IE8 does not want the software technically faster, but faster in achieving the tasks of daily living. This is particularly the objective sought by the new options such as Web Slices, Accelerators, or visual search. IE8 is also remarkable for its wealth of keyboard shortcuts that are, every day, earn a considerable time. The most important shortcuts for using Internet Explorer 8 are presented here.

These are the most important shortcuts to make IE8 a real gain in terms of ergonomics. They can quickly produce a recurring task each time without moving the mouse to click a menu or icon.

New shortcuts accelerators:

[Ctrl] + [E] = Place the input cursor on the search bar
[Ctrl] + [Y] = Place the input cursor on the address bar and displays suggestions
[Alt] + [D] = Place the input cursor on the address bar (without deploying suggestions)
[Ctrl] + [F] = Open the new search bar in the page
[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [P] = Toggle InPrivate
[Ctrl] + [D] = Create a new favorite
[F12] Call features = “developers”

Other navigation shortcuts

[Backspace] = Previous
[F11] = Toggle fullscreen
[F7] = Keyboard Navigation
[Ctrl] + [N] = Opens in new window
[Ctrl] + [in] Zoom = Resets to Zero ([Ctrl ]+[+] to zoom / []+[-] Ctrl to zoom out)

Tabbing

[Ctrl] + [K] = Duplicates the current tab in a new tab
[Ctrl] + [W] = Closes the current tab
[Ctrl] + [T] = Open a new tab
[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [T] = Re-opens the last closed tab


[Ctrl] + [Q] = Display mosaic preview tabs
[Ctrl] + [R]Tab = Reload
[Ctrl] + [Tab] = Switch from one tab to another (or [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Tab])
[Ctrl ]+[&] = Returns the first tab
[Ctrl] + [รง] = Returns to the last tab

Handling components

[Ctrl] + [I] = Displays the Favorites pane
[Ctrl] + [H] = Displays the historical component
[Ctrl] + [J] = Displays the flap RSS feeds
[Ctrl] + [B] = Displays the Organizing Favorites
[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Del] = Displays the cleaning traces and historical

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