Internet Explorer shortcut keys

Internet Explorer shortcut keys (IE7 too)

Submitted by Brent Strange on Thu, 09/02/2006 - 15:33.

The Internet Explorer team posted a blog entry on the new Internet Explorer 7 shortcut keys. It's obvious they've put a lot of focus on making tabs easier to use (which is cool). If you're anything like me, you're in a Web browser nearly all day (most the time testing) and the quickest way to get around is with shortcut keys. As a gift to you my dear reader, I've compiled all the shortcut keys I could find for the various versions of Internet Explorer:

Internet Explorer 7 shortcut keys:

Tabs shortcut keys:

To do the following	Press this
Open links in a new tab in the background	Ctrl+Click
Open links in a new tab in the foreground	Ctrl+Shift+Click
Open a new tab in the foreground	Ctrl+T
Switch between tabs	Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Close current tab (or current window when there are no open tabs)	Ctrl+W
Open a new tab in the foreground from the address bar	Alt+Enter
Switch to the n'th tab	Ctrl+n (n can be 1-8)
Switch to the last tab	Ctrl+9
Close other tabs	Ctrl+Alt+F4
Open quick tabs	Ctrl+Q

Zoom shortcut keys:

To do the following	Press this
Increase zoom (+ 10%)	Ctrl+(+)
Decrease zoom (-10%)	Ctrl+(-)
Original size (100% zoom)*	Ctrl+0

Search shortcut keys:

To do the following	Press this
Go to the Toolbar Search Box	Ctrl+E
Open your search query in a new tab	Alt+Enter
Bring down the search provider menu	Ctrl+Down Arrow

Favorites Center shortcut keys:

To do the following	Press this
Open Favorites Center to your favorites	Ctrl+I
Open Favorites Center to your history	Ctrl+H
Open Favorites Center to your feeds	Ctrl+J

Even with all these cool keyboard hotkeys we've introduced a few helpful shortcuts for mouse users as well.

To do the following with a mouse	Press this
Open a link in a background tab	Middle mouse button
Close a tab	Middle mouse button on the tab
Open a new tab	Double click on empty tab band space
Zoom the page in/out 10%	Ctrl+Mouse wheel Up/Down

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 shortcut keys:

To view and explore Web pages with shortcut keys:

To do the following	Press this
Open your favorites in a folder window	Shift+Click on the "Organize Favorites" menu item
Change the text size	Ctrl+Mouse wheel Up/Down
In the History or Favorites boxes, open multiple folders	CTRL+click
Open the History box	CTRL+H
Open the Favorites box	CTRL+I
Open the Search box	CTRL+E
Activate a selected link	ENTER
Print the current page or active frame	CTRL+P
Save the current page	CTRL+S
Close the current window	CTRL+W
Open a new window	CTRL+N
Go to a new location	CTRL+O or CTRL+L
Display Internet Explorer Help or to display context Help about an item in a dialog box	F1
Toggle between full-screen and other views in the browser	F11
Move forward through the items on a Web page, the Address box, or the Links box	TAB
Move through the items on a Web page, the Address box, or the Links box	SHIFT+TAB
Go to your Home page	ALT+HOME
Go to the next page	ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Go to the previous page	ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE
Display a shortcut menu for a link	SHIFT+F10
Move forward between frames	CTRL+TAB or F6
Move back between frames	SHIFT+CTRL+TAB
Scroll toward the beginning of a document	UP ARROW
Scroll toward the end of a document	DOWN ARROW
Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments	PAGE UP
Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments	PAGE DOWN
Move to the beginning of a document	HOME
Move to the end of a document	END
Find on this page	CTRL+F
Refresh the current Web page	F5 or CTRL+R
Refresh the current Web page, even if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are the same	CTRL+F5
Stop downloading a page	ESC

To Print Preview Web pages with shortcut keys:

To do the following	Press this
Close Print Preview	ALT+C
Display a list of zoom percentages	ALT+Z
Zoom in	ALT+PLUS
Zoom out	ALT+MINUS
Display the last page to be printed	ALT+END
Display the next page to be printed	ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Type the number of the page that you want displayed	ALT+A
Display the previous page to be printed	ALT+LEFT ARROW
Display the first page to be printed	ALT+HOME
Change paper, headers and footers, orientation, and margins for this page	ALT+U
Set printing options and print the page	ALT+P

To use the Address box with shortcut keys:

To do the following	Press this
Move back through the list of AutoComplete matches	DOWN ARROW
Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches	UP ARROW
Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text that you type in the Address box	CTRL+ENTER
When in the Address box, move the cursor right to the next logical break in the address (period or slash)	CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
When in the Address box, move the cursor left to the next logical break in the address (period or slash)	CTRL+LEFT ARROW
Display a list of addresses that you have typed	F4

To work with Favorites by using shortcut keys:

To do the following	Press this
Move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box	ALT+DOWN ARROW
Move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box	ALT+UP ARROW
Add the current page to your favorites	CTRL+D
Open the Organize Favorites dialog box	CTRL+B

To edit with shortcut keys:

To do the following	Press this
Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard	CTRL+X
Select all items on the current Web page	CTRL+A
Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location	CTRL+V
Copy the selected items to the Clipboard	CTRL+C