Written By Hemanth Kumar on August 1, 2008, 10:27 am
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Useful keyboard short cuts when browsing

I always prefer using keyboard rather than mouse when working on my computer. It is faster and easier. I suggest everyone use keyboard as much you can. Avoid always moving your hands from keyboard to mouse. Every program in your system has a set of keyboard short cuts. Find them and use them. You will definitely feel easier and faster.

Keyboard with cat Image by Sweet Shiwa.

I am giving here some of the keyboard shortcuts for web browser specially FireFox, It really save you. These keyboard shortcuts also works in other browsers also.

Ctrl + N   – Open new Window                    Alt + Left Arrow  – Back

Ctrl + T   -  Open new Tab                           Alt + Right Arrow  – Forward

Ctrl + Shift + W  -  Close Window              Alt + Home  – Home

Ctrl + W  – Close Tab                                   Ctrl + D – Book Mark This Page

Ctrl + S  – Save Page as..                            Ctrl + Shift +Del – Clear Private Data

Ctrl + P – Print                                                Ctrl + K – Web Search

Ctrl + F – Find                                                 Windows Logo + M – Minimize all windows

Esc – Stop                                                      Windows Logo + Shift + M – Restore Minimized

Ctrl + R – Reload                                                                                             windows    

Ctrl + +  – Zoom In                                       Windows Logo+E – Open My Computer

Ctrl + -   – Zoom Out                                    Windows Logo+F – Search for a file or a folder

F11 – Full Screen                                        Windows Logo+ L – Lock the keyboard   

                                                                       Windows Logo+R – Open the Run dialog box

These are some of the useful keyboard shortcuts when you are browsing. Try using these short cuts right now.

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  1. Ramesh | The Geek Stuff on August 7, 2008, 10:31 pm at 10:31 pm

    Thanks for the list. Some of the short-cuts you’ve mentioned are global across all applications.

  2. Sanjay on August 11, 2008, 1:06 am at 1:06 am

    Thank you very much for the tips.

  3. sean on September 7, 2008, 2:00 pm at 2:00 pm

    another good one is ctrl + shift + t . it opens previously closed tabs and has quite a long memory. try it.

    works in firefox and google chrome – not ie though.

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