

| Shortcut | Command | How useful(?) |
General Internet Explorer 8 | ||
| F11 | Turn Full Screen Mode on or off | + – |
| TAB | Cycle through the Address Bar, Refresh button, Search Box, and items on a web page | + – |
| CTRL+F | Find a word or phrase on a page | + – |
| CTRL+N | Open the current webpage in a new window | + – |
| CTRL+P | Print the page | + – |
| CTRL+A | Select all items on the page | + – |
| CTRL+PLUS | Zoom in | + – |
| CTRL+MINUS | Zoom out | + – |
| CTRL+0 | Zoom to 100% | + – |
Navigation shortcuts Internet Explorer 8 | |||
| ALT+HOME | Go to home page | + – | |
| ALT+LEFT | Go backward | + – | |
| ALT+RIGHT | Go forward | + – | |
| F5 | Refresh page | + – | |
| CTRL+F5 | Refresh page and the cache | + – | |
| ESC | Stop downloading page | + – | |
Favorites Center shortcuts Internet Explorer 8 | |||
| CTRL+I | Open Favorites | + – | |
| CTRL+SHFT+I | Open Favorites in pinned mode | + – | |
| CTRL+B | Organize Favorites | + – | |
| CTRL+D | Add current page to Favorites | + – | |
| CTRL+J | Open Feeds | + – | |
| CTRL+SHFT+J | Open Feeds in pinned mode | + – | |
| CTRL+H | Open History | + – | |
| CTRL+SHFT+H | Open History in pinned mode | + – | |
Tab shortcuts Internet Explorer 8 | |||
| Middle mouse button or CTRL+left mouse button | Open link in new background tab | + – | |
| CTRL+SHFT+left mouse button or CTRL+SHFT+middle mouse button | Open link in new foreground tab | + – | |
| Middle mouse button on the tab or CTRL+W | Close tab (closes window if only one tab is open) | + – | |
| CTRL+Q | Open Quick Tab view | + – | |
| CTRL+T | Open new tab | + – | |
| CTRL+SHFT+Q | View list of open tabs | + – | |
| CTRL+TAB | Switch to next tab | + – | |
| CTRL+SHFT+TAB | Switch to previous tab | + – | |
Address Bar shortcuts Internet Explorer 8 | |||
| ALT+D | Select the Address Bar | + – | |
| CTRL+ENTER | Add http://www. to the beginning and .com to the end of text in Address Bar | + – | |
| CTRL+SHFT+ENTER | Add http://www. to the beginning and the website address suffix you have specified to the end of text in the Address Bar* | + – | |
| ALT+ENTER | Open the website address that is typed in the Address Bar in new tab | + – | |
| F4 | View list of previously typed addresses | + – | |
Instant Search Box Internet Explorer 8 | |||
| CTRL+E | Select the Instant Search Box | + – | |
| CTRL+DOWN | View list of search providers | + – | |
| ALT+ENTER | Open search results in new tab | + – | |