Sunday, August 19, 2012

Some old school tricks that may help...


These are some codes that some of you may wish to use. You may remember some of these codes from the DOS & TANDY days long ago. These codes are actually for WINDOWS but for those who have 


Tab and window shortcuts

Ctrl+NOpens a new window.
Ctrl+TOpens a new tab.
Ctrl+Shift+NOpens a new window in incognito mode.
Press Ctrl+O, then select file.Opens a file from your computer in Google Chrome.
Press Ctrl and click a link. Or click a link with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).Opens the link in a new tab in the background .
Press Ctrl+Shift and click a link. Or press Shiftand click a link with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).Opens the link in a new tab and switches to the newly opened tab.
Press Shift and click a link.Opens the link in a new window.
Ctrl+Shift+TReopens the last tab you've closed. Google Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you've closed.
Drag a link to a tab.Opens the link in the tab.
Drag a link to a blank area on the tab strip.Opens the link in a new tab.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip.Opens the tab in a new window.
Drag a tab out of the tab strip and into an existing window.Opens the tab in the existing window.
Press Esc while dragging a tab.Returns the tab to its original position.
Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8Switches to the tab at the specified position number on the tab strip.
Ctrl+9Switches to the last tab.
Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDownSwitches to the next tab.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUpSwitches to the previous tab.
Alt+F4Closes the current window.
Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4Closes the current tab or pop-up.
Click a tab with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).Closes the tab you clicked.
Right-click, or click and hold either the Back or Forward arrow in the browser toolbar.Displays your browsing history in the tab.
Press Backspace, or Alt and the left arrow together.Goes to the previous page in your browsing history for the tab.
Press Shift+Backspace, or Alt and the right arrow together.Goes to the next page in your browsing history for the tab.
Press Ctrl and click either the Back arrow, Forward arrow, or Go button in the toolbar. Or click either button with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).Opens the button destination in a new tab in the background.
Double-click the blank area on the tab strip.Maximizes or minimizes the window.
Alt+HomeOpens your homepage in your current window.

Google Chrome feature shortcuts

Alt+FOpens the Tools menu, which lets you customize and control Google Chrome.
Alt+EOpens the Page menu, which lets you control the page you're viewing.
Ctrl+BToggles the bookmarks bar on and off.
Ctrl+Shift+BOpens the bookmark manager.
Ctrl+HOpens the History page.
Ctrl+JOpens the Downloads page.
Shift+EscOpens the Task Manager.
Shift+Alt+TSets the focus on the browser toolbar. Use right and left arrows on the keyboard to navigate to different buttons on the toolbar. Press Shift+F10 to bring up any associated context menu (e.g. browsing history for the Back button). Press Esc to move the focus back to the page.
Ctrl+Shift+JOpens Developer Tools.
Ctrl+Shift+DeleteOpens the Clear Browsing Data dialog.
F1Opens the Help Center in a new tab (our favorite).

Address bar shortcuts

Use the following shortcuts in the address bar:
Type a search term, then press Enter.Performs a search using your default search engine.
Type a search engine keyword, press Space, type a search term, and press Enter.Performs a search using the search engine associated with the keyword.
Begin typing a search engine URL, press Tabwhen prompted, type a search term, and pressEnter.Performs a search using the search engine associated with the URL.
Ctrl+EnterAdds www. and .com to your input in the address bar and open the resulting URL.
Type a URL, then press Alt+Enter.Opens the URL in a new tab.
F6 or Ctrl+L or Alt+DHighlights the URL.
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+EPlaces a '?' in the address bar. Type a search term after the question mark to perform a search using your default search engine.
Press Ctrl and the left arrow together.Moves your cursor to the preceding key term in the address bar
Press Ctrl and the right arrow together.Moves your cursor to the next key term in the address bar
Ctrl+BackspaceDeletes the key term that precedes your cursor in the address bar
Select an entry in the address bar drop-down menu with your keyboard arrows, then pressShift+Delete.Deletes the entry from your browsing history, if possible.
Click an entry in the address bar drop-down menu with your middle mouse button (or mousewheel).Opens the entry in a new tab in the background.
Press Page Up or Page Down when the address bar drop-down menu is visible.Selects the first or last entry in the drop-down menu.

Webpage shortcuts

Ctrl+PPrints your current page.
Ctrl+SSaves your current page.
F5 or Ctrl+RReloads your current page.
EscStops the loading of your current page.
Ctrl+FOpens the find bar.
Ctrl+G or F3Finds the next match for your input in the find bar.
Ctrl+Shift+GShift+F3, or Shift+EnterFinds the previous match for your input in the find bar.
Click the middle mouse button (or mousewheel).Activates auto-scrolling. As you move your mouse, the page automatically scrolls according to the direction of the mouse.
Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5Reloads your current page, ignoring cached content.
Press Alt and click a link.Downloads the target of the link.
Ctrl+UOpens the source of your current page.
Drag a link to bookmarks barSaves the link as a bookmark.
Ctrl+DSaves your current webpage as a bookmark.
Ctrl+Shift+DSaves all open pages as bookmarks in a new folder.
F11Opens your page in full-screen mode. Press F11again to exit full-screen.
Ctrl and +, or press Ctrl and scroll your mousewheel up.Enlarges everything on the page.
Ctrl and -, or press Ctrl and scroll your mousewheel down.Makes everything on the page smaller.
Ctrl+0Returns everything on the page to normal size.
Space barScrolls down the web page.
HomeGoes to the top of the page.
EndGoes to the bottom of the page.
Press Shift and scroll your mousewheel.Scrolls horizontally on the page.

Text shortcuts

Ctrl+CCopies highlighted content to the clipboard.
Ctrl+V or Shift+InsertPastes content from the clipboard.
Ctrl+Shift+VPaste content from the clipboard without formatting.
Ctrl+X or Shift+DeleteDeletes the highlighted content and copies it to the clipboard.

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