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Internet Explorer 8 keyboard shortcuts  Internet Explorer 8


  List of shortcut keys
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General

Internet Explorer 8

F11Turn Full Screen Mode on or off +       –
TABCycle through the Address Bar, Refresh button, Search Box, and items on a web page +       –
CTRL+FFind a word or phrase on a page +       –
CTRL+NOpen the current webpage in a new window +       –
CTRL+PPrint the page +       –
CTRL+ASelect all items on the page +       –
CTRL+PLUSZoom in +       –
CTRL+MINUSZoom out +       –
CTRL+0Zoom to 100% +       –
 
Navigation shortcuts

Internet Explorer 8

ALT+HOMEGo to home page +       –
ALT+LEFTGo backward +       –
ALT+RIGHTGo forward +       –
F5Refresh page +       –
CTRL+F5Refresh page and the cache +       –
ESCStop downloading page +       –
 
Favorites Center shortcuts

Internet Explorer 8

CTRL+IOpen Favorites +       –
CTRL+SHFT+IOpen Favorites in pinned mode +       –
CTRL+BOrganize Favorites +       –
CTRL+DAdd current page to Favorites +       –
CTRL+JOpen Feeds +       –
CTRL+SHFT+JOpen Feeds in pinned mode +       –
CTRL+HOpen History +       –
CTRL+SHFT+HOpen History in pinned mode +       –
 
Tab shortcuts

Internet Explorer 8

Middle mouse button or CTRL+left mouse buttonOpen link in new background tab +       –
CTRL+SHFT+left mouse button or CTRL+SHFT+middle mouse buttonOpen link in new foreground tab +       –
Middle mouse button on the tab or CTRL+WClose tab (closes window if only one tab is open) +       –
CTRL+QOpen Quick Tab view +       –
CTRL+TOpen new tab +       –
CTRL+SHFT+QView list of open tabs +       –
CTRL+TABSwitch to next tab +       –
CTRL+SHFT+TABSwitch to previous tab +       –
 
Address Bar shortcuts

Internet Explorer 8

ALT+DSelect the Address Bar +       –
CTRL+ENTERAdd http://www. to the beginning and .com to the end of text in Address Bar +       –
CTRL+SHFT+ENTERAdd http://www. to the beginning and the website address suffix you have specified to the end of text in the Address Bar* +       –
ALT+ENTEROpen the website address that is typed in the Address Bar in new tab +       –
F4View list of previously typed addresses +       –
 
Instant Search Box

Internet Explorer 8

CTRL+ESelect the Instant Search Box +       –
CTRL+DOWNView list of search providers +       –
ALT+ENTEROpen search results in new tab +       –
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