Google's Forty Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts | Androidheadlines.com
Ctrl+N; Open a new window
Ctrl+Shift+N; Open a new window in incognito mode
Ctrl+T; Open a new tab
Ctrl+O; Open a file in the browser
Ctrl+Shift+Q (twice); Sign out of your Google Account on Chrome OS
Ctrl+W; Close the current tab
Ctrl+Shift+W; Close the current window
Ctrl+Shift+T; Reopen the last tab you've closed (Chrome remembers your last ten closed tabs).
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8; Go to the tab at the specified position in the window
Ctrl+9; Go to the last tab in the window
Alt+1 through Alt+8; Activate launcher items 1-8
Search+1 through Search+=; Use F1 to F12
Alt+9; Go to the last window open
Ctrl+Tab; Go to the next tab in the window
Ctrl+Shift+Tab; Go to the previous tab in the window
Alt+Tab; Go to the next window you have open
Alt+Shift+Tab; Go to the previous window you have open
Click and hold the Back or Forward arrow in the browser toolbar; See your browsing history for the tab
Backspace, or press Alt and the left arrow; Go to previous page in your browsing history.
Shift+Backspace, or press Alt and the right arrow; Go to the next page in your browsing history.
Press Ctrl and click a link; Open the link in a new tab in the background
Press Ctrl+Shift and click a link; Open the link in a new tab and switch to the newly opened tab
Press Shift and click a link; Open the link in a new window
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
Type a URL in the address bar, then press Alt+Enter; Open the URL in a new tab
Press Esc while dragging a tab; Return the tab to its original position
Ctrl+Shift+L; Locks your screen
The next tranche of commands are designed for when you are working within a page.
Press Alt or Search and up arrow; Page up
Press Alt or Search and down arrow; Page down
Space bar; Scroll down the web page
Press Ctrl+Alt and up arrow; Home
Press Ctrl+Alt and down arrow; End
Ctrl+P; Print your current page
Ctrl+S; Save your current page
Ctrl+R; Reload your current page
Ctrl+Shift+R; Reload your current page without using cached content
Ctrl and +; Zoom in on the page
Ctrl and -; Zoom out on the page
Ctrl+0; Reset zoom level
Esc; Stop the loading of your current page
Press Alt and click a link; Open the link in a new tab in the background
Ctrl+D; Save your current webpage as a bookmark
Ctrl+Shift+D; Save all open pages in your current window as bookmarks in a new folder
Drag a link to bookmarks bar; Save the link as a bookmark
Ctrl+F; Open the find bar to search your current page
Ctrl+G or Enter; Go to the next match for your input in the find bar
Ctrl+Shift+G or Shift+Enter; Go to the previous match for your input in the find bar
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E; Perform a search. Type a search term after the question mark in the address bar and press Enter.
Ctrl+Enter; Add www. and .com to your input in the address bar and open the resulting URL
Ctrl+ Switch Window; Take a screenshot of your current page
Ctrl+ Shift+ Switch Window; Take a partial screenshot
Ctrl+U; View page source
Ctrl+Shift+I; Toggle the display of the Developer Tools panel
Ctrl+Shift+J; Toggle the display of the DOM Inspector
The final section of commands are for when editing a document (or similar). These are similar to the keyboard shortcuts you may also use on a Microsoft Windows computer:
Ctrl+A; Select everything on the page
Ctrl+L or Alt+D; Select the content in the address bar
Press Ctrl+Shift and right arrow; Select next word or letter
Press Shift+Search and right arrow; Select text to the end of the line
Press Shift+Search and left arrow; Select text to the beginning of the line
Press Ctrl+Shift and left arrow; Select previous word or letter
Press Ctrl and right arrow; Move to the end of the next word
Press Ctrl and left arrow; Move to the start of the previous word
Press Alt or Search and up arrow; Page up
Press Alt or Search and down arrow; Page down
Press Ctrl+Alt and up arrow; Home
Press Ctrl+Alt and down arrow; End
Press Ctrl+Search and right arrow; Go to end of document
Press Ctrl+Search and left arrow; Go to beginning of document
Ctrl+C; Copy selected content to the clipboard
Ctrl+V; Paste content from the clipboard
Ctrl+Shift+V; Paste content from the clipboard as plain text
Ctrl+X; Cut
Ctrl+Backspace; Delete the previous word
Alt+Backspace; Delete the next letter (forward delete)
Ctrl+Z; Undo your last action
My final keyboard shortcut is the handy Ctrl+Alt+/, which pulls up the interactive keyboard guide you'll see at the top of the article. If you have a Chromebook – or a Chromebox – what keyboard shortcuts do you use? What's the favourite shortcut from the list of commands above? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
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