Mac Keyboard Shortcuts on Chrome Browser
Hello everybody, how are you all doing on this Monday night? It’s almost midnight here and honestly, I am not tired at all, I think I will stay up all day and watch some classic western movies, I feel like watching Clint Eastwood shoot up some bad guys, anyone else want to join me or recommend a movie?
Let me know by contacting us, seriously, lol anyway, lets check out some cool keyboard shortcuts for Google chrome browser on your Mac computers, read on…
Tab and window shortcuts
Chrome keyboard shortcuts. Learn keyboard shortcuts and become a pro at using Chrome. Mac Tab and window shortcuts. Action: Shortcut: Open a new window ⌘ + n: Open a new window in Incognito mode. If you're using the TalkBack screen reader on an Android device with an external keyboard, you can use TalkBack keyboard shortcuts to. Chrome’s switch tabs Windows shortcuts are very similar to the Mac versions. The hotkey combos below will empower you to access your open tabs more quickly and with less effort. The hotkey combos below will empower you to access your open tabs more quickly and with less effort.
⌘-N | Opens a new window. |
⌘-T | Opens a new tab. |
⌘-Shift-N | Opens a new window in incognito mode. |
Press ⌘-O, then select file. | Opens a file from your computer in Google Chrome. |
Press ⌘ and click a link. Or click a link with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel). | Opens the link in a new tab in the background . |
Press ⌘-Shift and click a link. Or press Shift and click a link with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel). | Opens the link in a new tab and switches to the newly opened tab. |
Press Shift and click a link. | Opens the link in a new window. |
⌘-Shift-T | Reopens the last tab you’ve closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you’ve closed. |
Drag a tab out of the tab strip. | Opens the tab in a new window. |
Drag a tab out of the tab strip and into an existing window. | Opens the tab in the existing window. |
Press ⌘-Option and the right arrow together. | Switches to the next tab. |
Press ⌘-Option and the left arrow together. | Switches to the previous tab. |
⌘-W | Closes the current tab or pop-up. |
⌘-Shift-W | Closes the current window. |
Click and hold either the Back or Forward arrow in the browser toolbar. | Displays your browsing history in the tab. |
Press Delete or ⌘-[ | Goes to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab. |
Press Shift-Delete or ⌘-] | Goes to the next page in your browsing history for the tab. |
Press Shift while clicking the + button in the top left corner of the window. | Maximizes the window. |
⌘-M | Minimizes the window. |
⌘-H | Hides Google Chrome. |
⌘-Option-H | Hides all other windows. |
⌘-Q | Closes Google Chrome. |
Google Chrome Address bar shortcuts
Type a search term, then press Enter. | Performs a search using your default search engine. |
Type a search engine keyword, press Space, type a search term, and press Enter. | Performs a search using the search engine associated with the keyword. |
Begin typing a search engine URL, press Tabwhen prompted, type a search term, and pressEnter. | Performs a search using the search engine associated with the URL. |
Type a URL, then press ⌘-Enter. | Opens the URL in a new background tab. |
⌘-L | Highlights the URL. |
⌘-Option-F | Places a ‘?’ in the address bar. Type a search term after the question mark to perform a search using your default search engine. |
Press Option and the left arrow together. | Moves your cursor to the preceding key term in the address bar |
Press Option and the right arrow together. | Moves your cursor to the next key term in the address bar |
Press Shift-Option and the left arrow together. | Highlights the preceding key term in the address bar |
Press Shift-Option and the right arrow together. | Highlights the next key term in the address bar |
⌘-Delete | Deletes the key term that precedes your cursor in the address bar |
Select an entry in the address bar drop-down menu with your keyboard arrows, then press Shift-Fn-Delete. | Deletes the entry from your browsing history, if possible. |
