Microsoft Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys
This is a listing of Microsoft Internet Explorer shortcut keys. Some keys are only supported on the new versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The shortcut keys below are very useful when you use on Microsoft Internet Explorer often, especially when you perform a web search on multiple internet explorer windows. A quick refresh might be necessary every once in a while, or opening a new window faster with a shortcut key.
Use this trick at your own risk.
| Shortcut | Description |
| F5 | Refresh current page, frame, or tab. |
| F11 | Display the current website in full screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode. |
| Backspace | Back a page. |
| Alt + Left Arrow | Back a page. |
| Alt + Right Arrow | Forward a page. |
| Ctrl + I | Display the saved favorites. |
| Ctrl + N | Open New browser window. |
| Ctrl + P | Print current page / frame. |
| Spacebar | Moves down a page at a time. |
| Shift + Spacebar | Moves up a page at a time. |
| Tab | Moves from one link to another. |
| Shift + Tab | Moves backward from one link to another. |
| Esc | Stop page or download from loading. |
| Ctrl + (- or +) | Increase or decrease the font size, pressing '-' will decrease and '+' will increase. |
| Ctrl + Enter | Auto complete a url address. For example, type thecomputricks in the address bar and press CTRL + ENTER to get http://www.hackervikas.com. |
| Ctrl + D | Add the current page to favorite. |
| Alt + Down arrow | Display all previous text entered in a text box. |
The followings are some mouse shortcuts for Microsoft Internet Explorer
| Shortcut | Description |
| Ctrl + Wheel down | Increase font size |
| Ctrl + Wheel down | Decrease font size |
| Click then Shift+Click | Click at one point of the page, then go to another point hold shift and click will create a selection from the two points |
| Double-click | On a word, will select the word. |
| Triple-click | Selects the entire line of text. |
| Wheel click | With some wheel mouse, you can click on the wheel and move the mouse to scroll the page smoothly |
