Google Chrome tips & tricks

Google Chrome is a widely used tool, the most used browser even. So with the power of deduction I can say that you, the reader, probably use it as well. But did you know Google Chrome also provides many easy to use shortcuts that could increase your productivity greatly?

Vision

I've already written a blog in the past about my view on shortcuts and that I think it's useful to read into which shortcuts exist for the tools you use on a daily basis, you can read about it here. To summarise my previous blog every shortcut you know that saves you a little bit of time, can add up to a lot of time in the long run. Especially if you know many!

Shortcuts

What if you could navigate, manage tabs, and search through pages without even using your mouse? Chrome’s shortcuts enable you to interact with your browser via the keyboard in a much faster way. Mastering these can add up to minutes saved each day, which may seem small but accumulates over the long run.

Below, I’ve put together a list of some of the most practical Chrome shortcuts:

Why Learn These Shortcuts?

When you’re familiar with Chrome’s shortcuts, you’ll notice how naturally you can flow through your browser. Switching tabs, reopening accidentally closed ones, or quickly accessing your history becomes second nature, leaving you free to concentrate on your work.

One step further (advanced)

The shortcuts that are offered by default already give all the tools needed for navigating and manipulating tabs and windows, but if you want to go one step further I recommend downloading the Google Chrome extension Vimium . This tool is not for the light hearted however and I would only recommend using this for people with advanced knowledge of interacting with computer like developers.

Vimium offers the user a way to interact with the whole web page using the keyboard, for instance the character f transforms the web page and shows a two character label on each clickable element. These two characters can then be entered on the keyboard to click on this element.

Vimium offers this and many more useful features if you want to completely stop using your mouse when interacting with your browser.

Conclusion

This blog post shows one of the many examples of shortcuts for a tool that you probably use every day, spending some time on getting to know them and practising so they become second nature can increase your efficiency greatly!