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Internet Explorer 8 Shortcuts

This document provides a summary of keyboard shortcuts for navigating and using features in Internet Explorer 8 on Windows. It includes shortcuts for basic navigation, tabbed browsing, navigating webpages, managing favorites, history and search, privacy settings, window management, instant search, and other miscellaneous functions like printing and viewing source code. Many involve using the Ctrl, Alt or F keys along with other keys for actions like going back/forward, refreshing, closing tabs, adding pages to favorites, and more.

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Internet Explorer 8 Shortcuts

This document provides a summary of keyboard shortcuts for navigating and using features in Internet Explorer 8 on Windows. It includes shortcuts for basic navigation, tabbed browsing, navigating webpages, managing favorites, history and search, privacy settings, window management, instant search, and other miscellaneous functions like printing and viewing source code. Many involve using the Ctrl, Alt or F keys along with other keys for actions like going back/forward, refreshing, closing tabs, adding pages to favorites, and more.

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Internet Explorer 8 Shortcuts

Platform: Windows/English
Basic Navigation and Address Bar
alt+home Go to Home webpage.
alt+arrow right /
alt+arrow left
Go to next / previous webpage.
alt+d or f6 Jump to address bar. f6 additionally navigates
through window elements.
ctrl+enter Complete a .com address in address bar: adds "http:
//" prefix and a ".com"-suffix, then loads the webpage.
ctrl+shift+enter Complete an URI in address bar with user-defined
suffix: adds "http://" prefix and suffix (e.g. .net, .org, .
de, ...), then loads the webpage. Set the suffix in tools:
options (alt+t, then o), languages (alt+l), and enter to
suffix field at bottom.
alt+arrow down or
f4
Open webpages visited in the past when in address
bar. Includes Favorites and History. Navigate with
arrow keys and enter to visit.
delete or shift+dele
te
Delete past visited webpages from address bar
history (also see shortcut above).
Tabbed Browsing main
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.
Navigate Webpages in IE8
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 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 or 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 or 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.
Favorites, History and Search
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 or f3 Open find window. Press escape to exit.
main for Privacy Settings
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.
Manage IE8 Windows
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.
Instant Search
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.
The Rest
alt+p Print the current webpage.
f12 Open Developer Tools.
ctrl+o or 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.


http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/Internet-Explorer_8.pdf
Internet Explorer 8 Shortcuts
Platform: Windows/English


http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/Internet-Explorer_8.pdf

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