Every browser supports tabs these days. With those tabs you open many different pages within one browser screen, so that your taskbar is not flooded with open windows. The more sites you visit, the greater the chance of losing overview. Therefore, here are some shortcuts for your browser that you want to know.
Some browsers also support something like tab groups. Then you group tabs that belong together. Handy for when you have to do research for your studies or when you collect information for specific clients. This way you always know what you are doing and why, and more importantly: which tabs belong to it. But managing those tabs, in groups or not, can be a challenge. That’s why we’re going back to basics and giving you some shortcuts that make using tabs in browser easier.
Shortcuts for your browser
As a Windows 11 or Windows 10 user, you can use the following shortcuts. These work in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge anyway, but other browsers may have slightly different shortcuts. In most cases this is not the case, fortunately.
- Ctrl + T: opens a new tab
- Ctrl + Tab: Switch to a tab to the right of the current sheet
- Ctrl + Shift + Tab: and this will take you to the tab on the left
- Ctrl + W: closes an active tab (make sure you also make sure the tab is active so you don’t accidentally close another tab on a second monitor)
- Ctrl + [een cijfer]: jumps to a specific tab (the number corresponds to the position of the tab relative to other tabs in your browser)
- Ctrl + Shift + T: opens a tab you just closed
- Ctrl + Shift + N: opens an incognito tab
- Ctrl + N: opens a new browser screen
- Ctrl + click on a link: opens a link in a new tab
Are you using an Apple Mac? Then the shortcuts for your browser sometimes work slightly differently. In many cases you then need the Command key.
- Command + T: opens a new tab
- Ctrl + Tab: Switch to a tab to the right of the current sheet
- Ctrl + Shift + Tab: and this will take you to the tab on the left
- Command + W: Closes an active tab (make sure the tab is active too, so you don’t accidentally close another tab on a second monitor)
- Command + [een cijfer]: jumps to a specific tab (the number corresponds to the position of the tab relative to other tabs in your browser)
- Ctrl + Shift + T: opens a tab you just closed
- Command + Shift + N: Opens an incognito tab
- Command + N: opens a new browser screen
- Command + click on a link: opens a link in a new tab
With these shortcuts for your browser you can navigate through the tabs faster and manage them much easier than if you have to do everything with the mouse.
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