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Internet Explorer 9's most useful keyboard shortcuts
Microsoft has been at pains to point out just how slimline the IE9 interface is -- it's a whole six pixels more svelte than Chrome! -- but its minimalistic sparseness comes at a price: you need a magnifying glass to see the buttons, and almost everything is hidden behind at least two or three mouse clicks.Fortunately, there's plenty of keyboard shortcuts:
- Alt+C -- pop open the Favorites/Feeds/History window
- Alt+X -- pop open the Tools (Cog icon) menu
- Alt+Left/Right -- move back/forward through your history
- Ctrl+L -- sets your keyboard focus to the One Bar (address bar), and selects the current URL (ripe for Ctrl+C!)
- Ctrl+Shift+L -- if you have a URL in your clipboard, this shortcut loads it; if you have a text string in your clipboard, it searches your default search engine for it (very cool)
- Ctrl+D -- add the current page to your Favorites (bookmarks)
- Ctrl+B -- organize your Favorites
- Ctrl+J -- opens the Download Manager
- Ctrl+K -- duplicates your current tab
- Ctrl+Alt+P -- pop open an InPrivate Browsing window
- Alt+N -- give focus to the new bottom-hugging Notification bar (then Enter for the first button, or Esc to dismiss it)
- F12 -- open the (fantastic) developer console (and once it's open, and has focus, Alt+7/8/9/Q changes the rendering mode)
For more IE9 tips, see our tips index, or read our complete IE9 guide.
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsNyaRFeb 16th 2011 6:17PM
HOW ABOUT ALT+F4 HAHA
Sebastian AnthonyFeb 16th 2011 6:26PM
@NyaR You won't believe it, but a random guy with the email address "downloadopera@opera.com" responded with exactly the same comment. But unfortunately, real email addresses are required to approve comments :)
NyaRFeb 16th 2011 6:28PM
@Sebastian Anthony
Good thing I saved the day or this shortcut would remain unknown.
Sebastian AnthonyFeb 16th 2011 6:35PM
@NyaR You are a modern-day Mother Teresa.
BatmanMar 15th 2011 12:39AM
Love this browser, but STILL no spell check? At this point it seems as though they are making a conscious decision to exclude the feature. Anyone have a clue as to why?
Sebastian AnthonyMar 15th 2011 5:44AM
@Batman Yeah, tell me about it.
There are a couple of good add-ons, though (I'm going to write about one later today, hopefully!)
KoviMar 15th 2011 5:56AM
It would be good if the shortcut keys were toggleable, i.e. after pressing ALT+X once to open favorites, pressing it again would close favorites.