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Keyboard Shortcuts
Press Page Down and Page Up to switch slides.
You can browse a lot faster using the keyboard, and this page gives you an overview of the available keyboard shortcuts. Some operations have multiple shortcuts; use those you find most convenient.
Note:
- ⌘ refers to the Apple key, also known as Command or Cmd.
- Alt and Option are the same key.
Standard keys
Movement
| Move one line up |
↑ |
| Move one line down |
↓ |
| Move one character to the right |
→ |
| Move one character to the left |
← |
| Move one screen-full up |
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| Move one screen-full down |
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| Move one screen-full to the left |
⌘ + Page Up |
| Move one screen-full to the right |
⌘ + Page Down |
| Go to top |
Home |
| Go to bottom |
End |
Focus
| Cycle focus within active context |
Tab and Shift + Tab |
| Activate |
Enter |
| Edit item properties |
⌘ + I |
| Exit context or cancel |
Esc |
| Display context menu |
⌘ + Shift + M |
System keys
| Open file |
⌘ + O |
| Save copy of page |
⌘ + S |
| Save copy of page with all images and elements |
⌘ + Alt + S |
| Print page |
⌘ + P |
| Close Opera |
⌘ + Q |
| Hide Opera |
⌘ + H |
| Minimize Opera |
⌘ + M |
Text keys
Editing
| Undo recent changes |
⌘ + Z |
| Redo recent changes |
⌘ + Y |
| Copy selection to clipboard |
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| Move selection to clipboard |
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| Paste from clipboard |
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| Copy selected text to "Notes" panel |
⌘ + Shift + C |
| Clear all |
⌘ + U |
| Select all |
⌘ + A |
| Delete selection (or character right of cursor) |
Delete |
| Delete selection (or character left of cursor) |
Backspace |
| Toggle text-style bold |
Ctrl + B |
| Toggle text-style italic |
Ctrl + I |
| Toggle text-style underline |
Ctrl + U |
UNIX editing keys
| Go to end of line |
Ctrl + E |
| Go to beginning of line |
Ctrl + A |
| Go to next character |
Ctrl + F |
| Go to previous character |
Ctrl + B |
| Go to next line |
Ctrl + N |
| Go to previous line |
Ctrl + P |
| Redo |
Ctrl + Y |
| Delete to end of line |
Ctrl + K |
| Delete |
Ctrl + D |
| Backspace |
Ctrl + H |
Find
| Find text |
⌘ + F |
| Find next instance of text |
⌘ + G |
| Find previous instance of text |
⌘ + Shift + G |
| Search for text in links in page (press Alt + F9 first to set focus on page) |
- , (comma)
- Shift + (numeric) /
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| Search for text in page (press Alt + F9 first to set focus on page) |
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Loading keys
Access
| Go to your home page |
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| Enter a Web address |
F2 |
| Paste and go in current or new tab |
⌘ + B |
| Paste and go in background tab |
⌘ + Shift + B |
| Speed Dial |
⌘ + 0-9 |
| Enter nickname for fast bookmark access |
Shift + F2 |
| Save page address as new bookmark |
⌘ + D |
| Save as new bookmark in active bookmark folder |
⌘ + Shift + D |
Transmission
| Reload (get latest version of) page |
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| Reload selected frame |
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| Reload all open pages |
- ⌘ + Shift + F5
- ⌘ + Alt + R
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| Stop page loading |
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Navigation keys
History
| Go to next page in history |
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| Go to previous page in history |
- Z
- ⌘ + ←
- Backspace
- Ctrl + [
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| Rewind |
Shift + Z |
| Fast Forward |
- Space
- Shift + X
- Shift + Backspace
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Site navigation
| Home |
⌘ + Shift + Space |
| Search |
⌘ + Shift + F |
| Previous |
⌘ + Shift + ← |
| Next |
⌘ + Shift + → |
| Up |
⌘ + Shift + Backspace |
Note:
These site navigation shortcuts only work on pages with elements like <link rel="home" href="index.html"/>.
To remove the last part of any Web address (such as a sub-directory) and go to that address, press ⌘ + Backspace.
Display modes
| Load and display all images |
I |
| Toggle loading of images |
Shift + I |
| Toggle between "Author mode" and "User mode" |
Shift + G |
| Preview page as if printed |
Shift + P |
| Use entire screen for browsing |
Alt + F11 |
| Toggle "Fit to width" |
⌘ + F11 |
| Pretend to be small-screen device |
Shift + Alt + F11 |
Source
| View page source |
⌘ + F3 |
| View source of active frame |
Alt + F3 |
| Validate source of active page or frame |
⌘ + Alt + V |
| Validate source of active page or frame in the background |
⌘ + Alt + Shift + V |
Zooming
| Increase zoom % by steps of 10 |
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| Decrease zoom % by steps of 10 |
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| Increase zoom % by steps of 100 (1000% is maximum) |
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| Decrease zoom % by steps of 100 (20% is minimum) |
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| Restore zoom to 100% |
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Link keys
| Select next link in page |
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| Select previous link in page |
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| Follow selected link |
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| Open selected link in new tab |
⌘ + Enter
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| Open selected link in background tab |
- ⌘ + Shift + Enter
- ⌘ + Shift + Space
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| Save selected link as new bookmark |
⌘ + Shift + D |
| Copy selected link address |
⌘ + Alt + C |
| Save link target (such as document or image) |
⌘ + Shift + S |
Spatial navigation keys
| Navigate between links and form elements |
Shift + ← ↑ → ↓ |
| Cycle through headers in page |
S and W |
| Cycle through elements in page |
D and E |
| Cycle through frames in page |
3 and Shift + 3 |
Tip:
The combination of the Shift key and arrow keys is the fastest way of moving around a Web page when wanting to locate links and Web form elements.
