Shortcuts Internet Explorer for Windows

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Basic Navigation and Address Bar

	Windows	Action
	`Alt`+`Home`	Go to Home webpage.
	`Alt`+`Arrow Right/Alt`+`Arrow Left`	Go to next / previous webpage.
	`Alt`+`D/F6`	Jump to address bar. f6 additionally navigates through window elements.
	`Ctrl`+`Enter`	Complete a .com address in address bar: adds
	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Enter`	Complete an URI in address bar with user-defined suffix: adds
	`Alt`+`Arrow Down/F4`	Open webpages visited in the past when in address bar. Includes Favorites and History. Navigate with arrow keys and enter to visit.
	`Delete/Shift`+`Delete`	Delete past visited webpages from address bar history (also see shortcut above).

	Windows	Action
	`Ctrl`+`T`	Open new tab in same window.
	`Ctrl`+`K`	Duplicate current tab.
	`Ctrl`+`Tab/Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Tab`	Jump to next / jump to previous browser tab.
	`Ctrl`+`W`	Close the current tab.
	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`T`	Restore closed tab (open previously closed tab).
	`Ctrl`+`Q`	Show Tabs: Open or close quick tab view.
	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Q`	Show Tabs: Open list of tabs. Then use arrow keys and enter to select or escape to exit.
	`Ctrl`+`1 ... ctrl`+`9`	Jump to browser tab 1 - 9.
	`On Link: ctrl`+`left mouse button`	Open link in new background tab (sometimes link is opened in new window; as an alternative, use right mouse button and press w).
	`Alt`+`Enter`	Open typed webpage address in new background tab.

	Windows	Action
	`Arrow Down/Arrow Up`	Scroll down / scroll up inside a webpage.
	`Page Up/Page Down`	Jump one page down / jump one page up (space / shift+space works as well).
	`Home/End`	Move to the beginning or end of a document.
	`Ctrl`+`[`+`]/Ctrl`+`-`	Increase text size / decrease text size (zoom in and out).
	`Ctrl`+`0 (zero)`	Reset text size to default (zoom to 100%).
	`Tab/Shift`+`Tab`	Move forward / move backwards through items on a webpage. Press and hold tab button to skip through multiple links.
	`Shift`+`F10`	When on link: Display a context menu for a link.
	`Enter`	Activate a selected link.
	`Tab/Shift`+`tab, and enter /Space`	In web forms: move forward / move backwards through form items. Press space to activate action buttons, select boxes, or radio buttons.
	`Ctrl`+`A`	Select all content on webpage.
	`F5/Ctrl`+`R`	Refresh the current webpage.
	`Ctrl`+`F5`	Refresh the current webpage with cache override.
	`F7`	Turn caret browsing on or off (movable cursor on page).
	`Esc`	Stop loading webpage.

	Windows	Action
	`Ctrl`+`I`	Open Favorites box.
	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`I`	Open Favorites box in pinned mode.
	`Ctrl`+`H`	Open History box.
	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`H`	Open History in pinned mode.
	`Ctrl`+`J`	Open Feeds.
	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`J`	Open Feeds in pinned mode.
	`Ctrl`+`left mouse click`	In the History or Favorites boxes, open link as background tab.
	`Ctrl`+`D`	Add the current webpage to favorites.
	`Ctrl`+`B`	Open the Organize Favorites dialog box. Use tab to navigate and alt and shift+alt to move items up or down in list.
	`Ctrl`+`F/F3`	Open find window. Press escape to exit.

	Windows	Action
	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`F`	Turn in-private filtering on or off (watch icon change in status bar)
	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`P`	Open private browsing window / incognito mode.
	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Delete`	Open 'Delete Browsing History' Menu.

	Windows	Action
	`Alt`+`Space`	Opens the title bar menu.
	`Alt`+`Space`+`Enter`	Restore Window (default Windows feature).
	`Alt`+`Space`+`X`	Maximize Window (default Windows feature).
	`Alt`+`Space`+`N`	Minimize Window (default Windows feature).
	`Alt`+`Shift`+`Enter`	Toggle regular window / full screen without toolbars
	`F11`	Turn full page view on or off (default Windows feature).
	`F6`	Move forward between window elements.
	`Ctrl`+`N`	Open a new browser window.
	`F4`	Close IE8 Window.

	Windows	Action
	`Ctrl`+`E`	Jump to the Instant Search box (box on top right corner of browser window).
	`Ctrl`+`Arrow Down`	View list of search providers.
	`Alt`+`Enter`	Open search results in new tab.

	Windows	Action
	`Alt`+`P`	Print the current webpage.
	`F12`	Open Developer Tools.
	`Ctrl`+`O/Ctrl`+`L`	Open location.
	`Alt`+`V`+`C`	View webpage source in default editor (used to be ctrl+u but that was discontinued).
	`F1`	Display Internet Explorer Help or to display context Help about an item in a dialog box.