Steve Fenton

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Friday, 5th September 2008

As Google's Chrome Browser is so cleanly laid out, you might find the following shortcuts useful.

[Control] + B - Open / close bookmarks bar

[Control] + E - Search from address bar (Displays '?' in address bar when pressed)

[Control] + H - Open history page

[Control] + J - Open downloads page

[Control] + K - Same as 'E'

[Control] + T - Open a new tab

[Control] + U - View page source

[Control] + [Tab] - Jump forward to next tab

[Control] + [Number] - Jump to tab (1 - 8 go to equivalent tab and 9 goes to 'last' tab)

[Control] + [Shift] + N - Open a private tab (no history stored)

[Control] + [Shift] + T - Open most recently closed tab (can be used multiple times to open closed tabs in reverse order)

[Control] + [Shift] + [Tab] - Jump backwards to next tab

[Shift] + [Escape] - Open Chrome Task Manager

[Alt] + [Home] - Opens Chrome-Home

[F5] - Refresh the current tab

If you know of any other shortcut or control combinations, please let me know and I'll add them here!