Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys

This is a listing of Microsoft Internet Explorer shortcut keys. Some keys are only supported on the new versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The shortcut keys below are very useful when you use on Microsoft Internet Explorer often, especially when you perform a web search on multiple internet explorer windows. A quick refresh might be necessary every once in a while, or opening a new window faster with a shortcut key.

Shortcut Keys of Internet Explorer

F5

( Refresh current page, frame, or tab. )

F11

Display the current website in full screen mode.

PressingF11

again will exit this mode.

Backspace

Back a page.

Alt + Left Arrow Back a page.

Alt + Right Arrow

Forward a page.

Ctrl + I

Display the saved favorites.

Ctrl + N

Open New browser window.

Ctrl + P

Print current page / frame.

Spacebar

Moves down a page at a time.

Shift + Spacebar

Moves up a page at a time.

Tab

Moves from one link to another.

Shift + Tab

Moves backward from one link to another.

Esc

Stop page or download from loading.

Ctrl + (- or +)

Increase or decrease the font size, pressing '-' will decrease and '+' will increase.

Ctrl + Enter

Auto complete a url address. For example, type thecomputricks in the address bar and press

CTRL + ENTER

to get http://www.googlenetinfo.blogspot.com. not required to www.googlenetinfo.com only type in googlenetinfo after press the CTRL + ENTER at the same time

Ctrl + D

Add the current page to favorite.

Alt + Down arrow

Display all previous text entered in a text box.

Mouse shortcuts for Internet Explorer

Ctrl + Wheel down

Increase font size

Ctrl + Wheel down

Decrease font size

Click then Shift+Click

Click at one point of the page, then go to another point hold shift and click will create a selection from the two points

Double-click

On a word, will select the word.

Triple-click

Selects the entire line of text.

Wheel click

With some wheel mouse, you can click on the wheel and move the mouse to scroll the page smoothly