Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

The table below lists some of the keyboard shortcuts that can be used to navigate around Internet Explorer. The SendKeys function is used to send the keyboard shortcut to Internet Explorer.

 

Sample Code

 

' Get the name of the main window with focus (assume IE) and

' select it to receive the keyboard input.

UseWindow(Top$())

 

' Navigate to the previous page by sending the ALT+Left Arrow

' key to Internet Explorer.

' NOTE: key_list is the first parameter of SendKeys.

SendKeys("<Alt <Left>>", NoActivate)

 

IE Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Keyboard Shortcut	SendKeys key_list Parameter
Find on this Page	Control + F	<Ctrl F>
Refresh	F5	<F5>
Open a new IE Window	Control + N	<Ctrl N>
Close the current Window	Control + W	<Ctrl W>
Open/Close History	Control + H	<Ctrl H>
Full Screen/Normal	F11	<F11>
One Element Ahead	Tab	<Tab>
One Element Back	Shift Tab	<Shift <Tab>>
Go to Home Page	Alt + Home	<Alt <Home>>
Page Forward	Alt + Right	<Alt <Right>>
Page Backward	Alt + Left	<Alt <Left>>
Display Context Menu	Shift + F10	<Shift <F10>>
One Frame Ahead	Control + Tab	<Ctrl <Tab>>
One Frame Back	Shift + Control + Tab	<Shift <Ctrl <Tab>>>
Select All	Control + A	<Ctrl A>
Copy to Clipboard	Control + C	<Ctrl C>
Launch Open Window	Control + L	<Ctrl L>
Select Web Address Field	Alt + D	<Alt D>
Open the Page menu	Alt + P	<Alt P>
Open the Tools menu	Alt + T	<Alt T>
Switch between tabs	Control + Tab	<Ctrl <Tab>>
Switch to a specific tab number	Control + n	<Ctrl n>
Zoom to 100%	Control + 0	<Ctrl 0>
Gp to the search box	Control + E	<Ctrl E>
Delete browsing history	Control + Shift + Del	<Ctrl <Shift <Del>>>
Move focus to the Information bar	Alt + N	<Alt N>

The list of all keyboard shortcuts for IE7 can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/ie7/quickref.mspx

The list of all keyboard shorcuts for IE8 can be found at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-vista/Internet-Explorer-8-keyboard-shortcuts