Google Chrome continues to improve with each new release. This list is courtesy of the Google Chrome site which offers a wealth of info on getting the most from the browser.
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Window and tab shortcuts
| Ctrl+N | Open a new window |
| Ctrl+Shift+N | Open a new window in incognito mode |
| Press Ctrl and click a link | Open link in a new tab |
| Press Shift and click a link | Open link in a new window |
| Alt+F4 | Close current window |
| Ctrl+T | Open a new tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Reopen the last tab that you closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs that you closed. |
| Drag link to tab | Open link in specified tab |
| Drag link to space between tabs | Open link in a new tab in the specified position on the tab strip |
| Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+8 | Switch to the tab at the specified position number. The number you press represents a position on the tab strip. |
| Ctrl+9 | Switch to the last tab |
| Ctrl+Tab orCtrl+PgDown | Switch to the next tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+Tabor Ctrl+PgUp | Switch to the previous tab |
| Ctrl+W orCtrl+F4 | Close current tab or pop-up |
| Alt+Home | Open your homepage |
| Ctrl+O, then select file | Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome |
Address bar shortcuts
Do one of the following actions in the address bar:
| Type a search term | Perform a search using your default search engine |
| Type the part of the web address that’s between ‘www’. and ‘.com’, then press Ctrl+Enter | Add www.and .com to your input in the address bar and open the web address |
| Type a search engine keyword or URL, pressTab, then type a search term | Perform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword or the URL. Google Chrome prompts you to press Tab if it recognises the search engine you’re trying to use. |
| F6 or Ctrl+L or Alt+D | Highlight content in the web address area |
| Type a web address, then press Alt+Enter | Open your web address in a new tab |
Open Google Chrome features
| Ctrl+B | Toggle bookmarks bar on and off |
| Ctrl+H | View the History page |
| Ctrl+J | View the Downloads page |
| Shift+Escape | View the Task manager |
Web page shortcuts
| Ctrl+P | Print your current page |
| F5 | Reload current page |
| Esc | Stop page loading |
| Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5 | Reload current page, ignoring cached content |
| Press Alt and click a link | Download link |
| Ctrl+F | Open find-in-page box |
| Ctrl+G or F3 | Find the next match for your input in the find-in-page box |
| Ctrl+Shift+G orShift+F3 | Find the previous match for your input in the find-in-page box |
| Ctrl+U | View source |
| Drag link to bookmarks bar | Bookmark the link |
| Ctrl+D | Bookmark your current web page |
| Ctrl++ | Make text larger |
| Ctrl+- | Make text smaller |
| Ctrl+0 | Return to normal text size |
Text shortcuts
| Highlight content, then press Ctrl+C | Copy content to the clipboard |
| Place your cursor in a text field, then pressCtrl+V or Shift+Insert | Paste current content from the clipboard |
| Place your cursor in a text field, then pressCtrl+Shift+V | Paste current content from the clipboard without formatting |
| Highlight content in a text field, then pressCtrl+X or Shift+Delete | Delete the content and copy it to the clipboard |
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