One day during my college days, I sat near my roommate to complete the project. He was using his laptop and I was amazed at seeing his working speed. He operated things like switching tabs, opening developer tools, jumping to the address bar, etc blazingly fast without using mousepad. He memorized and practiced keyboard shortcut keys of the browser to work flawlessly. Everything looked so professional and cool as if he is the master of the machine.
I liked his skill and desired to learn it too. I learned the shortcuts and it felt like the browser dancing at my command.
The best and most useful keyboard shortcuts for browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera for Windows, Mac, and Linux are as follows:
1. Open the developer tools to inspect element
windows/linux: CTRL + SHIFT + C
mac: Command(⌘) + SHIFT + C
2. Open a New Tab
windows/linux: CTRL + T
mac: Command(⌘) + T
3. Open previously closed tab.
window/linux: CTRL + SHIFT + T
mac: Command(⌘) + SHIFT + T
4. Switch between open tabs.
windows/linux: CTRL + TAB
mac: Command(⌘) + TAB
5. Switch to the tab of the corresponding number from left to right
windows/linux: CTRL + 1 to 8
mac: Command(⌘) + 1 to 8
6. Open a new browser window
windows/linux: CTRL + N
mac: Command(⌘) + N
7. Open the home page
windows/linux: ALT + Home
mac: ALT + Home
8. Go back
windows/linux: Backspace or ALT + Left Arrow
mac: Backspace or ALT + Left Arrow
9. Go forward
windows/linux: ALT + Right Arrow
mac: ALT + Right Arrow
10. Reload the current page
windows/linux: CTRL + R or F5
mac: Command(⌘) + R or F5
11. Print the web page
windows/linux: CTRL + P
mac: Command(⌘) + P
12. Open a file stored on your computer(Eg: Pdf, xml, html, etc.)
windows/linux: CTRL + O
mac: Command(⌘) + O
13. Open browser history
windows/linux: CTRL + H
mac: Command(⌘) + H
14. Open downloads history.
windows/linux: CTRL + J
mac: Command(⌘) + J
15. Add the current web page to the bookmarks
windows/linux: CTRL + D
mac: Command(⌘) + D
16. Adds www and .com to the name of the website typed in the address bar
windows/linux: CTRL + Enter
mac: Command(⌘) + Enter
17. Zoom-in
windows/linux: CTRL + +
mac: Command(⌘) + +
18. Zoom-out
windows/linux: CTRL + –
mac: Command(⌘) + –
19. Search the web page
windows/linux: CTRL + F
mac: Command(⌘) + F
20. Jump to the address bar
windows/linux: CTRL + L or F6 or ALT + D
mac: Command(⌘) + L or F6 or ALT + D
21. Open the web address typed in the address bar in a new tab
windows/linux: ALT + Enter
mac: ALT + Enter
22. Open the Clear Browsing Data option
windows/linux: CTRL + SHIFT + Delete
mac: Command(⌘) + SHIFT + Delete
I believe that you find it useful too. Keep on memorizing and practicing to become a beast.
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windows/linux: CTRL + SHIFT + N