Internet Explorer and tabs - book extract

Extract from Windows 7 and Vista Explained, A guide for blind and partially sighted users.

From Part Six, Keyboard Shortcuts; Section 58.2 Working with tabs in Internet Explorer.

By Dr Sarah Morley Wilkins and Steve Griffiths.
Published by Royal National Institute of Blind People, Peterborough, UK, 2009.
Copyright Sarah Morley Wilkins 2009. All rights reserved.

  • Ctrl + T: opens a new tab.
  • Ctrl + K: creates a duplicate tab (opens the current page in a new tab).
  • Ctrl + Tab/Ctrl + Shift + Tab: switches to next/previous tab.
  • Ctrl + # (where # is a number between 1 and 8): switches to a specific tab number.
  • Ctrl + 9: switches to the last tab.
  • Ctrl + Q: toggles Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off. Ctrl + W: closes the current tab, or closes Internet Explorer if there is only one tab open.
  • Ctrl + Alt + F4: closes all tabs but the current one.

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Last updated: 12 May 2010

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