Yes, I hear you! Though it’s quite fast to use a mouse,
there’s still faster way to browse the net using keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard
shortcuts are 60% faster than using a mouse, that’s according to productivity
experts.
Okay then, let’s get to it! Here are top five shortcuts that
work in all the major browsers namely: Explorer, Safari, Chrome and Firefox.
Careful though, while these tricks work in all browsers, on
a Mac, you may need to use the Command key instead of Control.
1st Shortcut: Move Quickly Between Tabs
Control-Tab
There were times that you are browsing through the net with
different browsers right? If you need to move between multiple web pages,
working in multiple tabs is faster than multiple windows. Why? Because
Control-Tab lets you fly through all your tabs. The thing is, you can easily
choose any task by pressing Control-Tab, trust me on this!
2nd Shortcut: Reopening a Tab You Just Closed
Control-Shift-T
Sometimes you’re moving so fast online that you accidentally
close a tab. You have opened so many windows where there’s littlest room for
all of them, then you wanted to visit one window you’ve opened a while ago but
accidentally closed it, wow, that can be frustrating, particularly if the page
you just closed had some crazy, hard-to-remember URL. Fear not. Control-Shift-T
reopens the last closed tab. I wonder what site you always accidentally closed
when someone came all of a sudden!
3rd Shortcut: Zooming In
Control-+
Then again, what would you probably want to zoom in this
time! Hmmm… Perhaps you want to see some detail on a webpage more clearly? Ow
you can’t read as the font is too small? No problem. To zoom in, hit Control
and the plus key (if your keyboard has the + sign on the same key as the =
sign, you do not need to hit Shift as well). To zoom out, use Control and the
minus key.
Spacebar
Sometimes you get to a really long web page, and you want to
scroll, but using a mouse or the scroll bar on the right side of the browser
frame can be tedious. Instead, try the Spacebar. Every time you hit it, the web
page will scroll down one frame. To move one frame up on the page, use Shift
and Spacebar.
5th Shortcut: Fast Find
Control-F
I always encounter this everytime I try to edit something
from HTML. If you don’t want to wade through the whole page to find what you’re
looking for, use the Control-F shortcut. It opens a little search bar at the
top of the browser window. Type in the keyword you’re looking for, and it will
list how many times it appears on the page. Then click on the arrow to the
right of that new search box, and the page will advance to the next point at
which that keyword appears. Then that instant, you’ll knew these shortcuts are
of great help.
Cheerio!
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