1. Manage Tabs
Ctrl+T | Open a new tab |
Ctrl+Shift+T | Reopen the last tab closed (up to 10 tabs) |
Ctrl+W/ Ctrl+F4 | Close the tab |
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 | Switch to the first tab, the second, etc. |
Ctrl+9 | Switch to the last tab |
Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Page Up | Switch to the next tab |
Ctrl+Shift+Tab/Ctrl+Page Down | Switch to the previous tab |
Ctrl+N | Open a new window |
Ctrl+Shift+N | Open a new incognito window |
Ctrl+Shift+W/ Alt+F4 | Close the current window |
Ctrl+left-click | Open the link in a new background tab |
Ctrl+Shift+left-click | Open the link in a new foreground tab |
Shift+left-click | Open the link in a new window |
Alt+left-click | Download the link |
Ctrl + click on "Search Google for" from a drop down menu | Open Google search in a new background tab |
Shift + click on "Search Google for" from a drop down menu | Open Google search in a new window |
Drag link to an existing tab | Open the link in the selected tab |
Drag link to tab bar | Open the link in a new tab in the specified position on the tab strip |
Hold Ctrl + click on tabs in the tab bar | Select multiple tabs (to rearrange them or create a new window) |
Hold Shift + click on two tabs in the tab bar | Select all the tabs between two tabs (to rearrange them or create a new window) |
Ctrl+L/ Alt+D | Set focus to the address bar (highlights the current webpage URL if available) |
Shift+Alt+T | Set focus to the toolbar |
Ctrl+E/ Ctrl+K | Enter search query in the address bar |
Arrow Down to highlight, then Shift + Delete | Remove a prediction from the address bar |
Type search term and press Enter | Perform a search using the search engine associated with the keyword or the URI |
Type and press Alt+Enter | Open the site or a search in a new foreground tab |
Type and press Win+Enter | Open the site or a search in a new background tab (doesn't work in Windows 10) |
Type and press Alt+Shift+Enter | Open the site or a search in a new background tab (works in Windows 10) |
Type and press Shift+Enter | Open the site or a search in a new window |
Type and press Ctrl+Enter | Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and open the web address in the current tab |
Type and press Ctrl+Alt+Enter | Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and open the web address in a new foreground tab |
Type and press Ctrl+Win+Enter | Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and open the web address in a new background tab (doesn't work in Windows 10) |
Type and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Add www. to beginning and .com to end of input and open the web address in a new window |
Type name of search engine and press Tab | Tab-to-Search feature. E.g. Typing in 'yahoo.com' plus tab opens yahoo search. Add/edit search engines via 'Under the Hood' -> Basic -> Search Engines. |
F6 | Alternate focus between address bar, bookmarks bar and webpage |
Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Scroll down / scroll up |
Page Down/Page Up | Scroll one page down / up |
Space/Shift+Space | Scroll one page down / up |
Home/End | Jump to beginning / to end of webpage |
Ctrl+[+]/- | Zoom in / zoom out (or Ctrl+mousewheel) |
Ctrl+0 (zero) | Return zoom to normal text size |
Ctrl+U | View webpage source |
F11 | Turn full screen on / off |
F | Turn fullscreen on / off for some video types (e.g. YouTube) |
M | Mute / unmute some video types (e.g. YouTube) |
Alt+Home | Jump to homepage |
Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right | Jump to previous webpage visited / jump to next webpage |
F5/Ctrl+R | Reload current webpage |
Ctrl+F5/Shift+F5 | Reload current webpage with cache override |
Esc | Stop webpage loading |
Tab/Shift+Tab with focus on webpage | Jump to next / previous link |
Enter on link | Open link in current tab |
Ctrl+Enter on link | Open link in a new background tab |
Shift+Ctrl+Enter on link | Open link in a new foreground tab |
Shift+Enter on link | Open link in a new window |
Alt+Enter on link | Download link |
Shift+F10 | Open context menu (simulate right mouse button) |
Ctrl+A | Select all content on webpage |
Ctrl+C with content selected | Copy selected content to clipboard |
Ctrl+P | Print current webpage (Chrome Print Dialog) |
Ctrl+Shift+P | Print current webpage (Native Windows Print Dialog) |
Ctrl+O | Open file |
Ctrl+S | Save current webpage |
Alt+F | Open Wrench Menu (I'd call it file menu to remember the shortcut) |
