Internet Explorer 8 Shortcuts

1. Basic Navigation and Address Bar
2. Tabbed Browsing main
3. Navigate Webpages in IE8
4. Favorites, History and Search
5. main for Privacy Settings
6. Manage IE8 Windows
7. Instant Search
8. The Rest

   1 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 orshift+delete	Delete past visited webpages from address bar history (also see shortcut above).

   2 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.

   3 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+spaceworks 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 orspace	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.

   4 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 andshift+alt to move items up or down in list.
ctrl+f or f3	Open find window. Press escape to exit.

   5 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.

   6 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).
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.

   7 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.

   8 The Rest

alt+p	Print the current webpage.
f12	Open Developer Tools.
ctrl+o orctrl+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.