Keyboard Shortcuts

Press this

To do this

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 space on the tab row

Open a new tab in the foreground

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 between 1 and 8)

Switch to a specific tab number

Ctrl+9

Switch to the last tab

Ctrl+Alt+F4

Close other tabs

Ctrl+Q

Open Quick Tabs (thumbnail view)

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