Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts and Easter Eggs

14. Jul, 2009 1 Comment

Google Chrome is one of the fastest and light weight browser. Then, why not take the full potential of Chrome by using these keyboard shortcuts and surf the Internet much more faster? Below are the keyboard shortcuts and Easter eggs present in Google Chrome:

To open Google Chrome Task Manager press [Shift] + [Esc].
To open a New Incognito Window press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [N].
To reopen the Last Closed Tab press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [T].
Switch Tab (From Left to Right) [Ctrl] + [1] to [Ctrl] + [8]. You can also switch Tab by pressing [Ctrl] + [Tab]. You can also switch directly to the last tab by pressing [Ctrl] + [9] or by pressing [Ctrl] + [Page Down]. If you want to go to the previous Tab press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Tab].
If you want to open the Home Page, press [Alt] + [Home].
To open a link in a new Tab, press [Ctrl] and then clicking on the link.
If you press [Shift] and then click on a link, the link will open in a new window.
Pressing the [Spacebar] will scroll down the web page.
If you want to Bookmark this page or any other page, just press [Ctrl] + [D].
To access the Bookmarks, press [Ctrl] + [B].
To access the Downloads Tab press [Ctrl] + [J].
To access History press [Ctrl] + [H].
To view the Page Source, press [Ctrl] + [U]. You can also view any webpage’s source without visiting the webpage first by typing view-source:http://www.web-page-address.com at the address bar and press [Enter]. For example, if you want to view Google’s homepage source without visiting Google first, type, view-source:http://www.google.com and press [Enter].
To Print a page press [Ctrl] + [P].
To Refresh Page press [F5].
To Refresh both Page & Cache press [Ctrl] + [F5].
To go Back press [Alt] + [Left Arrow].
To go Down by one line press [Down Arrow].
To go Down by one page press [Page Down].
To go Up by one line press [Up Arrow].
To go Up by one page press [Page Up].
To open a File press [Ctrl] + [O].
To Find something in a page press [Ctrl] + [F].
To go Forward a page press [Alt] + [Right Arrow].
To go to the Address Bar press [Ctrl] + [L].
To go to the Search Bar press [Ctrl] + [K].
To go to the Bottom of the webpage press [End].
To go to the Top of the webpage press [Home].
To Stop loading a page press [Esc].
To close the current Tab press [Ctrl] + [W].
To open a new Tab press [Ctrl] + [T].
To close Google Chrome window press [Alt] + [F4]. Though this shortcut will close any open window in Windows
To open a new Google Chrome window press [Ctrl] + [N].
To decrease the text size press [Ctrl] + [-] and to increase the text size press [Ctrl] + [+]. To get back to the default size, press [Ctrl] + [0]