Friday, April 6, 2012

Google Chrome's 70 Useful Shortcuts To Boots Performance

     Google Chrome shortcuts provide an easy and effective way to improve productivity and Internet browsing  performance when using Google’s web browser. From Page Navigation to managing Pages and Tabs to speeding up Web Page and Address bar tasks this posts will cover 70 Chrome shortcuts for  boosting your efficiency using the Chrome web browser.
     Many people feel that Chrome performs much faster than Internet Explorer and Firefox and find it to be a very stable web browser. Utizing these built in keyboard shortcuts can make Chrome’s Internet browsing performance seem even faster.
     A number of the Chrome shortcuts will be a combination of keystrokes. “Ctrl + C” means that you should hold down the Ctrl (control) key and press the letter “c” for example. Use the lowercase letters not uppercase; if you are required to use the shift key it will be indicated as “Shift”.


CHROME PAGE NAVIGATION SHORTCUTS:

     These browser shortcuts are all scrolling functions that permit you to use the keyboard to navigate a Chrome web page quickly and efficiently. You will find that many of these navigation shortcuts are quite similar to other browsers.
Space Bar – Page down one full screen at a time
Page Down — Page down one full screen at a time
Down Arrow – Scroll Down
Shift  + Space Bar – Page up one full screen at a time
Page Up — Page up one full screen at a time
Up Arrow – Scroll Up
Home – Go to the top of the webpage
End – Go to the bottom of the webpage


CHROME BROWSER WINDOW SHORTCUTS:

     These shortcuts open and close Google Chrome browser windows.
Ctrl + N – Open a new window
Ctrl + Shift + N – Open a new window in incognito mode (Pages viewed in incognito mode won’t show in browser history or search history. They also won’t leave cookies or other traces)
Alt + F4 – Close the current window
Shift + Click on link – Open the link in a new window


CHROME TAB SHORTCUTS:

     These browser shortcuts provide quick control of Chrome’s Tabs and allow you to quickly switch between open Tabs, open or close a Tab, and open or close links in new Tabs within the Chrome browser.
Ctrl + Click on link – Open link in a new tab in the background
Ctrl + Shift — Click on link – Open the link in a new tab and switch to the newly opened tab
Ctrl + T – Open a new tab
Ctrl + Shift + T – Reopen the last tab that was closed
Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8 – Switch to the tab at the specified position
Ctrl + 9 – Switch to the last tab
Ctrl + Tab – Switch to the next tab
Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PgUp – Switch to the previous tab
Backspace – Go to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab
Shift + Backspace  – Go to the next page in your browsing history for the tab
Ctrl + W – Close the current tab or pop-up
Alt + Home – Go to your homepage in the current tab
Ctrl + Click the Back Arrow, Forward Arrow, or Go button – Open destination in a new tab in the background
Drag a link to a tab – Open the link in the tab
Drag a link to a blank area on the tab strip – Open the link in a new tab
Drag a tab out of the tab strip – Open the tab in a new window
Drag a tab out of the tab strip and into an existing window’s tab strip – Open the tab in the existing window
Press ESC while dragging a tab – Return the tab to its original position


CHROME WEBPAGE SHORTCUTS:

     You are able to manage many common browser tasks with these Google Chrome shortcuts, including bookmarks, search functions, utilities, and more.
Ctrl + P – Print the current page
Ctrl + S – Save the current page
Ctrl + O – Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome
F5 – Reload the current page
Esc – Stop page loading
Ctrl + F5 – Reload the current page (ignore cached content)
Ctrl + D – Bookmark the current webpage
Ctrl + Shift + D – Save all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder
Alt + Click on link – Download link
Ctrl + F – Open the search box
F3 – Find the next match for your input in the search box
Shift + F3 – Find the previous match for your input in the search box
F11 – Open page in full screen mode
Ctrl + + – Make the text larger
Ctrl + -  – Make the text smaller
Ctrl + 0 – Return text to normal size
Ctrl + Shift + B – Toggle the bookmarks bar
Ctrl + H – View the History page
Ctrl + J – View the Downloads page
Shift + Esc – View the task manager
Ctrl + Shift + Delete – Open the Clear Browsing Data Dialog
F1 - Open the Help Center in a new tab
Ctrl + U – View page source code


CHROME ADDRESS BAR SHORTCUTS:

      All of these Chrome keyboard shortcuts affect the contents in the Chrome browser address bar and can improve searching functionality within Chrome.
Type a search term, then press Enter – Perform a search using your default search engine
Type a search engine URL, then press TAB, type a search term, and press Enter – Perform a search using search engine associated with the URL
Ctrl + Enter after typing base web address – Automatically add ‘www.’ and ‘.com’ what you have typed in the address bar and open that web address.
F6 – Highlight address bar contents
Type a web address then Alt + Enter – Open web address that appears in the address bar in a new tab
Ctrl + K – Initiate a Google search with the address bar. After typing the shortcut key, a ‘?’ will appear in the address bar. Type your query then press Enter.
Ctrl + Right Arrow – Jump to the next word in the address bar
Ctrl + Backspace – Delete the previous word in the address bar
Select an entry from the drop down menu in the address bar, then press Shift — Delete – Delete the entry from the browsing history
Click an entry in the address bar drop down list with the Middle Mouse Button – Open that URL in a new tab


CHROME MOUSE SHORTCUTS:

     Google Chrome also allows a few shortcuts to be executed with the mouse buttons and scroll wheel.
Middle click on link – Open the link in a new tab in the background
Shift + Middle click on link – Open the link in a new tab and switch to the newly opened tab
Middle click on tab – Close the tab
Click the Back Button, Forward Arrow, or Go button with Middle Mouse Button -  Open destination in a new tab in the background
Shift + Scroll Wheel – Scroll horizontally
Ctrl + Scroll Wheel – Increase or decrease text size

     Quite a list of potential productivity boosting keystroke shortcuts! Some Google Chrome shortcuts are rather basic and others may take a bit of time to get used to, but once you learn to master even a handful of them you will see an increase in your efficiency and speed when navigating and browsing the Internet. The best learning method is often to start small with the functions you use most frequently within Chrome and expand on the list as you learn. Don't forgot to say thanks & comments..

2 comments:

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    i usually dont use chrome.. but these tips are still nice to be aware off...

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