Press Page Up or Page Down in the addess bar menu. | Selects the previous or next entry in the menu. |
Webpage shortcuts
⌘-P | Prints your current page. |
⌘-Shift-P | Opens the Page Setup dialog. |
⌘-S | Saves your current page. |
⌘-Shift-I | Emails your current page. |
⌘-R | Reloads your current page. |
Esc | Stops loading of your current page. |
⌘-F | Opens the find bar. |
⌘-G | Finds the next match for your input in the find bar. |
⌘-Shift-G or Shift-Enter | Finds the previous match for your input in the find bar. |
⌘-E | Uses selection for find |
⌘-J | Jumps to selection |
⌘-Option-I | Opens Developer Tools. |
⌘-Option-J | Opens the JavaScript Console. |
⌘-Option-U | Opens the source of your current page. |
Press Option and click a link. | Downloads the target of the link. |
Drag a link to the bookmarks bar. | Saves the link as a bookmark. |
⌘-D | Saves your current webpage as a bookmark. |
⌘-Shift-D | Saves all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder. |
⌘-Shift-F | Opens your page in full-screen mode. Press ⌘-Shift-F again to exit full-screen. |
⌘-+ | Enlarges everything on the page. |
⌘ and – | Makes everything on the page smaller. |
⌘-0 | Returns everything on the page to normal size. |
⌘-Shift-H | Opens your home page in your current tab. |
Space bar | Scrolls down the web page. |
⌘-Option-F | Searches the web. |
Google Chrome feature shortcuts
⌘-Shift-B | Toggles the bookmarks bar on and off. |
⌘-Option-B | Opens the bookmark manager. |
⌘-, | Opens the Settings page. |
⌘-Y | Opens the History page. |
⌘-Shift-J | Opens the Downloads page. |
⌘-Shift-Delete | Opens the Clear Browsing Data dialog. |
⌘-Shift-M | Switch between multiple users. |
Text shortcuts
⌘-C | Copies highlighted content to the clipboard. |
⌘-Option-C | Copies the URL of the page you’re viewing to the clipboard. |
⌘-V | Pastes content from the clipboard. |
⌘-Shift-Option-V | Pastes content without source formatting. |
⌘-X or Shift-Delete | Deletes the highlighted content and copies it to the clipboard. |
⌘-Z | Reverts your last action. |
⌘-Shift-Z | Repeats your last action. |
⌘-X | Deletes highlighted content and saves it to your clipboard (cut). |
⌘-A | Selects all the text on your current page. |
⌘-: | Opens the Spelling and Grammar dialog. |
⌘-; | Checks your current page for spelling and grammar |
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Learn keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate Chrome more quickly.
Windows and Linux
Action | Shortcut |
Open a new window | Ctrl + n |
Open a new window in Incognito mode | Ctrl + Shift + n |
Open a new tab, and jump to it | Ctrl + t |
Reopen the last closed tab, and jump to it | Ctrl + Shift + t |
Jump to the next open tab | Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PgDn |
Jump to the previous open tab | Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PgUp |
Jump to a specific tab | Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8 |
Jump to the last tab | Ctrl + 9 |
Open your home page in the current tab | Alt + Home |
Open the previous page from your browsing history in the current tab | Alt + Left arrow |
Open the next page from your browsing history in the current tab | Alt + Right arrow |
Close the current tab | Ctrl + w or Ctrl + F4 |
Close all open tabs and the browser | Ctrl + Shift + w |
Minimize the current window | Alt + Space + n |
Maximize the current window | Alt + Space + x |
Close the current window | Alt + F4 |
Quit Google Chrome | Ctrl + Shift + q |
Action | Shortcut |
Open the Chrome menu | Alt + f or Alt + e or F10 |
Show or hide the Bookmarks bar | Ctrl + Shift + b |
Open the Bookmarks Manager | Ctrl + Shift + o |
Open the History page in a new tab | Ctrl + h |
Open the Downloads page in a new tab | Ctrl + j |
Open the Chrome Task Manager | Shift + Esc |
Set focus on the first item in the Chrome toolbar | Shift + Alt + t |
Switch focus forward between the Address bar, Bookmarks bar (if showing), and page content | F6 |
Switch focus backward between the Address bar, Bookmarks bar (if showing), and page content | Shift + F6 |
Open the Find Bar to search the current page | Ctrl + f or F3 |
Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search | Ctrl + g |
Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search | Ctrl + Shift + g |
Open Developer Tools | Ctrl + Shift + j or F12 |
Open the Clear Browsing Data options | Ctrl + Shift + Delete |
Open the Chrome Help Center in a new tab | F1 |
Log in a different user or browse as a Guest | Ctrl + Shift + m |
Open a feedback form | Alt + Shift + i |
Use the following shortcuts in the address bar:
Action | Shortcut |
Search with your default search engine | Type a search term + Enter |
Search using a different search engine | Type a search engine name + Tab |
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in the current tab | Type a site name + Ctrl + Enter |
Open a new tab and perform a Google search | Type a search term + Alt + Enter |
Jump to the address bar | Ctrl + l or Alt + d or F6 |
Search from anywhere on the page | Ctrl + k or Ctrl + e |
Remove predictions from your address bar | Down arrow to highlight + Shift + Delete |
Action | Shortcut |
Open options to print the current page | Ctrl + p |
Open options to save the current page | Ctrl + s |
Reload the current page | F5 or Ctrl + r |
Reload the current page, ignoring cached content | Shift + F5 or Ctrl + Shift + r |
Stop the page loading | Esc |
Browse clickable items moving forward | Tab |
Browse clickable items moving backward | Shift + Tab |
Open a file from your computer in Chrome | Ctrl + o + Select a file |
Display non-editable HTML source code for the current page | Ctrl + u |
Save your current webpage as a bookmark | Ctrl + d |
Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder | Ctrl + Shift + d |
Turn full-screen mode on or off | F11 |
Make everything on the page bigger | Ctrl and + |
Make everything on the page smaller | Ctrl and - |
Return everything on the page to default size | Ctrl + 0 |
Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time | Space or PgDn |
Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time | Shift + Space or PgUp |
Go to the top of the page | Home |
Go to the bottom of the page | End |
Scroll horizontally on the page | Shift + Scroll your mousewheel |
Move your cursor to the front of the previous word in a text field | Ctrl + Left arrow |
Move your cursor to the front of the next word in a text field | Ctrl + Right arrow |
Delete the previous word in a text field | Ctrl + Backspace |
Move focus to a notification | Alt + n |
Allow within a notification | Alt + Shift + a |
Deny within a notification | Alt + Shift + d |
Open the Home page in the current tab | Alt + Home |
The following shortcuts require you to use your mouse:
Action | Shortcut |
Open a link in a current tab (mouse only) | Drag a link to a tab |
Open a link in new background tab | Ctrl + Click a link |
Open a link, and jump to it | Ctrl + Shift + Click a link |
Open a link, and jump to it (mouse only) | Drag a link to a blank area of the tab strip |
Open a link in a new window | Shift + Click a link |
Open a tab in a new window (mouse only) | Drag the tab out of the tab strip |
Move a tab to a current window (mouse only) | Drag the tab into an existing window |
Return a tab to its original position | Press Esc while dragging |
Save the current webpage as a bookmark | Drag the web address to the Bookmarks Bar |
Download the target of a link | Alt + Click a link |
Display your browsing history | Right-click Back or Next , or click & hold Back or Next |
Switch between maximized and windowed modes | Double-click a blank area of the tab strip |
Make everything on the page bigger | Ctrl + Scroll your mousewheel up |
Make everything on the page smaller | Ctrl + Scroll your mousewheel down |
Mac
Action | Shortcut |
Open a new window | ⌘ + n |
Open a new window in Incognito mode | ⌘ + Shift + n |
Open a new tab, and jump to it | ⌘ + t |
Reopen the last closed tab, and jump to it | ⌘ + Shift + t |
Jump to the next open tab | ⌘ + Option + Right arrow |
Jump to the previous open tab | ⌘ + Option + Left arrow |
Jump to a specific tab | ⌘ + 1 through ⌘ + 8 |
Jump to the last tab | ⌘ + 9 |
Open the previous page in your browsing history for the current tab | ⌘ + [ or ⌘ + Left arrow |
