I was sitting next to a coworker once and watched him close a tab by hunting for the tiny “x” with his mouse. I reached over, pressed Ctrl+W, and the tab disappeared. He stared at me like I had performed magic. These are the shortcuts that make people think you are a wizard.

Tab Management

• Ctrl+T — New tab
• Ctrl+W — Close current tab
• Ctrl+Shift+T — Reopen the tab you just closed by accident (this one saves lives)
• Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 — Jump to that tab number. Ctrl+9 jumps to the last tab.
• Ctrl+Shift+N — Incognito window (great for checking how a website looks when you are not logged in)

Navigation That Feels Like Flying

• Ctrl+L — Jump to the address bar. Your hands never leave the keyboard.
• Ctrl+Enter — Type “tipsplaza” in the address bar, press Ctrl+Enter, and it auto-completes to “www.tipsplaza.com”. Works for any domain.
• Space bar — Scroll down one full page. Shift+Space scrolls up.
• Ctrl+F — Search within the page. You probably know this one but are you using it enough?

The Power User Move

Right-click a link and select “Open link in new tab” — or just click the link with your mouse wheel. Middle-click opens any link in a new background tab. Once you start doing this, you will never go back. Also: Ctrl+D bookmarks the current page. I bookmark articles I want to read later and close the tab immediately — it keeps my browser from turning into a graveyard of 40 open tabs.