page) |
| Alt+F, then B | Open Bookmark Manager Tab |
| 9. 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) |
| ? | Show General Settings Dialog (press Esc to exit) |
| Ctrl+[/] | Switch to next / Switch to previous panel (add Alt to the combination to reverse the direction) |
| Ctrl+D | Dock / Undock Developer Tool |
| Ctrl+Shift+M | Toggle (mobile) Device Mode |
| Ctrl+F | Search Text in Source |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | Search Text across sources |
| Ctrl+O | Search by Filename |
| Ctrl+[+]/– | Zoom in / Zoom out Developer tools |
| Ctrl+0 (zero) | Zoom to default |
| 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 Left | Expand / Collapse |
| Left-click on arrow | Expand node |
| Ctrl+Alt+Left-click | Expand/collapse node with all children |
| Enter | Edit the element |
| H | 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 Down | Increase / decrease value by 100 |
| Alt+Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Increase / decrease value by 100 |
| Sources Panel | |
|---|---|
| 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+Shift+; | Step out of current function |
| 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 |
| Ctrl+P+number | Jump to line number |
| Ctrl+O+number +number | Jump to column |
| Ctrl+Shift+O | Go to member |
| Alt+W | Close active tab |
| Ctrl+Enter | Run snippet |
| Code Editor | |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+M | Go to matching bracket |
| 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 |
| Timeline Panel | |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+E | Start / stop recording |
| Ctrl+S | Save timeline data |
| Ctrl+O | Open / Load timeline data |
| Profiles Panel | |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+E | 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 |
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