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