61 Shortcuts for Internet Explorer (Windows)
Basic Navigation and Address Bar Favorites, History and Search
Alt+Home Go to Home webpage. Ctrl+I Open Favorites box.
Alt+Arrow Right/Al Go to next / previous webpage. Ctrl+Shift+I Open Favorites box in pinned mode.
t+Arrow Left
Ctrl+H Open History box.
Alt+D/F6 Jump to address bar. f6 additionally navigates
Ctrl+Shift+H Open History in pinned mode.
through window elements.
Ctrl+J Open Feeds.
Ctrl+Enter Complete a .com address in address bar: adds "http:
//" prefix and a ".com"-suffix, then loads the webpage. Ctrl+Shift+J Open Feeds in pinned mode.
Ctrl+Shift+Enter Complete an URI in address bar with user-defined Ctrl+ left mouse In the History or Favorites boxes, open link as
suffix: adds "http://" prefix and suffix (e.g. .net, .org, . click background tab.
de, ...), then loads the webpage. Set the suffix in tools: Ctrl+D Add the current webpage to favorites.
options (alt+t, then o), languages (alt+l), and enter to
suffix field at bottom. Ctrl+B Open the Organize Favorites dialog box. Use tab to
navigate and alt and shift+alt to move items up or
Alt+Arrow Down/F Open webpages visited in the past when in address down in list.
4 bar. Includes Favorites and History. Navigate with
arrow keys and enter to visit. Ctrl+F/F3 Open find window. Press escape to exit.
Delete/Shift+Delete Delete past visited webpages from address bar
history (also see shortcut above). main for Privacy Settings
Ctrl+Shift+F Turn in-private filtering on or off (watch icon change
Tabbed Browsing main in status bar)
Ctrl+T Open new tab in same window. Ctrl+Shift+P Open private browsing window / incognito mode.
Ctrl+K Duplicate current tab. Ctrl+Shift+Delete Open 'Delete Browsing History' Menu.
Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift Jump to next / jump to previous browser tab.
+Tab Manage IE8 Windows
Ctrl+W Close the current tab. Alt+Space Opens the title bar menu.
Ctrl+Shift+T Restore closed tab (open previously closed tab). Alt+Space+Enter Restore Window (default Windows feature).
Ctrl+Q Show Tabs: Open or close quick tab view. Alt+Space+X Maximize Window (default Windows feature).
Ctrl+Shift+Q Show Tabs: Open list of tabs. Then use arrow keys Alt+Space+N Minimize Window (default Windows feature).
and enter to select or escape to exit.
Alt+Shift+Enter Toggle regular window / full screen without toolbars
Ctrl+1 ... ctrl+9 Jump to browser tab 1 - 9.
F11 Turn full page view on or off (default Windows
On Link: ctrl+ left Open link in new background tab (sometimes link is feature).
mouse button opened in new window; as an alternative, use right
F6 Move forward between window elements.
mouse button and press w).
Ctrl+N Open a new browser window.
Alt+Enter Open typed webpage address in new background
tab. F4 Close IE8 Window.
Navigate Webpages in IE8 Instant Search
Arrow Down/Arro Scroll down / scroll up inside a webpage. Ctrl+E Jump to the Instant Search box (box on top right
w Up corner of browser window).
Page Up/Page Jump one page down / jump one page up (space / Ctrl+Arrow Down View list of search providers.
Down shift+space works as well).
Alt+Enter Open search results in new tab.
Home/End Move to the beginning or end of a document.
Ctrl+<sc>+</sc>/Ctrl Increase text size / decrease text size (zoom in and The Rest
+- out).
Alt+P Print the current webpage.
Ctrl+0 (zero) Reset text size to default (zoom to 100%).
F12 Open Developer Tools.
Tab/Shift+Tab Move forward / move backwards through items on a
webpage. Press and hold tab button to skip through Ctrl+O/Ctrl+L Open location.
multiple links. Alt+V+C View webpage source in default editor (used to be
Shift+F10 When on link: Display a context menu for a link. ctrl+u but that was discontinued).
Enter Activate a selected link. F1 Display Internet Explorer Help or to display context
Help about an item in a dialog box.
Tab/Shift+tab, and In web forms: move forward / move backwards
enter /Space through form items. Press space to activate action
buttons, select boxes, or radio buttons.
Ctrl+A Select all content on webpage.
F5/Ctrl+R Refresh the current webpage.
Ctrl+F5 Refresh the current webpage with cache override.
F7 Turn caret browsing on or off (movable cursor on
page).
Esc Stop loading webpage.
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