Close the tab (or close Chrome if only one tab is open)
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8
Switch to the first tab, the second, etc.
Ctrl+9
Switch to the last tab
Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Page Up
Switch to the next tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab/Ctrl+Page Down
Switch to the previous tab
Ctrl+N
Open a new window
Ctrl+Shift+N
Open a new incognito window
Ctrl+Shift+W/ Alt+F4
Close the current window
Ctrl+left-click
Open the link in a new background tab
Ctrl+Shift+left-click
Open the link in a new foreground tab
Shift+left-click
Open the link in a new window
Alt+left-click
Download the link
Ctrl + click on “Search Google for” from a drop down menu
Open Google search in a new background tab
Shift + click on “Search Google for” from a drop down menu
Open Google search in a new window
Drag link to an existing tab
Open the link in the selected tab
Drag link to tab bar
Open the link in a new tab in the specified position on the tab strip
Hold Ctrl + click on tabs in the tab bar
Select multiple tabs (to rearrange them or create a new window)
Hold Shift + click on two tabs in the tab bar
Select all the tabs between two tabs (to rearrange them or create a new window)
2. Address Bar
Ctrl+L/ Alt+D
Set focus to the address bar (highlights the current webpage URL if available)
Shift+Alt+T
Set focus to the toolbar
Ctrl+E/ Ctrl+K
Enter search query in the address bar
Arrow Down to highlight, then Shift + Delete
Remove a prediction from the address bar
Type search term and press Enter
Perform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword or the URI
Type and press Alt+Enter
Open the site or a search in a new foreground tab
Type and press Win+Enter
Open the site or a search in a new background tab (doesn’t work in Windows 10)
Type and press Shift+Enter
Open the site or a search in a new window
Type and press Ctrl+Enter
Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and open the web address in the current tab
Type and press Ctrl+Alt+Enter
Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and open the web address in a new foreground tab
Type and press Ctrl+Win+Enter
Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and open the web address in a new background tab (doesn’t work in Windows 10)
Type and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and open the web address in a new window
Type name of search engine and press Tab
Tab-to-Search feature. E.g. Typing in ‘yahoo.com’ plus tab opens yahoo search. Add/edit search engines via ‘Under the Hood’ -> Basic -> Search Engines.
3. View Webpages
F6
Alternate focus between address bar, bookmarks bar and webpage
Arrow Down/Arrow Up
Scroll down / scroll up
Page Down/Page Up
Scroll one page down / up
Space/Shift+Space
Scroll one page down / up
Home/End
Jump to beginning / to end of webpage
Ctrl+[+]/-
Zoom in / zoom out (or Ctrl+mousewheel)
Ctrl+0 (zero)
Return zoom to normal text size
Ctrl+U
View webpage source
F11
Turn full screen on / off
F
Turn fullscreen on / off for some video types (e.g. YouTube)
M
Mute / unmute some video types (e.g. YouTube)
4. Browse between Webpages
Alt+Home
Jump to homepage
Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right
Jump to previous webpage visited / jump to next webpage
F5/Ctrl+R
Reload current webpage
Ctrl+F5/Shift+F5
Reload current webpage with cache override
Esc
Stop webpage loading
5. Browse within Webpages
Tab/Shift+Tab with focus on webpage
Jump to next / previous link
Enter on link
Open link in current tab
Ctrl+Enter on link
Open link in a new background tab
Shift+Ctrl+Enter on link
Open link in a new foreground tab
Shift+Enter on link
Open link in a new window
Alt+Enter on link
Download link
Shift+F10
Open context menu (simulate right mouse button)
Ctrl+A
Select all content on webpage
Ctrl+C with content selected
Copy selected content to clipboard
6. Access Browser Features
Ctrl+P
Print current webpage (Chrome Print Dialog)
Ctrl+Shift+P
Print current webpage (Native Windows Print Dialog)
Ctrl+O
Open file
Ctrl+S
Save current webpage
Alt+F
Open Wrench Menu (I’d call it file menu to remember the shortcut)
Ctrl+H
Open History tab
Ctrl+J
Open Downloads tab
Shift+Esc
View Google Task manager
F1
Chrome Help
Ctrl+Shift+Del
Open the Clear Browsing Data options
7. Search
Ctrl+F/F3
Find text on webpage. Press Enter for.
Enter/Shift+Enter with text found on webpage
Find next / find previous match
Ctrl+G/Ctrl+Shift+G with text found on webpage
Find next / find previous match
Esc
With focus on Search box: Close Search box
8. Bookmarks Shortcuts
Ctrl+Shift+B
Show or hide bookmarks bar
Ctrl+Shift+O
Open Bookmark Manager
Ctrl+D
Add bookmark for current webpage
Ctrl+Shift+D
Saves all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder
Drag URL to bookmark bar
Bookmark webpage (can be URL from address bar or link from page)
Alt+F, then B
Open Bookmark Manager Tab
9.Manage Chrome Development Tools
Accessing DevTools and DevTools Basics
Ctrl+Shift+I (or F12)
Open Developer Tools
Ctrl+Shift+J
Open Developer Tools (With Focus on Javascript Console)
Ctrl+Shift+C
Toggle Element Inspection mode
Ctrl+Shift+C (2x)
Switch Focus on Developer Tools (there is not really a shortcut for focusing on the Developer Tool, but this is a workaround. Watch the Inspector Mode Icon change color as you press for guidence. Finally, this works only if DevTools are docked; if they are not, simpy switch between windows with Alt+Tab)
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Show General Settings Dialog (press Esc to exit)
Ctrl+[/]
Switch to next / Switch to previous panel (add Alt to the combination to reverse the direction)
Ctrl+D
Dock / Undock Developer Tool
Ctrl+Shift+M
Toggle (mobile) Device Mode
Ctrl+F
Search Text in Source
Ctrl+Shift+F
Search Text across sources
Ctrl+O
Search by Filename
Ctrl+[+]/-
Zoom in / Zoom out Developer tools
Ctrl+0 (zero)
Zoom to default
Elements Panel
Ctrl+Arrow Up
Focus on the Elements content (this is strangely nowhere documented, but worked for me; without this one, you cannot use any of the other shortcuts below without clicking on the content first)
