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Keyboard shortcuts are a great productivity tool, especially for people whose workflows involve a lot of typing. Instead of reaching out for your mouse, you can quickly press a sequence of keys to execute a command, thus speeding things up and making the workflow more convenient. However, discovering useful shortcuts in your favorite apps is not a straightforward process. Some time ago, I published a list of the top 10 Windows 11 shortcuts I cannot use my PC without. Now, it is time for Microsoft Edge. Here are my top 10 favorite keyboard shortcuts in the Edge browser. 1. Ctrl + Shift + L: Paste and Go This shortcut is a three-in-one shortcut: it sets the focus to the address bar, pastes what is in the clipboard, and "presses" Enter, allowing you to do a search or navigate to the copied website address with a single press of just three keys. Very convenient. The only thing I am not a fan of is the fact that the shortcut only works for the current tab instead of opening a new one. However, you can bypass this limitation by pressing Ctrl + T to open a new tab and then hitting Ctrl + Shift + L. 2. Tab navigation Microsoft Edge has a few shortcuts for quick tab navigation, which can save you time when switching between tabs: Ctrl + Tab: switch to the next tab Ctrl + Shift + Tab: switch to the previous tab Ctrl + 1 / 2 / 3: switch to the first, second, third, etc, tab. Note that if you have over 9 tabs open, pressing Ctrl + 9 switches to the last tab instead of the ninth tab. 3. Tab actions You can open new tabs, close tabs, re-open closed tabs, and do a lot more with your Microsoft Edge tabs without touching your mouse. Here are the shortcuts for some of the most common actions: Ctrl + T: open a new tab. Ctrl + Shift + T: re-open the last closed tab. Keep pressing this shortcut to re-open other recently closed tabs. Ctrl + W: close tab Ctrl + M: mute tab Ctrl + D: bookmark tab Ctrl + N: open a new window Ctrl + Shift + N: open a new InPrivate window 4. Alt + 😧 Set focus on the address bar If you want to quickly navigate to another website or perform a web search without opening a new tab, press Alt + D and type whatever you want. This shortcut sets the focus on the address bar, also allowing you to copy the current tab's address. Bonus: use the Ctrl + E shortcut to focus on the address bar in search mode. 5. Ctrl + Enter: add www or .com This handy shortcut can auto-add www or .com to anything you type into the address bar. For example, you can type "microsoft" and press Ctrl + Enter to turn it into www.microsoft.com. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to do the same but in a new browser window. 6. Browser sections Downloads, history, favorites, and other sections of the Edge browser have dedicated shortcuts for quick access. Also, the browser automatically sets focus to the first item in each menu for keyboard navigation using arrow keys. Ctrl + H: history. Tip: use Ctrl + Shift + Delete to delete your browsing data quickly. Ctrl + J: downloads Ctrl + Shift + O: favorites 7. Alt + Arrow keys: navigation You can navigate back or forward to the previous or next page by pressing Alt + Left Arrow (go back) or Alt + Right Arrow (go forward). 8. Ctrl + Shift + S: screenshot Did you know that Microsoft Edge has a built-in screenshot utility? You can capture something on the page and annotate the screenshot. Alternatively, the tool lets you use the captured image to visual search—handy when you need to look something up on the internet. 9. Ctrl + G / Ctrl + Shift G: toggle between search results Probably everyone knows that Ctrl + F triggers the "Find on page" feature. But did you know that you can move between matches with the Ctrl + G and Ctrl + Shift + G shortcuts? Press Ctrl + G to move to the next match or press Ctrl + Shift + G to go to the previous one. 10. Favorites In addition to Ctrl + Shift + O, which opens the favorites panel, you can use the following shortcuts to work with your bookmarks: Ctrl + Shift + B: show or hide the favorites bar (below the address bar) Ctrl + Shift + D: add all currently open tabs to favorites in a new folder Ctrl + D: add the current tab to favorites If the 10 useful shortcuts for Microsoft Edge from this article are not enough, you can always refer to this Microsoft page listing more shortcuts on Windows and macOS. Source Hope you enjoyed this news post. Thank you for appreciating my time and effort posting news every day for many years. News posts... 2023: 5,800+ | 2024: 5,700+ | 2025 (till end of February): 874 RIP Matrix | Farewell my friend

