While you’re spending time browsing the web on your mobile devices, chances are you’re probably using a laptop or desktop computer for your work projects.
Over the years, you’ve probably developed your own set of keyboard shortcuts to quickly navigate browser windows and tabs.
Wouldn’t it be nice to know more shortcuts to streamline your work? How about if you knew a shortcut to restore the last browser tab you closed?
Or how about stopping a distracting animated GIF?
This infographic from Visualistan offers nine shortcuts to save you time and effort as you browse the web. Most are common keyboard shortcuts you’ll be able to use across all browsers, but some may only work on Chrome.
I knew the shortcut for switching between applications, but was glad to discover there’s a similar shortcut for switching between browser tabs.
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Source: Visualistan
Save Time With These 9 Browser Shortcuts
- A shortcut to any website.
Whatever you type into the URL bar can be surrounded by www. and .com by pressing CTRL + Enter on Windows. - A shortcut to highlighting a URL. CTRL + L on Windows (Command + L on Mac) will highlight the address bar in Chrome, Opera, and Firefox.
- How to do a reverse image search.
Press and hold “S” and right click an image to do reverse image search in Chrome. - How to restore a closed tab in a browser.
Pressing CTRL + Shift + T on Windows (Command + Shift + T on Mac) opens up the last tab you mistakenly closed. This is a godsend. - How to switch between open windows.
Using ALT + Tab key on Windows (Command + Tab on Mac) lets you switch between open applications easily. - How to stop a distracting GIF.
On most occasions, pressing ESC will halt animated GIFs that are distracting. - Open an incognito window quickly.
You might be aware of the incognito window option, but it can be tedious to go through the options to enable it. Instead CTRL + Shift + N opens up an incognito-mode window on the Chrome browser quickly. - Clear cache with ease.
Press CTRL + Shift + R on Windows (Command + Shift + R on Mac) and then refresh the page. All cache will be cleared.
Do you use any of the nine shortcuts in your work? I’d love to hear what other browser shortcuts you like to use.
