Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts for Linux

Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts for Linux. View hotkeys online or download free PDF Cheat Sheet to browse faster and navigate more efficiently.

Open a new window: Ctrl+N
Open a new window in Incognito mode: Ctrl+Shift+N
Open a new tab, and jump to it: Ctrl+T
Reopen previously closed tabs in the order they were closed: Ctrl+Shift+T
Jump to the next open tab: Ctrl+Tab
or
Ctrl+Pg Dn
Jump to the previous open tab: Ctrl+Shift+Tab
or
Ctrl+Pg Up
Jump to a specific tab: Ctrl+[1-8]
Jump to the rightmost tab: Ctrl+9
Open your home page in the current tab: Alt+Home

Open the previous/next page from your browsing history in the current tab: Alt+LeftRight
Close the current tab: Ctrl+W
or
Ctrl+F4
Close the current window: Ctrl+Shift+W
or
Alt+F4
Minimize the current window: Alt+Space,N
Maximize the current window: Alt+Space,X
Quit Google Chrome: Alt+F,X
Move tabs left/right: Ctrl+Shift+Pg UpPg Dn
Turn on full-screen mode: F11
Turn off full-screen mode: F11
or
Esc

Search with your default search engine. Type a search term first: Enter
Search using a different search engine. Type a search engine name first: Tab
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in the current tab. Type a site name first: Ctrl+Enter
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in a new window. Type a site name first: Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Open a new tab and perform a Google search. Type a search term first: Alt+Enter

Open options to print the current page: Ctrl+P
Open options to save the current page: Ctrl+S
Reload the current page: F5
or
Ctrl+R
Reload the current page, ignoring cached content: Shift+F5
or
Ctrl+Shift+R
Stop the page loading: Esc
Browse clickable items moving forward: Tab
Browse clickable items moving backward: Shift+Tab
Open a file from your computer in Chrome: Ctrl+O
Display non-editable HTML source code for the current page: Ctrl+U
Save your current webpage as a bookmark: Ctrl+D
Save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder: Ctrl+Shift+D

Make everything on the page bigger: Ctrl+=
Make everything on the page smaller: Ctrl+-
Return everything on the page to default size: Ctrl+0
Scroll down a webpage, a screen at a time: Space
or
Pg Dn
Scroll up a webpage, a screen at a time: Shift+Space
or
Pg Up
Go to the top of the page: Home
Go to the bottom of the page: End
Scroll horizontally on the page: Shift+Scroll
Move your cursor to the beginning/back of the previous/next word in a text field: Ctrl+LeftRight
Delete the previous word in a text field: Ctrl+Bksp
Open the Home page in the current tab: Alt+Home

Open a link in a current tab (mouse only) by dragging a link to a tab: Drag
Open a link in new background tab: Ctrl+Click
Open a link, and jump to it: Ctrl+Shift+Click
Open a link, and jump to it (mouse only) by dragging a link to a blank area of the tab strip: Drag
Open a link in a new window: Shift+Click
Open a tab in a new window (mouse only) by dragging the tab out of the tab strip: Drag
Move a tab to a current window (mouse only) by dragging the tab into an existing window: Drag
Return a tab to its original position. Press while dragging: Esc

Save the current webpage as a bookmark by dragging the web address to the Bookmarks Bar: Drag
Scroll horizontally on the page: Shift+Scroll
Download the target of a link: Alt+Click
Display your browsing history. Right-click or click & hold the Back or Next button (browser navigation buttons): Right-click
or
Click & hold
Switch between maximized and windowed modes by double-clicking a blank area of the tab strip: Double-click
Make everything on the page bigger: Ctrl+Scroll up
Make everything on the page smaller: Ctrl+Scroll down

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