Complete list of IE (Internet Explorer) Keyboard Shortcut Keys
Are you tired of moving your mouse too dam* much across the screen all the time? What if I tell you that now you can actually perform lots of different tasks quickly or to work without a mouse while using Internet Explorer? Yes, there’re actually many simple ways to do things in IE. The lists below describe all the keyboard shortcuts keys you can use in Internet Explorer.
Viewing and exploring webpages
The following table describes shortcuts used to view and explore WebPages.
To do this | Press this |
Display Help | F1 |
Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window | F11 |
Move forward through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar | Tab |
Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar | Shift+Tab |
Start Caret Browsing | F7 |
Go to your home page | Alt+Home |
Go to the next page | Alt+Right Arrow |
Go to the previous page | Alt+Left Arrow or Backspace |
Display a shortcut menu for a link | Shift+F10 |
Move forward through frames and browser elements (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled) | Ctrl+Tab or F6 |
Move backward between frames (only works if tabbed browsing is disabled) | Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
Scroll toward the beginning of a document | Up Arrow |
Scroll toward the end of a document | Down Arrow |
Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments | Page Up |
Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments | Page Down |
Move to the beginning of a document | Home |
Move to the end of a document | End |
Find on this page | Ctrl+F |
Refresh the current webpage | F5 |
Refresh the current webpage, even if the time stamp for the web version and your locally stored version are the same | Ctrl+F5 |
Stop downloading a page | Esc |
Open a new website or page | Ctrl+O |
Open a new window | Ctrl+N |
Open a new InPrivate Browsing window | Ctrl+Shift+P |
Duplicate tab (open current tab in a new tab) | Ctrl+K |
Reopen the last tab you closed | Ctrl+Shift+T |
Close the current window (if you only have one tab open) | Ctrl+W |
Save the current page | Ctrl+S |
Print the current page or active frame | Ctrl+P |
Activate a selected link | Enter |
Open Favorites | Ctrl+I |
Open History | Ctrl+H |
Open Feeds | Ctrl+J |
Open the Page menu | Alt+P |
Open the Tools menu | Alt+T |
Open the Help menu | Alt+H |
Working with tabs
The following table describes shortcuts used when working with tabs.
To do this | Press this |
Open links in a new tab in the background | Ctrl+click |
Open links in a new tab in the foreground | Ctrl+Shift+click |
Open a new tab in the foreground | Ctrl+T |
Switch between tabs | Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
Close current tab (or the current window if tabbed browsing is disabled) | Ctrl+W |
Open a new tab in the foreground from the Address bar | Alt+Enter |
Switch to a specific tab number | Ctrl+n (where n is a number between 1 and 8) |
Switch to the last tab | Ctrl+9 |
Close other tabs | Ctrl+Alt+F4 |
Toggle Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off | Ctrl+Q |
Using Zoom
The following table describes shortcuts used for zooming.
To do this | Press this |
Increase zoom (+ 10%) | Ctrl+Plus Sign |
Decrease zoom (- 10%) | Ctrl+Minus Sign |
Zoom to 100% | Ctrl+0 |
Using Search
The following table describes shortcuts used for search.
To do this | Press this |
Go to the search box | Ctrl+E |
Open your search query in a new tab | Alt+Enter |
Open the search provider menu | Ctrl+Down Arrow |
Using Printer Preview
The following table describes shortcuts used to preview and print webpages.
To do this | Press this |
Set printing options and print the page | Alt+P |
Change paper, headers and footers, orientation, and margins for this page | Alt+U |
Display the first page to be printed | Alt+Home |
Display the previous page to be printed | Alt+Left Arrow |
Type the number of the page you want displayed | Alt+A |
Display the next page to be printed | Alt+Right Arrow |
Display the last page to be printed | Alt+End |
Specify how you want frames to print (this option is available only if you are printing a webpage that uses frames) | Alt+F |
Close Print Preview | Alt+C |
Using the Address bar
The following table describes shortcuts used on the Address bar.
To do this | Press this |
Select the text in the Address bar | Alt+D |
Display a list of addresses you’ve typed | F4 |
When in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical break in the address (period or slash) | Ctrl+Left Arrow |
When in the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next logical break in the address (period or slash) | Ctrl+Right Arrow |
Add “www.” to the beginning and “.com” to the end of the text typed in the Address bar | Ctrl+Enter |
Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches | Up Arrow |
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.
To do this | Press this |
Open the Home menu | Alt+M |
Open the Print menu | Alt+R |
Open the RSS menu | Alt+J |
Open the Tools menu | Alt+O |
Open the Safety menu | Alt+S |
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.
To do this | Press this |
Add the current page to your favorites (or subscribe to the feed when in feed preview) | Ctrl+D |
Delete browsing history | Ctrl+Shift+Del |
Open an InPrivate Browsing window | Ctrl+Shift+P |
Open the Organize Favorites dialog box | Ctrl+B |
Move selected item up in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box | Alt+Up Arrow |
Move selected item down in the Favorites list in the Organize Favorites dialog box | Alt+Down Arrow |
Open Favorites Center and display your favorites | Alt+C |
Open Favorites Center and display your history | Ctrl+H |
Open Favorites Center and display your feeds | Ctrl+J |
Open and dock the Favorites Center and display your feeds | Ctrl+Shift+J |
Open the Add to Favorites menu (or open Subscribe to feed when in feed preview) | Alt+Z |
Open the Favorites menu from the menu bar | Alt+A |
Display all feeds (when in feed view) | Alt+I |
Mark a feed as read (when in feed view) | Alt+M |
Put the cursor in search box in feed view | Alt+S |
Editing
The following table describes shortcuts used when editing webpages.
To do this | Press this |
Remove the selected items and copy them to the Clipboard | Ctrl+X |
Copy the selected items to the Clipboard | Ctrl+C |
Insert the contents of the Clipboard at the selected location | Ctrl+V |
Select all items on the current webpage | Ctrl+A |
Open Internet Explorer Developer Tools | F12 |
Using the Information Bar
The following table describes shortcuts used when working with the Information bar.
To do this | Press this |
Move focus to the Information bar | Alt+N |
Click the Information bar | Spacebar |