Internet Explorer 9 Keyboard Shortcuts

Some of the important keyboard shortcuts for effectively using Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.

• Alt+C – pop open the Favorites/Feeds/History window
• Alt+X – pop open the Tools (Cog icon) menu
• Alt+Left/Right – move back/forward through your history
• Ctrl+L – sets your keyboard focus to the One Bar (address bar), and selects the current URL (ripe for Ctrl+C!)
• Ctrl+Shift+L – if you have a URL in your clipboard, this shortcut loads it; if you have a text string in your clipboard, it searches your default search engine for it (very cool)
• Ctrl+D – add the current page to your Favorites (bookmarks)
• Ctrl+B – organize your Favorites
• Ctrl+J – opens the Download Manager
• Ctrl+K – duplicates your current tab
• Ctrl+Alt+P – pop open an InPrivate Browsing window
• Alt+N – give focus to the new bottom-hugging Notification bar (then Enter for the first button, or Esc to dismiss it)
• F12 – open the (fantastic) developer console (and once it’s open, and has focus, Alt+7/8/9/Q changes the rendering mode)

All of the usual key combinations such as Ctrl+T, Ctrl+W, Ctrl+N, Ctrl +, Ctrl -, work as well.