Open the next page in your browsing history for the current tab | ⌘ + ] or ⌘ + Right arrow |
Closes the current tab or pop-up | ⌘ + w |
Closes the current window | ⌘ + Shift + w |
Minimize the window | ⌘ + m |
Hide Google Chrome | ⌘ + h |
Quit Google Chrome | ⌘ + q |
Action | Shortcut |
Show or hide the Bookmarks Bar | ⌘ + Shift + b |
Open the Bookmark Manager | ⌘ + Option + b |
Open the Settings page in a new tab | ⌘ + , |
Open the History page in a new tab | ⌘ + y |
Open the Downloads page in a new tab | ⌘ + Shift + j |
Open the Find Bar to search the current page | ⌘ + f |
Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search | ⌘ + g |
Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search | ⌘ + Shift + g |
When Find Bar is open, search for selected text | ⌘ + e |
Open Developer Tools | ⌘ + Option + i |
Open the Clear Browsing Data options | ⌘ + Shift + Delete |
Log in as a different user or browse as a Guest | ⌘ + Shift + m |
Use the following shortcuts in the address bar:
Action | Shortcut |
Search with your default search engine | Type a search term + Enter |
Search using a different search engine | Type a search engine name + Tab |
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in the current tab | Type a site name + Control + Enter |
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in a new tab | Type a site name +Control + Shift + Enter |
Open the website in a new background tab | Type a web address + ⌘ + Enter |
Jump to the address bar | ⌘ + l |
Remove predictions from your address bar | Down arrow to highlight + Shift + fn + Delete |
Action | Shortcut |
Open options to print the current page | ⌘ + p |
Open options to save the current page | ⌘ + s |
Open the Page Setup dialog | ⌘ + Option + p |
Email your current page | ⌘ + Shift + i |
Reload your current page | ⌘ + r |
Reload your current page, ignoring cached content | ⌘ + Shift + r |
Stop the page loading | Esc |
Browse clickable items moving forward | Tab |
Browse clickable items moving backward | Shift + Tab |
Open a file from your computer in Google Chrome | ⌘ + o + Select a file |
Display non-editable HTML source code for the current page | ⌘ + Option + u |
Open the JavaScript Console | ⌘ + Option + j |
Save your current webpage as a bookmark | ⌘ + d |
Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder | ⌘ + Shift + d |
Turn full-screen mode on or off | ⌘ + Ctrl + f |
Make everything on the page bigger | ⌘ and + |
Make everything on the page smaller | ⌘ and - |
Return everything on the page to the default size | ⌘ + 0 |
Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time | Space |
Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time | Shift + Space |
Search the web | ⌘ + Option + f |
Move your cursor to the front of the previous word in a text field | Option + Left arrow |
Move your cursor to the back of the next word in a text field | Option + Right arrow |
Delete the previous word in a text field | Option + Delete |
Open your home page in the current tab | ⌘ + Shift + h |
The following shortcuts require you to use your mouse:
Action | Shortcut |
Open a link in a current tab (mouse only) | Drag a link to a tab |
Open a link in new background tab | ⌘ + Click a link |
Open a link, and jump to it | ⌘ + Shift + Click a link |
Open a link, and jump to it (mouse only) | Drag a link to a blank area of the tab strip |
Open a link in a new window | Shift + Click a link |
Open a tab in a new window (mouse only) | Drag the tab out of the tab strip |
Move a tab to a current window (mouse only) | Drag the tab into an existing window |
Return a tab to its original position | Press Esc while dragging |
Save the current webpage as a bookmark | Drag the web address to the Bookmarks Bar |
Download the target of a link | Option + Click a link |
Display your browsing history | Right-click Back or Next , or click & hold Back or Next |
Increase the window to full height | Double-click a blank area of the tab strip |
For more information, please visit the Google Support website.
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Owner: | John B. | Group: | New Mexico State University |
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