Internet Explorer 7 Keyboard shortcuts

If you are using Internet Explorer 7, here are some useful keyboard shortcuts that will make your life easy.

Basic tasks

[F11]

Toggle full screen mode

[Alt]

Toggle display of menu bar (if it's not set to display)

[Ctrl]=

Zoom in

[Ctrl]-

Zoom out

[Ctrl]0

100 percent zoom

[Ctrl][F]

Search for selected text on page

[Ctrl]N

Open current page in new window

[Ctrl]A

Select everything on page

[F5]

Refresh current page

[Ctrl][F5]

Refresh cache and current page

[Esc]

Halt downloading page

[Alt]D

Select text in Address bar

[F4]

Display addresses you've typed

[Ctrl][Enter]

Add www and .com to the beginning and end of text entered in Address bar

[Ctrl][Shift][Enter]

Add http://www to the beginning of text entered in Address bar

Navigation

[Alt]Home

Go to your home page

[Alt] Left arrow (or [Backspace])

Go to previous page

[Alt] Right arrow

Go to next page

[Tab]

Move forward through items on page

[Shift][Tab]

Move backward through items on page

Tabs

[Ctrl] Click

Open a link in its own tab in background

[Ctrl][Shift] Click

Open a link in its own tab in foreground

[Ctrl]T

Open new tab in foreground

[Ctrl][Tab] (or [Ctrl][Shift][Tab] to reverse)

Cycle between tabs

[Ctrl]W (or [Alt][F4]

Close current tab

[Ctrl] number

Jump to specific tab by number (1 through 8)

[Ctrl]9

Jump to last tab

[Ctrl][Alt][F4]

Close all but current tab

[Ctrl][Shift]Q

Display Tabs list

[Ctrl]Q

Toggle Quick Tabs view

Searching

[Alt][Enter]

Open search results in new tab after typing search text in Search box or Address bar

[Ctrl]E

Jump to Search box

[Ctrl] Down arrow

Open Search Provider menu (when you're in Search box)

Printing

[Ctrl]P

Open Print dialog box

In print preview…

[Alt][P]

Open Print dialog box

[Alt]U

Open Page Setup dialog box

[Alt]O

Set to portrait orientation

[Alt]L

Set to landscape orientation

[Alt]E

Toggle headers and footers on and off

[Alt]S

Change print size

[Alt]N

Show multiple pages

[Alt]1

View full page

[Alt]W

View page width

[Alt]C

Close Print Preview

Menu access

[Alt]M

Open Home menu

[Alt]R

Open Print menu

[Alt]J

Open Tools menu

[Alt]O

Open RSS menu

[Alt]L

Open Help menu

Favorites, history, feeds

[Ctrl]D

Add current page to Favorites

[Ctrl]B

Open Organize Favorites dialog box

[Alt] Up arrow or Down arrow

Move selected item up or down list in Organize Favorites dialog box

[Alt]C

Open Favorites Center

[Ctrl]I

Open Favorites Center with favorites displayed (Add [Shift] to pin the list open)

[Ctrl]H

Open Favorites Center with history displayed (Add [Shift] to pin the list open)

[Ctrl]J

Open Favorites Center with feeds displayed (Add [Shift] to pin the list open)

[Alt]Z

Display Add To Favorites menu

[Alt]I

Display all feeds in feed view

[Alt]M

Mark feed as read in feed view

[Alt]S

Jump to Search box in feed view



 

Reader Comments

Thank you very much, since i left interenet explorer 6 I dont kwow how to get into the adress bar, but now.... alt - D :)