| Log in/autofill form using the Wand |
Ctrl + Enter |
| Go to next element in form |
Tab |
| Go to previous element in form |
Shift + Tab |
| Select form element |
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Access keys
| Toggle HTML access keys |
Shift + Esc |
| Enter HTML access keys |
A-Z and 0-9 |
Page keys: basics
| Browse in new tab |
⌘ + T |
| Browse in duplicate of active tab |
⌘ + Alt + Shift + N |
| Close active tab |
⌘ + W |
| Close active application window |
⌘ + Shift+ W |
| Close all open tabs |
⌘ + Alt + W |
| Close all open tabs except active |
⌘ + Shift + Alt + W |
| Undo closing tab |
⌘ + Alt + Z |
Application windows
| Browse in new application window |
⌘ + N |
| Close application window |
⌘ + Shift + W |
Tab keys: switching
| Cycle to next tab (defaults to recently used order) |
- Alt + Tab
- Alt + Page Down
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| Cycle to previous tab (defaults to recently used order) |
- Alt + Shift + Tab
- Alt + Page Up
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| Switch to previous tab on tab bar |
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| Switch to next tab on tab bar |
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Panel keys: activation
| Toggle last active panel with panel selector |
F4 |
| Toggle last active panel |
Shift + F4 |
| Activate panels for keyboard navigation |
F7 |
| Expand all folders/views in panel |
Shift + → |
| Collapse all folders/views in panel |
Shift + ← |
| Open "Search" panel |
Ctrl + 1 |
| Open "Bookmarks" panel |
Ctrl + 2 |
| Open "Mail" panel |
Ctrl + 3 |
| Open "Contacts" panel |
Ctrl + 4 |
| Open "Chat" panel |
Ctrl + 5 |
| Open "Notes" panel |
Ctrl + 6 |
| Open "Transfers" panel |
Ctrl + 7 |
| Open "History" panel |
Ctrl + 8 |
| Open "Links" panel |
Ctrl + 9 |
| Open "Windows" panel |
Ctrl + 0 |
Panel keys: actions
Bookmarks
| Open bookmark |
Enter |
| Open bookmark in new tab |
⌘ + Enter |
| Open bookmark in background tab |
⌘ + Shift + Enter |
Mail
| Mark all e-mail in selected view as read |
⌘ + Shift + A |
Contacts
| Show messages associated with contact |
Enter |
| Compose message to contact |
Shift + Enter |
Transfers
| Open transferred file |
Enter |
Preferences
| Edit your preferences |
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| Quickly edit most popular preferences |
Alt + F12 |
| Edit browser appearance |
Shift +Alt + F12 |
Bars
| Toggle scroll bars |
⌘ + F7 |
| Toggle address bar |
⌘ + F8 |
Address bar keys
| Ctrl + Enter |
Autocomplete Web address, by default adds "www." and ".com" |
| Alt + ↓ |
Show autocomplete drop-down list |
| Esc |
Close drop-down list |
Focus keys
| Set focus to Web page (to enable keyboard navigation) |
Alt + F9 |
| Set focus to address field |
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| Set focus to search field |
Shift + F8 |
| Set focus to personal bar |
Shift + F7 |
| Restore original address in address field and set focus to page |
Esc |
Manager pages
| Manage bookmarks |
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| Manage e-mail |
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| Manage contacts |
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| Manage notes |
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| Manage transfers |
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| Manage history |
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| Manage links |
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E-mail keys: reading and sending
Basics
| Check e-mail |
⌘ + K |
| Write new message |
⌘ + E |
| Save message draft (continue later) |
⌘ + S |
| Upload queued messages to mail server |
⌘ + Shift + K |
| Send composed message |
⌘ + Shift + S |
Navigation
| Go to next message |
J |
| Go to previous message |
U |
| Go to next unread message |
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| Go to previous unread message |
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| Move one screen-full up |
Shift + Space |
| Move one screen-full down, then go to next unread |
Space |
| Scroll up in message body (even if focus on message list) |
Alt + ↑ |
| Scroll down in message body (even if focus on message list) |
Alt + ↓ |
| Set focus to message list |
F8 |
| Set focus to message |
F9 |
Threads
| Expand all threads |
Shift + → |
| Collapse all threads |
Shift + ← |
| Mark thread as read |
M |
| Mark thread as read, go to next unread |
N |
E-mail keys: managing
Marking
| Mark selected message as read |
K |
| Mark selected message as read, and go to next unread e-mail |
G |
| Mark selected message as read, and go to previous unread e-mail |
T |
| Mark selected message as unread |
Shift + K |
| Mark all messages in active view as read |
⌘ + Shift + A |
Responding
| Reply to message |
R |
| Reply to all recipients of message, including sender |
Shift + R |
| Forward message |
F |
| Redirect message |
D |
| Continue editing message (Drafts, Outbox, and Sent views) |
Enter |
| Focus "Quick reply" field |
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Handling
| Save sender's address as new contact |
A |
| Save attachments |
Shift + S |
| Label message (for example important or funny) |
L, 1-7 |
| View all messages associated with sender |
E |
| Copy raw message data to clipboard |
C |
Viewing
| Toggle different layout of message list and message body |
I |
Chat keys
| Download and list available rooms on chat server |
⌘ + Alt + J |
| Type name of chat room to join |
⌘ + Shift + J |
| Set focus to chat input field |
Alt +Shift + F9 |
Help keys
| Open Opera's help window |
Help or ⌘ + ? |
| Search while viewing help page |
⌘ + F |
More information
Learn more about using the keyboard.
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