# Using the Keyboard

Press Page Down and Page Up to switch slides

You can browse a lot faster using the keyboard, so be sure to read this page. Some operations have multiple shortcuts; use those you find most convenient.

Tip: Pressing `Alt Gr` is the same as pressing `Ctrl` + `Alt`.

## Standard keys

### Movement

One line up | ↑
One line down | ↓
One character to the right | →
One character to the left | ←
One screen-full up | Page Up Shift + Space
One screen-full down | Page Down Space
One screen-full to the left | Ctrl + Page Up
One screen-full to the right | Ctrl + Page Down
Go to top | Home
Go to bottom | End

### Focus

Cycle focus within context | Tab and Shift + Tab
Activate | Enter
Edit item properties | Alt + Enter Ctrl + I
Exit context or cancel | Esc
Display context (right-click) menu | Ctrl + M

### System keys

Open file | Ctrl + O
Save copy of page | Ctrl + S
Preview page as if printed | P
Print page | Ctrl + P
Close the Opera application | Ctrl + Q

## Text keys

### Editing

Undo recent changes | Ctrl + Z
Redo recent changes | Ctrl + Y
Copy selection to clipboard | Ctrl + C Ctrl + Insert
Move selection to clipboard | Ctrl + X Shift + Delete
Paste from clipboard | Ctrl + V Shift + Insert
Copy marked text to Notes panel | Ctrl + Shift + C
Copy text in clipboard to Notes panel | Ctrl + Shift + V
Clear all | Ctrl + U
Select all | Ctrl + A
Delete selection (or character right of cursor) | Delete
Delete selection (or character left of cursor) | Backspace

### Find

Find text | Ctrl + F
Find next instance of text | F3
Find previous instance of text | Shift + F3
Search for text in links in page (press F9 first to set focus on page) | , (comma) Shift + (numeric) /
Search for text in page (press F9 first to set focus on page) | . (period) (numeric) /

## Loading keys

### Access

Go to your home page | Ctrl + Space Alt + Home
Enter a Web address | F2
Paste and go in current or new page | Ctrl + D
Paste and go in background page | Ctrl + Shift + D
Enter nickname for fast bookmark access | Shift + F2
Access recently typed addresses | H
Save page address as new bookmark | Ctrl + T

### Transmission

Reload (get latest version of) page | Ctrl + R F5
Reload selected frame | Alt + F5
Reload all open pages | Ctrl + F5
Stop page loading | Esc

## Navigation keys

### History

Go to next page in history | X Ctrl + Right Alt + Right
Go to previous page in history | Z Ctrl + Left Alt + Left Backspace
Rewind | Shift + Z
Fast Forward | Space Shift + X Shift + Backspace
Show entire forward history | Alt + X
Show entire backward history | Alt + Z

### Site navigation

Home | Ctrl + Shift + Space
Search | Ctrl + Shift + F
Previous | Ctrl + Shift + ←
Next | Ctrl + Shift + →
Up | Ctrl + Shift + Backspace

Note: These site navigation shortcuts only work on pages with elements like <link rel="home" href="index.html"/>.

To remove the last part of any Web address (such as a sub-directory) and go to that address, press Ctrl + Backspace.

## View keys

### Display

Load and turn on all images | Shift + G
Toggle loading and display of images | G
Toggle between "Author mode" and "User mode" | Ctrl + G
Use entire screen for viewing page | F11
Pretend to be small-screen device | Shift + F11

### Zooming

Tip: Enable the numeric keypad on your keyboard by pressing `Num Lock`.

Zoom in 10% | Numeric + 0
Zoom out 10% | Numeric - 9
Zoom in 100% | Ctrl + Numeric + 8
Zoom out 100% | Ctrl + Numeric - 7
Restore zoom to 100% | Numeric * 6

### Source

View page source | Ctrl + F3
View source of active frame | Alt + F3
Validate source of selected frame | Ctrl + Alt + V
Validate source of selected frame in the background | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V

## Element keys

### Links

Select next link in page | A Ctrl + Down
Select previous link in page | Q Ctrl + Up
Follow selected link | Enter Space
Open selected link in new page | Shift + Enter Shift + Space
Open selected link in the background | Ctrl + Shift + Enter Ctrl + Shift + Space
Save selected link as new bookmark | Ctrl + Shift + T
Copy selected link address | Ctrl + Alt + C
Save link target (e.g. document or image) | Ctrl + Shift + S
Display context menu for selected link (right-clicking link) | Ctrl + L

### Forms

Next element in a form | Tab
Previous element in a form | Shift + Tab
Select form element | Space Enter
Left-adjust text in form | Ctrl + L
Right-adjust text in form | Ctrl + R

### Spatial navigation

Navigate between links and form elements | Shift + ← ↑ → ↓
Cycle through headers in page | S and W
Cycle through elements in page | D and E
Cycle through frames in page | 3 and Shift + 3

### Access keys

Toggle HTML access keys | Shift + