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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.

Tip: Pressing Alt Gr is the same as pressing Ctrl+Alt.

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	Page Up Shift + Space
Move one screen-full down	Page Down Space
Move one screen-full to the left	Ctrl + Page Up
Move one screen-full to the right	Ctrl + 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	Alt + Enter Ctrl + I
Exit context or cancel	Esc
Display context (right-click) menu	Ctrl + M

System keys

Open file	Ctrl + O
Save copy of page	Ctrl + S
Save copy of page with all images and elements	Ctrl + Alt + S
Print page	Ctrl + P
Close Opera	Ctrl + Q
Hide Opera	Ctrl + H

Text keys

Editing

Undo recent changes	Ctrl + Z
Redo recent changes	Ctrl + Y
Copy selection to clipboard	Ctrl + C Ctrl + Insert
Move selection to clipboard	Ctrl + X Shift + Delete
Paste from clipboard	Ctrl + V Shift + Insert
Copy selected text to "Notes" panel	Ctrl + Shift + C
Copy text in clipboard to "Notes" panel	Ctrl + Shift + V
Clear all	Ctrl + U
Select all	Ctrl + 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

Find

Find text	Ctrl + F
Find next instance of text	Ctrl + G F3
Find previous instance of text	Ctrl + Shift + G Shift + F3
Search for text in links in page (press F9 first to set focus on page)	, (comma) Shift + (numeric) /
Search for text in page (press F9 first to set focus on page)	. (period) (numeric) /

Loading keys

Access

Go to your home page	Ctrl + Space Alt + Home
Enter a Web address	F2
Paste and go in current or new tab	Ctrl + B
Paste and go in background tab	Ctrl + Shift + B
Enter nickname for fast bookmark access	Shift + F2
Save page address as new bookmark	Ctrl + D
Save as new bookmark in active bookmark folder	Ctrl + Shift + D

Transmission

Reload (get latest version of) page	Ctrl + R F5
Reload selected frame	Alt + F5 Ctrl + Shift + R
Reload all open pages	Ctrl + F5 Ctrl + Alt + R
Stop page loading	Esc
Read selected text using voice function	V
Cancel current voice prompt	Esc

History

Go to next page in history	X Ctrl + → Alt + → Ctrl + ]
Go to previous page in history	Z Ctrl + ← Alt + ← Backspace Ctrl + [
Rewind	Shift + Z
Fast Forward	Space Shift + X Shift + Backspace
Show entire forward history	Alt + X
Show entire backward history	Alt + Z

Site navigation

Home	Ctrl + Shift + Space
Search	Ctrl + Shift + F
Previous	Ctrl + Shift + ←
Next	Ctrl + Shift + →
Up	Ctrl + 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 Ctrl + 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	F11
Toggle "Fit to width"	Ctrl + F11
Pretend to be small-screen device	Shift + F11

Source

View page source	Ctrl + F3
View source of active frame	Alt + F3
Validate source of active page or frame	Ctrl + Alt + V
Validate source of active page or frame in the background	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V

Zooming

Tip: Enable the numeric keypad on your keyboard by pressing Num Lock.

Increase zoom % by steps of 10	Numeric + 0
Decrease zoom % by steps of 10	Numeric - 9
Increase zoom % by steps of 100 (1000% is maximum)	Ctrl + Numeric + 8
Decrease zoom % by steps of 100 (20% is minimum)	Ctrl + Numeric - 7
Restore zoom to 100%	Numeric * 6

Link keys

Select next link in page	A Ctrl + ↓
Select previous link in page	Q Ctrl + ↑
Follow selected link	Enter Space
Open selected link in new tab	Shift + Enter Shift + Space
Open selected link in background tab	Ctrl + Shift + Enter Ctrl + Shift + Space
Save selected link as new bookmark	Ctrl + Shift + D
Copy selected link address	Ctrl + Alt + C
Save link target (such as document or image)	Ctrl + 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.

Form keys

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	Space Enter
Left-adjust text in form	Ctrl + L
Right-adjust text in form	Ctrl + R

Access keys

Toggle HTML access keys	Shift + Esc
Enter HTML access keys	A-Z and 0-9

Page keys: basics

Browse in new tab	Ctrl + T
Browse in duplicate of active tab	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N
Close active tab	Ctrl + W Ctrl + F4
Close active application window	Ctrl + Shift + W Alt + F4
Close all open tabs	Ctrl + Alt + W
Close all open tabs except active	Ctrl + Shift + Alt + W
Undo closing tab	Ctrl + Alt + Z

Note: If you enable "Open windows instead of tabs" in the Tabs preferences, closing all open tabs means closing Opera.

Application windows

Browse in new application window	Ctrl + N
Close application window	Ctrl + Shift + W Alt + F4

Tab keys: switching

Cycle to next tab (defaults to recently used order)	Ctrl + Tab Alt + Page Down
Cycle to previous tab (defaults to recently used order)	Ctrl + Shift + Tab Alt + Page Up
Switch to next tab on tab bar	1 Ctrl + F6
Switch to previous tab on tab bar	2 Ctrl + Shift + F6

Tab keys: arranging

Cascade open tabs top-left to bottom-right	Shift + F5
Tile open tabs left to right	Shift + F6
Tile open tabs top to bottom	Alt + F6
Minimize active tab	4
Switch between restored and maximized tab	5
Restore all tabs	Ctrl + Shift + F3
Minimize all tabs	Ctrl + Shift + F4
Maximize all tabs	Ctrl + Shift + F5

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	Shift + Enter
Open bookmark in background tab	Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Mail

Mark all e-mail in selected view as read	Ctrl + Shift + A

Contacts

Show messages associated with contact	Enter
Compose message to contact	Shift + Enter

Transfers

Open transferred file	Enter

Preferences

Edit your preferences	Alt + P Ctrl + F12
Quickly edit most popular preferences	F12
Edit browser appearance	Shift + F12

Bars

Toggle scroll bars	Ctrl + F7
Toggle address bar	Ctrl + 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)	F9
Set focus to address field	F8 Ctrl + L
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 view for search panel	Ctrl + Shift + 1
Manage bookmarks	Ctrl + Shift + 2 Ctrl + Alt + B
Manage e-mail	Ctrl + Shift + 3 Ctrl + Alt + M
Manage contacts	Ctrl + Shift + 4 Ctrl + Alt + O
Manage view for chat panel	Ctrl + Shift + 5
Manage notes	Ctrl + Shift + 6 Ctrl + Alt + E
Manage transfers	Ctrl + Shift + 7 Ctrl + Alt + T
Manage history	Ctrl + Shift + 8 Ctrl + Alt + H
Manage links	Ctrl + Shift + 9 Ctrl + Alt + L Ctrl + J

E-mail keys: reading and sending

Basics

Check e-mail	Ctrl + K
Write new message	Ctrl + E
Save message draft (continue later)	Ctrl + S
Upload queued messages to mail server	Ctrl + Shift + K
Send composed message	Ctrl + Shift + S

Navigation

Go to next message	J
Go to previous message	U
Go to next unread message	H Shift + J
Go to previous unread message	Y Shift + U
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	Ctrl + 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	Q Shift + F9

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	Ctrl + Alt + J
Type name of chat room to join	Ctrl + Shift + J
Set focus to chat input field	Shift + F9

Help keys

Open Opera's help window	F1
Search while viewing help page	Ctrl + F

More information

Learn more about using the keyboard.