Monday, 27 January 2014

Short cuts for Internet Explorer


1. Basic Navigation and Address Bar
alt+home
Go to Home webpage.
alt+arrow right / alt+arrow left
Go to next / previous webpage.
alt+d or f6
Jump to address bar. f6 additionally navigates through window elements.
ctrl+enter
Complete a .com address in address bar: adds "http://" prefix and a ".com"-suffix, then loads the webpage.
ctrl+shift+enter
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.
alt+arrow down or f4
Open webpages visited in the past when in address bar. Includes Favorites and History. Navigate with arrow keys and enter to visit.
delete or shift+delete
Delete past visited webpages from address bar history (also see shortcut above).


2. Tabbed Browsing main
ctrl+t
Open new tab in same window.
ctrl+k
Duplicate current tab.
ctrl+tab / ctrl+shift+tab
Jump to next / jump to previous browser tab.
ctrl+w
Close the current tab.
ctrl+shift+t
Restore closed tab (open previously closed tab).
ctrl+q
Show Tabs: Open or close quick tab view.
ctrl+shift+q
Show Tabs: Open list of tabs. Then use arrow keys and enter to select or escape to exit.
ctrl+1 ... ctrl+9
Jump to browser tab 1 - 9.
On Link: ctrl+ left mouse button
Open link in new background tab (sometimes link is opened in new window; as an alternative, use right mouse button and press w).
alt+enter
Open typed webpage address in new background tab.

minusplus3. Navigate Webpages in IE8
arrow down / arrow up
Scroll down / scroll up inside a webpage.
page up / page down
Jump one page down / jump one page up (space / shift+space works as well).
home / end
Move to the beginning or end of a document.
ctrl++ / ctrl+-
Increase text size / decrease text size (zoom in and out).
ctrl+0
Reset text size to default (zoom to 100%).
tab / shift+tab
Move forward / move backwards through items on a webpage. Press and hold tab button to skip through multiple links.
shift+f10
When on link: Display a context menu for a link.
enter
Activate a selected link.
tab / shift+tab, and enter or space
In web forms: move forward / move backwards through form items. Press space to activate action buttons, select boxes, or radio buttons.
ctrl+a
Select all content on webpage.
f5 or ctrl+r
Refresh the current webpage.
ctrl+f5
Refresh the current webpage with cache override.
f7
Turn caret browsing on or off (movable cursor on page).
esc
Stop loading webpage.

minusplus4. Favorites, History and Search
ctrl+i
Open Favorites box.
ctrl+shift+i
Open Favorites box in pinned mode.
ctrl+h
Open History box.
ctrl+shift+h
Open History in pinned mode.
ctrl+j
Open Feeds.
ctrl+shift+j
Open Feeds in pinned mode.
ctrl+ left mouse click
In the History or Favorites boxes, open link as background tab.
ctrl+d
Add the current webpage to favorites.
ctrl+b
Open the Organize Favorites dialog box. Use tab to navigate and alt and shift+alt to move items up or down in list.
ctrl+f or f3
Open find window. Press escape to exit.

minusplus5. main for Privacy Settings
ctrl+shift+f
Turn in-private filtering on or off (watch icon change in status bar)
ctrl+shift+p
Open private browsing window / incognito mode.
ctrl+shift+delete
Open 'Delete Browsing History' Menu.

minusplus6. Manage IE8 Windows
alt+space
 Opens the title bar menu.
alt+space+enter
 Restore Window (default Windows feature).
alt+space+x
 Maximize Window (default Windows feature).
alt+space+n
 Minimize Window (default Windows feature).
alt+shift+enter
 Toggle regular window / full screen without toolbars
f11
 Turn full page view on or off (default Windows feature).
f6
 Move forward between window elements.
ctrl+n
 Open a new browser window.
f4
 Close IE8 Window.

                                               7. Instant Search
ctrl+e
Jump to the Instant Search box (box on top right corner of browser window).
ctrl+arrow        down
View list of search providers.
alt+enter
Open search results in new tab.
              8. The Rest
alt+p
Print the current webpage.
f12
Open Developer Tools.
ctrl+o or ctrl+l
Open location.
alt+v+c
View webpage source in default editor (used to be ctrl+u but that was discontinued).
f1
Display Internet Explorer Help or to display context Help about an item in a dialog box.

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