How To Use Shortkeys

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Initial setup

1. Install the extension from the Webstore.
2. Visit the configuration page.
3. Add one or more custom shortcuts to that form (see below for more details).
4. Click "Save".
5. Reload any open tabs to test out your new shortcuts.
6. If it didn't work, visit the FAQs and Troubleshooting page.

Supported keyboard shortcuts

Key combos are zero or more modifiers (ctrl, shift, etc.) plus one regular key (letter keys, number keys, arrow keys, etc), all joined with + signs (for keys to be pressed at the same time) or spaces (for keys to be pressed one after another.

Note that you have to use + rather than - to signify pressing keys at the same time. Example: ctrl+b will work but ctrl-b will not.

Here are a couple examples:

• t
• ctrl+l (hold ctrl and press l)
• t g (press t then g)
• shift+h
• ctrl+shift+⇑+pageup
• alt+f7 r (hold alt and press F7, release, then press r)

The following modifiers are available: ⇑, shift, option, ⌥, alt, ctrl, control, command, and ⌘.

In addition to regular letters, numbers, and punctuation, the following special keys can be used for shortcuts: backspace, tab, clear, enter, return, esc, escape, space, up, down, left, right, home, end, pageup, pagedown, del, delete and f1 through f19.

Triggering shortcuts while typing in form fields

By default, shortcuts are disabled when you're typing in a form field. This is because if you have a shortcut like h, you wouldn't want it to fire whenever you type an h in a form field.

However, this is configurable per shortcut. Here are the steps to enable a specific shortcut while you're typing in a form field:

1. Visit the configuration page.
2. Expand the shortcut you want to enable in form fields.
3. Click the "Activation settings" box to expand it.
4. Check "Active while in form fields".
5. Click "Save".

Enabling or disabling shortcuts on specific websites

By default, shortcuts are enabled on every website. However, it's possible to set specific shortcuts to only be enabled on certain websites (i.e., "whitelisted"), or to be disabled on specific websites (i.e., "blacklisted").

Here's how to do that:

1. Visit the configuration page.
2. Expand the shortcut you want to enable in form fields.
3. Click the "Activation settings" box to expand it.
4. Choose either "All sites except..." or "Only on specific sites"
5. In the text box, type the sites you want to allow or disallow, one per line. Note that wildcards are supported, so you can type things like *facebook.com* or *mail.google.com*.
6. Click "Save".

Help! Something isn't working!

Visit the FAQs and Troubleshooting page.

Full list of commands

Action	Category	Description	Built in*
Jump to tab or URL	Tabs	If a tab exists that matches a URL pattern, focus it, otherwise create one.
New tab	Tabs	Open a new blank tab	✔️
Close tab	Tabs	Close the currently focused tab	✔️
Close other tabs	Tabs	Close every tab except for the currently focused tab	✔️
Close tabs to the left	Tabs	Close every tab that is to the left of the current tab	✔️
Close tabs to the right	Tabs	Close every tab that is to the right of the current tab	✔️
Duplicate tab	Tabs	Clone the currently viewed tab	✔️
Reopen last closed tab	Tabs	Reopen the tab that you most recently closed	✔️
Next tab	Tabs	Switch to the next tab (to the right)	✔️
Previous tab	Tabs	Switch to the previous tab (to the left)	✔️
First tab	Tabs	Switch to the first tab	✔️
Last tab	Tabs	Switch to the last tab	✔️
Pin/unpin tab	Tabs	Toggle pinning on the current tab	✔️
Mute/unmute tab	Tabs	Toggle muting on the current tab	✔️
Move tab left	Tabs	Swap the current tab with the one to the left of it	✔️
Move tab right	Tabs	Swap the current tab with the one to the right of it	✔️
Move tab to first position	Tabs	Move the current tab to the far left	✔️
Move tab to last position	Tabs	Move the current tab to the far right	✔️
Scroll to top	Scrolling	Jump to the very top of the page	✔
Scroll to bottom	Scrolling	Jump to the very bottom of the page	✔
Scroll up	Scrolling	Scroll up by 50px	✔
Scroll up more	Scrolling	Scroll up by 500px	✔
Page up	Scrolling	Scroll up 1 page	✔
Scroll down	Scrolling	Scroll down by 50px	✔
Scroll down more	Scrolling	Scroll down by 500px	✔
Page down	Scrolling	Scroll down 1 page	✔
Scroll left	Scrolling	Scroll left by 50px	✔
Scroll left more	Scrolling	Scroll left by 500px	✔
Scroll right	Scrolling	Scroll right by 50px	✔
Scroll right more	Scrolling	Scroll right by 500px	✔
Go back	Location	The same thing as clicking the "Back" button	✔
Go forward	Location	The same thing as clicking the "Forward" button	✔
Reload	Location	Reload the current tab	✔
Copy URL	Location	Copy the URL of the current tab to the clipboard	✔
Search Google for selected text	Location	Opens a new tab with a Google search for whatever text is selected	✔
Open bookmark	Bookmarks	Open a pre-selected bookmark in the current tab
Open bookmark in new tab	Bookmarks	Open a pre-selected bookmark in a new focused tab
Open bookmark in background tab	Bookmarks	Open a pre-selected bookmark in a new background tab
New window	Windows	Open a new empty window	✔
New private window	Windows	Open a new incognito/private window	✔
Close window	Windows	Close the current window, including all tabs	✔
Toggle fullscreen	Windows	Toggle whether the current window is fullscreen	✔
Zoom in	Zooming	Zoom in on the current page	✔
Zoom out	Zooming	Zoom out on the current page	✔
Reset zoom	Zooming	Reset the zoom to 100% (default)	✔
Run Javascript	Other	Run custom JS within the context of the currently viewed page
Clear downloads	Other	Clear the recent downloads page and close the downloads bar	✔
View source	Other	Open a new tab with the source HTML of the current tab	✔
Do nothing	Other	This is for disabling core browser shortcuts, but note that some shortcuts can't be disabled	✔
Trigger another shortcut	Other	This allows you to have multiple shortcuts to trigger the same action
Click button and switch to next tab	Other	This is typically only useful for people who play Tribal Wars

* Supported by Shortkeys in Chrome's built in Keyboard Shortcuts UI. You can access the built in list by entering this URL: chrome://extensions/configureCommands on the address bar. More info.

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