The New Tab keyboard shortcut is only available in applications that support tabs. Pressing Alt+Tab lets you switch between your open Windows. Ctrl + F4. We know ads can be annoying, but they’re what allow us to make all of wikiHow available for free. Alt+Tab now uses the new Task View-style larger thumbnails. wikiHow is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. If you want to open another copy of an existing tab, right click on the tab and select the 'duplicate' option. I just hit Alt+D to jump to the URL box, type g,w,v,i,f for Google, Wikipedia, Google Video, Google Images and Facebook respectively, type a query and hit Enter or Alt+Enter if I want it in a new tab. We thought that this would be a good thing to share with all of our readers, and here’s a quick rundown of the various ways you can have sites open in a new tab for each of the different browsers: CyberNotes: Map a FTP to a Drive in Windows, Helpful Tip: Create a Remote Desktop Shortcut, Helpful Tip: Middle-Click on a Touchpad Laptop Mouse, Setup Local/Internal DNS with a DD-WRT Router, Forcefully Empty the Recycle Bin for All Users in Windows, XBMC: Running XBMC on Startup in Windows 8, XBMC: Custom Home Screen Menu Backgrounds, Control Your House Lights (and more) with Your iPhone, XBMC: Test Your HTPC with High Bitrate Sample Videos, Connect to an SFTP Server in Windows Explorer, Helpful Tip: Difference Between Serif and Sans Serif Fonts, Google Chrome Downgrade Error: Your Profile Can Not Be Used Because it is from a Newer Version of Google Chrome, Bulk Edit Text Files in Notepad++ (Without Opening Them), Download Songs and Playlists from Grooveshark, Helpful Tip: "Open in New Tab" Keyboard Shortcuts, XBMC: Share and Sync Media/Settings Between Multiple XBMC Installs, How to Stop Google, Yahoo & Bing from Tracking Your Clicks, How to Find the Direction to Point Your TV Antenna, Helpful Tip: “Open in New Tab” Keyboard Shortcuts. There is currently no setting in Google Chrome that controls this. Open the shortcut menu for the active window. To create this article, volunteer authors worked to edit and improve it over time. Ctrl+Shift+Enter – When you’ve selected a link using the keyboard this shortcut will open the hyperlinked site in a new tab. His comment sparked some “thank you’s” from other readers, and here’s what he had to say: For about four months I was using the Google Toolbar search box exclusively, but now I’ve even dropped that in favour of keyword searches. Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+T on Windows and Linux, or ⌘ T on macOS; Perform the New Tab Mouse Gesture: Right-click + Swipe down. Ctrl+T - Open a new tab with Speed Dials. Ctrl+J - Open Opera’s downloads page. The operation is the same for Chrome and Safari. Switch between open items. Links on web pages can't usually easily be opened with only the keyboard as this would require to press the Tab key until the link gets a focus ring, so it is best to use the mouse for this as the others posted above. When using your web browser there are a lot of things that you can do to speed up your efficiency and productivity, particularly when it comes to keyboard shortcuts. Look for the "add new tab" icon at the top of your browser. Please help us continue to provide you with our trusted how-to guides and videos for free by whitelisting wikiHow on your ad blocker. This article has been viewed 76,678 times. To create this article, volunteer authors worked to edit and improve it over time. In general, this is near the URL text box and either looks like a small tab or has a plus sign, … You can't open a new window that way and you first need to open a new window via Ctrl+N and then paste or type the URL in the location bar. Alt+Tab - Switch between currently open programs. Change the size of icons on the desktop. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/8\/83\/Open-a-Page-in-a-New-Window-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Open-a-Page-in-a-New-Window-Step-1-Version-2.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/8\/83\/Open-a-Page-in-a-New-Window-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\/aid663026-v4-728px-Open-a-Page-in-a-New-Window-Step-1-Version-2.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"546","licensing":"