There are lots of keyboard and mouse shortcuts you can use to make using Internet Explorer more efficient. This guide shows the most used shortcuts.
Before I Begin
Below is a table that shows you how to use keyboard and mouse shortcuts in Internet Explorer. For those of you who might not know here is an explanation of what the keyboard and mouse shortcuts mean.
When you see Ctrl+Alt+Home that means press the Ctrl key on your keyboard. While you are pressing the Ctrl key press the Alt key on your keyboard. While you are pressing the Ctrl and Alt keys press the Home key on your keyboard.
Got it? Good.
The Shortcuts
Below is a list of keyboard and mouse shortcuts you can use when using Internet Explorer 7. This is not a complete list yet.
| General Shortcuts | |
| To Do This | Do This |
| Turn Full Screen Mode on or off | F11 |
| Cycle through the Address Bar, Refresh button, Search Box, and items on a web page |
TAB |
| Find a word or phrase on a page | CTRL+F |
| Open the current webpage in a new window | CTRL+N |
| Print the page | CTRL+P |
| Select all items on the page | CTRL+A |
| Zoom in | CTRL+PLUS (+) |
| Zoom out | CTRL+- |
| Zoom to 100% | CTRL+0 |
| Navigation Shortcuts | |
| To Do This | Do This |
| Go to home page | ALT+HOME |
| Go backward | ALT+LEFT |
| Go forward | ALT+RIGHT |
| Refresh page | F5 |
| Refresh page and the cache | CTRL+F5 |
| Stop downloading page | ESC |
| Favorites Center Shortcuts | |
| To Do This | Do This |
| Open Favorites | CTRL+I |
| Open Favorites in pinned mode | CTRL+SHIFT+I |
| Organize Favorites | CTRL+B |
| Add current page to Favorites | CTRL+D |
| Open Feeds | CTRL+J |
| Open Feeds in pinned mode | CTRL+SHIFT+J |
| Open History | CTRL+H |
| Open History in pinned mode | CTRL+SHIFT+H |
| Tab Shortcuts | |
| To Do This | Do This |
| Open link in new background tab | CTRL+left mouse button or middle mouse button |
| Open link in new foreground tab | CTRL+SHIFT+left mouse button or CTRL+SHIFT+middle mouse button |
| Close tab (closes window if only one tab is open) | CTRL+W or CTRL+F4 |
| Open Quick Tab view | CTRL+Q |
| Open new tab | CTRL+T |
| View list of open tabs | CTRL+SHIFT+Q |
| Switch to next tab | CTRL+TAB |
| Switch to previous tab | CTRL+SHIFT+TAB |
| Address Bar Shortcuts | |
| To Do This | Do This |
| Select the Address Bar | ALT+D |
| Add “http://www.” to the beginning and “.com” to the end of text in Address Bar |
CTRL+ENTER |
| Add “http://www.” to the beginning and “.net” to the end of text in Address Bar |
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER |
| Add “http://www.” to the beginning and the website address suffix you have specified to the end of text in the Address Bar |
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER |
| Open the website address that is typed in the Address Bar in new tab | ALT+ENTER |
| View list of previously typed addresses | F4 |
| Search Bar Shortcuts | |
| To Do This | Do This |
| Select the Search Bar | CTRL+E |
| View list of search providers | CTRL+DOWN |
| Open search results in new tab | ALT+ENTER |
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