Do more in less time with our pick of keyboard shortcuts. Getting around Windows 11 is a lot easier if you know a keyboard shortcut or five. You can then speed through tasks and across apps without having to fumble around for the mouse and trackpad (or even take your eyes off the screen). These are some of my favorites that I turn to again and again on a daily basis. From helping you go between apps more quickly to navigating your system, there should be at least something here for everyone. Get a closer look Need to see something on-screen at a larger scale? Hold down the Win key and then tap + (the plus key) to launch the Magnifier utility. You can then tap the same shortcut again to carry on zooming in or use Win and - (the minus key) to zoom out. See apps across desktops Windows 11 lets you set up multiple desktops as a way of separating programs out — your personal stuff and your work stuff, for example — and the Win+Tab shortcut acts as a supercharged Alt+Tab, cycling through all of the apps on all of your desktops. Access the clipboard history The old Ctrl+V paste shortcut is old news now. All the cool kids have moved on to Win+V, which opens up the Windows 11 clipboard history panel. From there, you can copy any of the last 25 items that were copied or cut to the clipboard. Win+V opens up the Windows 11 clipboard history panel. Show the Windows desktop There are all kinds of reasons to quickly jump to the desktop and minimize all open windows — maybe the boss is walking past, or you’re on a secret shopping mission for your partner and they just got home. A tap of Win+D will do the job. Refresh a webpage Checking sports scores or eBay auctions? If your keyboard comes with a row of function keys attached, you can tap F5 to refresh the webpage you’re currently looking at in any browser on Windows 11, so there’s no need to click the refresh icon in the toolbar. If the function keys do double duty on your keyboard (for media playback and volume, for instance), you’ll also need the Fn key to make sure the function keys take priority. On some keyboards, the Fn key needs to be held down, and on others, the Fn key toggles the function keys on and off. Bring back a tab Don’t panic if you’ve accidentally closed a web browser tab that you actually really need because the Ctrl+Shift+T shortcut will bring it back again for you. Keep tapping it to bring back even more tabs from your browsing history. Zoom in or out Here’s another option for zooming: hold down Ctrl+Alt and then tap the + (plus) key to zoom in or the - (minus) key to zoom out. This shortcut is useful because it works in a variety of different applications, including just about any web browser and the Windows 11 File Explorer, where it makes thumbnail icons smaller or larger. If you can’t find your reading glasses, hit Ctrl+Alt and then tap the plus key to zoom in. Keep on scrolling Once you’ve mastered zooming, you can do some scrolling as well. Tapping Space will scroll down page by page in just about every web browser out there. If you want to go in the other direction, use Shift+Space. Go full screen with your apps Windows 11 can run apps in full-screen mode just like macOS, but it’s not obvious how to do it — the option doesn’t appear among the icons in the top-right corner of each window. F11 is the keyboard shortcut you need, letting you focus on one app at a time. Go straight to the Start menu(s) The Start menu is the jumping-off point for everything on Windows 11, and Ctrl+Esc gets you straight there. There’s also a “secret” Start menu with links to the key areas of the operating system that you can get at with Win+X. There’s a “secret” Start menu with links to the key areas of the operating system that you can get at with Win+X. Snap a screenshot If you want to skip the Snipping Tool that pops up when you hit PrtSc, use Win+PrtSc. It sends a PNG of the whole screen to your Pictures folder (inside Screenshots) and copies it to the clipboard. Use Alt+PrtSc to just capture the current active window instead, and then use Ctrl-V to paste it into a document. Navigate around File Explorer If you’re using File Explorer to browse files, there are keyboard shortcuts that can help here, too. Use Backspace or Alt+Left to go to the previously viewed folder, Alt+Right to go back in the other direction, and Alt+Up to go to the parent folder. Skip the Recycle Bin If you want to make sure something is truly deleted and not hanging around in the Recycle Bin for a few days before being wiped, use the Shift+Delete shortcut in File Explorer with the relevant files selected. Use the Shift+Delete shortcut in File Explorer to bypass the Recycle Bin. Rename one or more files F2 is really useful for renaming files in File Explorer. If you have multiple files selected (Ctrl+click) or all the files in the folder selected (Ctrl+A), you can press F2 to give them all the same name with sequential numbers attached. Undo an undo Ctrl+Z to undo the last action is one of the most well-known shortcuts there is, but not everyone knows you can use Ctrl+Y to cycle back the other way — to undo the undo, or multiple undos, if that’s what’s happened. It’s very handy for the indecisive. There’s plenty more to explore as well. In the past, we’ve mentioned keyboard shortcuts for opening LinkedIn and Microsoft programs, typing special characters, pasting text as plaintext, finding your mouse cursor, pausing the Task Manager, and using Markdown to format text in Google Docs. Source