Internet Explorer keyboard
shortcuts |
| Viewing and exploring webpages |
The following table describes shortcuts used to view and explore webpages.
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To do this |
Press this |
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Display Help |
F1 |
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Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window |
F11 |
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Move forward through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar |
Tab |
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Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar |
Shift+Tab |
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Start Caret Browsing |
F7 |
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Go to your home page |
Alt+Home |
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Go to the next page |
Alt+Right Arrow |
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Go to the previous page |
Alt+Left Arrow or Backspace |
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Display a shortcut menu for a link |
Shift+F10 |
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Move forward through frames and browser elements (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled) |
Ctrl+Tab or F6 |
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Move backward between frames (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled) |
Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
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Scroll toward the beginning of a document |
Up Arrow |
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Scroll toward the end of a document |
Down Arrow |
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Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments |
Page Up |
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Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments |
Page Down |
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Move to the beginning of a document |
Home |
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Move to the end of a document |
End |
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Find on this page |
Ctrl+F |
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Refresh the current webpage |
F5 |
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Refresh the current webpage, even if the time stamp for the web version and your locally stored version are the same |
Ctrl+F5 |
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Stop downloading a page |
Esc |
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Open a new website or page |
Ctrl+O |
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Open a new window |
Ctrl+N |
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Open a new InPrivate Browsing window |
Ctrl+Shift+P |
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Duplicate tab (open current tab in a new tab) |
Ctrl+K |
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Reopen the last tab you closed |
Ctrl+Shift+T |
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Close the current window (if you only have one tab open) |
Ctrl+W |
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Save the current page |
Ctrl+S |
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Print the current page or active frame |
Ctrl+P |
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Activate a selected link |
Enter |
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Open Favorites |
Ctrl+I |
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Open History |
Ctrl+H |
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Open Feeds |
Ctrl+J |
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Open the Page menu |
Alt+P |
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Open the Tools menu |
Alt+T |
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Open the Help menu |
Alt+H |
| Working with tabs |
The following table describes shortcuts used when working with tabs.
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To do this |
Press this |
|---|---|
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Open links in a new tab in the background |
Ctrl+click |
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Open links in a new tab in the foreground |
Ctrl+Shift+click |
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Open a new tab in the foreground |
Ctrl+T |
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Switch between tabs |
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
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Close current tab (or the current window if tabbed browsing is disabled) |
Ctrl+W |
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Open a new tab in the foreground from the Address bar |
Alt+Enter |
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Switch to a specific tab number |
Ctrl+n (where n is a number between 1 and 8) |
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Switch to the last tab |
Ctrl+9 |
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Close other tabs |
Ctrl+Alt+F4 |
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Toggle Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off |
Ctrl+Q |
| Using zoom |
The following table describes shortcuts used for zooming.
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To do this |
Press this |
|---|---|
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Increase zoom (+ 10%) |
Ctrl+Plus Sign |
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Decrease zoom (- 10%) |
Ctrl+Minus Sign |
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Zoom to 100% |
Ctrl+0 |
| Using search |
The following table describes shortcuts used for search.
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To do this |
Press this |
|---|---|
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Go to the search box |
Ctrl+E |
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Open your search query in a new tab |
Alt+Enter |
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Open the search provider menu |
Ctrl+Down Arrow |
| Using Print Preview |
The following table describes shortcuts used to preview and print webpages.
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To do this |
Press this |
|---|---|
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Set printing options and print the page |
Alt+P |
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Change paper, headers and footers, orientation, and margins for this page |
Alt+U |
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Display the first page to be printed |
Alt+Home |
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Display the previous page to be printed |
Alt+Left Arrow |
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Type the number of the page you want displayed |
Alt+A |
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Display the next page to be printed |
Alt+Right Arrow |
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Display the last page to be printed |
Alt+End |
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Specify how you want frames to print (this option is available only if you are printing a webpage that uses frames) |
Alt+F |
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Close Print Preview |
Alt+C |
| Using the Address bar |
The following table describes shortcuts used on the Address bar.
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To do this |
Press this |
|---|---|
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Select the text in the Address bar |
Alt+D |
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Display a list of addresses you've typed |
F4 |
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When in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical break in the address (period or slash) |
Ctrl+Left Arrow |
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When in the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next logical break in the address (period or slash) |
Ctrl+Right Arrow |
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Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed in the Address bar |
Ctrl+Enter |
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Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches |
Up Arrow |
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Move back through the list of AutoComplete matches |
Down Arrow |
| Opening Internet Explorer toolbar menus |
The following table describes shortcuts used to open Internet Explorer toolbar and Command bar menus.
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To do this |
Press this |
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Open the Home menu |
Alt+M |
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Open the Print menu |
Alt+R |
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Open the RSS menu |
Alt+J |
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Open the Tools menu |
Alt+O |
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Open the Safety menu |
Alt+S |
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Open the Help menu |
Alt+L |
| Working with feeds, history, and favorites |
The following table describes shortcuts used when working with feeds, history, and favorites.
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To do this |
Press this |
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Add the current page to your favorites (or subscribe to the feed when in feed preview) |
Ctrl+D |
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Delete browsing history |
Ctrl+Shift+Del |
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Open an InPrivate Browsing window |
Ctrl+Shift+P |
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Open the Organize Favorites dialog box |
Ctrl+B |
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Move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box |
Alt+Up Arrow |
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Move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box |
Alt+Down Arrow |
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Open Favorites Center and display your favorites |
Alt+C |
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Open Favorites Center and display your history |
Ctrl+H |
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Open Favorites Center and display your feeds |
Ctrl+J |
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Open and dock the Favorites Center and display your feeds |
Ctrl+Shift+J |
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Open the Add to Favorites menu (or open Subscribe to feed when in feed preview) |
Alt+Z |
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Open the Favorites menu from the menu bar |
Alt+A |
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Display all feeds (when in feed view) |
Alt+I |
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Mark a feed as read (when in feed view) |
Alt+M |
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Put the cursor in search box in feed view |
Alt+S |
| Editing |
The following table describes shortcuts used when editing webpages.
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To do this |
Press this |
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Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard |
Ctrl+X |
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Copy the selected items to the Clipboard |
Ctrl+C |
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Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location |
Ctrl+V |
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Select all items on the current webpage |
Ctrl+A |
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Open Internet Explorer Developer Tools |
F12 |