How-to: Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts can save time and help prevent repetitive strain injuries. Here are some shortcuts for commonly-used browser and system functions. These shortcuts are based mainly on the Windows operating system, but I have included some notes for Mac users as well. There are many more shortcuts to available, including shortcuts specific to other operating systems (i.e., Linux) and browsers (i.e., Opera). For more shortcuts, run a Google search for “keyboard shortcuts”.
Notes for Mac OS X users:
- Mac OS X uses Cmd instead of Ctrl; Option instead of Alt; Return instead of Enter.
- The function keys (F1 through F12) are usually only applicable to Windows, since Mac OS X reserves these for other functions.
Browsing
| Internet Explorer | Firefox | |
| Go Back to the last page | ALT + <-- | ALT + <-- |
| Go Forward to the next page | ALT + --> | ALT + --> |
| Stop the page from loading | Escape (Esc) | Escape (Esc) |
| Stop background sounds | Escape (Esc) | Escape (Esc) |
| Refresh/Reload the page | F5 or Ctrl + F5 | F5 or Ctrl + F5 |
| Go to your Homepage | Alt + Home | Alt + Home |
| Scroll down | Spacebar | Spacebar |
| Scroll up | Shift + Spacebar | Shift + Spacebar |
| New window | Ctrl + N | Ctrl + N |
| Close the window | Alt + F4 | Alt + F4 |
| Right click (context menu) | Shift + F10 | Shift + F10 |
| Increase the text size | Ctrl + + | Ctrl + + |
| Decrease the text size | Ctrl + - | Ctrl + - |
| Find on this page | Ctrl + F | Ctrl + F |
| Ctrl + P | Ctrl + P | |
| New tab | Ctrl + T | |
| Next tab | Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PageDown | |
| Previous Tab | Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PageUp | |
| Close tab | Ctrl + F4 |
Windows: System and Programs
| Open Start menu | WindowsKey* or Ctrl + ESC |
| Open Windows Explorer | WindowsKey + E |
| Switch between open programs | Alt + Tab |
| Delete item permanently (without placing it in the Recycle Bin) | Shift + Delete |
| Minimize all open windows | WindowsKey + M |
| Maximize all open windows | WindowsKey + Shift + M |
| Close window/program | Alt + F4 |
| Open a menu | ALT + underlined letter in menu |
| Open File | Ctrl + O |
| Help | F1 |
| Select all the items in the current window | Ctrl + A |
| Find & replace menu | F5 |
| Copy | Ctrl + C |
| Cut | Ctrl + X |
| Paste | Ctrl + V |
| Bold | Ctrl + B |
| Underline | Ctrl + U |
| Italic | Ctrl + I |
| Redo the last action | Ctrl Y |
| Undo the last action | Ctrl Z |
*WindowsKey =
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q126449
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/02/08/527702.aspx
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/keyboard
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