These shortcuts are functional for tabbed versions of Internet Explorer (starting with Internet Explorer 7) though some of them work with earlier versions too. As with other browsers, don’t forget to combine mouse and keyboard when navigating pages.
General
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| Turn Full Screen Mode on or off |
F11 |
| Cycle through the Address Bar, Refresh button, Search Box, and items on a web page |
TAB |
| Find a word or phrase on a page |
CTRL+F |
| Open the current webpage in a new window |
CTRL+N |
| Print the page |
CTRL+P |
| Select all items on the page |
CTRL+A |
| Zoom in |
CTRL+PLUS |
| Zoom out |
CTRL+MINUS |
| Zoom to 100% |
CTRL+0 |
Navigation shortcuts
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| Go to home page |
ALT+HOME |
| Go backward |
ALT+LEFT |
| Go forward |
ALT+RIGHT |
| Refresh page |
F5 |
| Refresh page and the cache |
CTRL+F5 |
| Stop downloading page |
ESC |
Favorites Center shortcuts
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| Open Favorites |
CTRL+I |
| Open Favorites in pinned mode |
CTRL+SHIFT+I |
| Organize Favorites |
CTRL+B |
| Add current page to Favorites |
CTRL+D |
| Open Feeds |
CTRL+J |
| Open Feeds in pinned mode |
CTRL+SHIFT+J |
| Open History |
CTRL+H |
| Open History in pinned mode |
CTRL+SHIFT+H |
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Tab shortcuts
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| Open link in new background tab |
Middle mouse button or CTRL+left mouse button |
| Open link in new foreground tab |
CTRL+SHIFT+left mouse button or CTRL+SHIFT+middle mouse button |
| Close tab (closes window if only one tab is open) |
Middle mouse button on the tab or CTRL+W |
| Open Quick Tab view |
CTRL+Q |
| Open new tab |
CTRL+T |
| View list of open tabs |
CTRL+SHIFT+Q |
| Switch to next tab |
CTRL+TAB |
| Switch to previous tab |
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB |
Address Bar shortcuts
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| Select the Address Bar |
ALT+D |
| Add “http://www.” to the beginning and “.com” to the end of text in Address Bar |
CTRL+ENTER |
| Add “http://www.” to the beginning and the website address suffix you have specified to the end of text in the Address Bar* |
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER |
| Open the website address that is typed in the Address Bar in new tab |
ALT+ENTER |
| View list of previously typed addresses |
F4 |
Instant Search Box
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| Select the Instant Search Box |
CTRL+E |
| View list of search providers |
CTRL+DOWN |
| Open search results in new tab |
ALT+ENTER |
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