Keyboard Shortcuts

Press this

To do this in Internet Explorer 7

Ctrl+click

Open links in a new tab in the background.

Ctrl+Shift+click

Open links in a new tab in the foreground.

Ctrl+T or double-click an empty

Open a new tab in the foreground space on the tab row.

Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab

Switch between tabs.

CTRL+W or ALT+F4

Close current tab (or current window when there are no open tabs).

Alt+Enter

Open a new tab in the foreground from the Address bar.

Ctrl+n (where n is a number

Switch to a specific tab number between 1 and 8.

Ctrl+9

Switch to the last tab.

Ctrl+Alt+F4

Close other tabs.

Ctrl+Q

Open Quick Tabs (thumbnail view).

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