Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts for Internet Explorer 7

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[edit] Common Shortcuts Used in Internet Explorer 5 and 6.

 F4 -                      Show address bar history
 F5 -                      Refresh Page
 F11 -                     Toggle between Full Screen/Normal View
 ALT-Home -                Go to home page
 Tab -                     Go to next form box
 Tab-SHIFT -               Go to previous form box
 ESC -                     Stop Loading Page
 PAGE UP -                 Scroll quickly up page
 PAGE DOWN -               Scroll quickly down page
 END -                     Go to bottom of the page
 HOME -                    Go to top of the page
 CTRL-N -                  Open New Window
 CTRL-O -                  Open New Window/Folder
 CTRL-I -                  Open favorites sidebar
 CTRL-H -                  Open history sidebar
 CTRL-B -                  Organize Favorites
 CTRL-E -                  Open Search sidebar
 CTRL-P -                  Print page
 CTRL-F -                  Search web page
 CTRL-D -                  Add Page to Favorites
 CTRL-W -                  Close Current Window
 CTRL-ENTER -              Adds "www" and ".com" to the beginning and ending of the URL
 CTRL-forward arrow -      Moves left to the next "/" in the URL
 CTRL-backwards arrow -    Moves right to the next "/" in the URL
 BACKSPACE -               Moves "back" to previous page
 ALT-backward arrow -      Moves "back" to previous page
 ALT-forward arrow -       Moves "forward" to next page
 ALT-D -                   Selects the URL in the address bar

[edit] Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts for Internet Explorer 7

Tabs:

  To do the following                                                                   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 / Ctrl Shift Tab 
  Close current tab (or current window when there are no open tabs)                         Ctrl W 
  Open a new tab in the foreground from the address bar                                  Alt Enter 
  Switch to the next tab                                         Ctrl # (Replace # with tab number) 
  Switch to the last tab                                                                    Ctrl 9 
  Close other tabs                                                                     Ctrl Alt F4 
  Open quick tabs                                                                           Ctrl Q 

Zoom:

  To do the following                                                                   Press this 
  Increase zoom (+10%)                                                                    Ctrl (+) 
  Decrease zoom (-10%)                                                                    Ctrl (-) 
  Original size (100% zoom)*                                                                Ctrl 0 
  • If you are using the recent Windows Vista preview you might notice that the 100% zoom hotkey changed from Ctrl (*) to Ctrl 0

Search:

  To do the following                                                                   Press this 
  Go to the Toolbar Search Box                                                              Ctrl E 
  Open your search query in a new tab                                                    Alt Enter 
  Bring down the search provider menu                                              Ctrl Down Arrow 

Favorites Center:

  To do the following                                                                   Press this 
  Open Favorites Center to your favorites                                                   Ctrl I 
  Open Favorites Center to your history                                                     Ctrl H 
  Open Favorites Center to your feeds                                                       Ctrl J 


Scroll Through History:

     Hold SHIFT and Scroll the Mouse - This will allow you to review your history as stored in memory.
     This is great for reviewing what was typed into forms.


Display the Classic Menus:

     Pressing ALT / F10 alone will display the classic menus temporarily.
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