1. Basic Navigation and Address Bar
| alt+home | Go to Home webpage. |
| alt+arrow right / alt+arrow left | Go to next / previous webpage. |
| alt+d or f6 | Jump to address bar. f6 additionally navigates through window elements. |
| ctrl+enter | Complete a .com address in address bar: adds "http://" prefix and a ".com"-suffix, then loads the webpage. |
| ctrl+shift+enter | Complete an URI in address bar with user-defined suffix: adds "http://" prefix and suffix (e.g. .net, .org, .de, ...), then loads the webpage. Set the suffix in tools:options (alt+t, then o), languages (alt+l), and enter to suffix field at bottom. |
| alt+arrow down or f4 | Open webpages visited in the past when in address bar. Includes Favorites and History. Navigate with arrow keys and enter to visit. |
| delete or shift+delete | Delete past visited webpages from address bar history (also see shortcut above). |
2. Tabbed Browsing Shortcuts
| ctrl+t | Open new tab in same window. |
| ctrl+k | Duplicate current tab. |
| ctrl+tab / ctrl+shift+tab | Jump to next / jump to previous browser tab. |
| ctrl+w | Close the current tab. |
| ctrl+shift+t | Restore closed tab (open previously closed tab). |
| ctrl+q | Show Tabs: Open or close quick tab view. |
| ctrl+shift+q | Show Tabs: Open list of tabs. Then use arrow keys and enter to select or escape to exit. |
| ctrl+1 ... ctrl+9 | Jump to browser tab 1 - 9. |
| On Link: ctrl+ left mouse button | Open link in new background tab (sometimes link is opened in new window; as an alternative, use right mouse button and press w). |
| alt+enter | Open typed webpage address in new background tab. |
3. Navigate Webpages in IE8
| arrow down / arrow up | Scroll down / scroll up inside a webpage. |
| page up / page down | Jump one page down / jump one page up (space / shift+space works as well). |
| home / end | Move to the beginning or end of a document. |
| ctrl++ / ctrl+- | Increase text size / decrease text size (zoom in and out). |
| ctrl+0 | Reset text size to default (zoom to 100%). |
| tab / shift+tab | Move forward / move backwards through items on a webpage. Press and hold tab button to skip through multiple links. |
| shift+f10 | When on link: Display a context menu for a link. |
| enter | Activate a selected link. |
| tab / shift+tab, and enter or space | In web forms: move forward / move backwards through form items. Press space to activate action buttons, select boxes, or radio buttons. |
| ctrl+a | Select all content on webpage. |
| f5 or ctrl+r | Refresh the current webpage. |
| ctrl+f5 | Refresh the current webpage with cache override. |
| f7 | Turn caret browsing on or off (movable cursor on page). |
| esc | Stop loading webpage. |
4. Favorites, History and Search
| ctrl+i | Open Favorites box. |
| ctrl+shift+i | Open Favorites box in pinned mode. |
| ctrl+h | Open History box. |
| ctrl+shift+h | Open History in pinned mode. |
| ctrl+j | Open Feeds. |
| ctrl+shift+j | Open Feeds in pinned mode. |
| ctrl+ left mouse click | In the History or Favorites boxes, open link as background tab. |
| ctrl+d | Add the current webpage to favorites. |
| ctrl+b | Open the Organize Favorites dialog box. Use tab to navigate and alt and shift+alt to move items up or down in list. |
| ctrl+f or f3 | Open find window. Press escape to exit. |
5. Shortcuts for Privacy Settings
| ctrl+shift+f | Turn in-private filtering on or off (watch icon change in status bar) |
| ctrl+shift+p | Open private browsing window / incognito mode. |
| ctrl+shift+delete | Open 'Delete Browsing History' Menu. |
6. Manage IE8 Windows
| alt+space | Opens the title bar menu. |
| alt+space+enter | Restore Window (default Windows feature). |
| alt+space+x | Maximize Window (default Windows feature). |
| alt+space+n | Minimize Window (default Windows feature). |
| f11 | Turn full page view on or off (default Windows feature). |
| f6 | Move forward between window elements. |
| ctrl+n | Open a new browser window. |
| f4 | Close IE8 Window. |
7. Instant Search
| ctrl+e | Jump to the Instant Search box (box on top right corner of browser window). |
| ctrl+arrow down | View list of search providers. |
| alt+enter | Open search results in new tab. |
8. The Rest
| alt+p | Print the current webpage. |
| f12 | Open Developer Tools. |
| ctrl+o or ctrl+l | Open location. |
| alt+v+c | View webpage source in default editor (used to be ctrl+u but that was discontinued). |
| f1 | Display Internet Explorer Help or to display context Help about an item in a dialog box. |
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