Ctrl+H | Open History tab |
Ctrl+J | Open Downloads tab |
Shift+Esc | View Google Task manager |
F1 | Chrome Help |
Ctrl+Shift+Del | Open the Clear Browsing Data options |
Ctrl+F/F3 | Find text on webpage. Press Enter for. |
Enter/Shift+Enter with text found on webpage | Find next / find previous match |
Ctrl+G/Ctrl+Shift+G with text found on webpage | Find next / find previous match |
Esc | With focus on Search box: Close Search box |
Ctrl+Shift+B | Show or hide bookmarks bar |
Ctrl+Shift+O | Open Bookmark Manager |
Ctrl+D | Add bookmark for current webpage |
Ctrl+Shift+D | Saves all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder |
Drag URL to bookmark bar | Bookmark webpage (can be URL from address bar or link from page) |
Alt+F, then B | Open Bookmark Manager Tab |
9.1 Accessing DevTools and DevTools Basics
Ctrl+Shift+I (or F12) | Open Developer Tools |
Ctrl+Shift+J | Open Developer Tools (With Focus on Javascript Console) |
Ctrl+Shift+C | Toggle Element Inspection mode |
Ctrl+Shift+C (2x) | Switch Focus on Developer Tools (there is not really a shortcut for focusing on the Developer Tool, but this is a workaround. Watch the Inspector Mode Icon change color as you press for guidence. Finally, this works only if DevTools are docked; if they are not, simpy switch between windows with Alt+Tab) |
? | Show General Settings Dialog (press Esc to exit) |
Ctrl+[/] | Switch to next / Switch to previous panel (add Alt to the combination to reverse the direction) |
Ctrl+D | Dock / Undock Developer Tool |
Ctrl+Shift+M | Toggle (mobile) Device Mode |
Ctrl+F | Search Text in Source |
Ctrl+Shift+F | Search Text across sources |
Ctrl+O | Search by Filename |
Ctrl+[+]/- | Zoom in / Zoom out Developer tools |
Ctrl+0 (zero) | Zoom to default |
9.2 Elements Panel
Ctrl+Arrow Up | Focus on the Elements content (this is strangely nowhere documented, but worked for me; without this one, you cannot use any of the other shortcuts below without clicking on the content first) |
Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Navigate upwards/ downwards |
Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+Y | Undo / Redo Change |
Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Expand / Collapse |
Left-click on arrow | Expand node |
Ctrl+Alt+Left-click | Expand/collapse node with all children |
Enter | Edit the element |
H | Hide the element |
F2 | Toggle edit as HTML |
9.3 Styles Panel
Left-click | Edit Rule |
Left-click on white space | Insert new property |
Ctrl+Left-click on property | Go to line of style rule property declaration |
Shift+Left-click on property | Cycle through the color definition value |
Tab/Shift+Tab | Edit next / edit previous property |
Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Increase / decrease value by 1 |
Page Up/Page Down | Increase / decrease value by 10 |
Shift+Page Up/Page Down | Increase / decrease value by 100 |
Alt+Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Increase / decrease value by 100 |
9.4 Sources Panel
F8, Ctrl+\ | Pause / resume script execution |
F8, Ctrl+\ | Pause / resume script execution |
F10, Ctrl+' | Step over next function call |
F11, Ctrl+; | Step into next function call |
Shift+F11, Ctrl+Shift+; | Step out of current function |
Ctrl+./, | Select next / select previous call frame |
Left-click on line-number | Toggle breakpoint condition |
Right-click on line number | Edit breakpoint condition |
Alt+Delete | Delete individual words |
Ctrl+/ | Comment a line or selected text |
Ctrl+S | Save changes to local modifications |
Ctrl+Alt+S | Save all changes |
Ctrl+G | Go to line |
Ctrl+O | Search by filename |
Ctrl+P+number | Jump to line number |
Ctrl+O+number +number | Jump to column |
Ctrl+Shift+O | Go to member |
Alt+W | Close active tab |
Ctrl+Enter | Run snippet |
9.5 Code Editor
Ctrl+M | Go to matching bracket |
Ctrl+P+number | Jump to line number |
Ctrl+O+number +number | Jump to column |
Ctrl+/ | Toggle comment |
Ctrl+D | Select next occurrence |
Ctrl+U | Undo last selection |
9.6 Timeline Panel
Ctrl+E | Start / stop recording |
Ctrl+S | Save timeline data |
Ctrl+O | Open / Load timeline data |
9.7 Profiles Panel
Ctrl+E | Start / stop recording |
9.8 Console Panel
Arrow Right | Accept Suggestion |
Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Previous / next command (line) |
Ctrl+` | Focus the Console |
Ctrl+L | Clear Console |
Shift+Enter | Multi-line entry |
Enter | Execute |
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