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..