Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts

Applies to all editions of Windows Vista.
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You can use Internet Explorer's shortcut keys to perform lots of different tasks quickly or to work without a mouse.

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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 Links bar	TAB
Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Links bar	SHIFT+TAB
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
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

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

The following table describes shortcuts used for zooming.

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

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

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

The following table describes shortcuts used to open Internet Explorer toolbar menus.

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
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 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 cursor in Search box in feed view	ALT+S

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

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

NoteTo find a compact, printable version of the most popular Internet Explorer shortcuts, see the Internet Explorer Quick Reference Sheet.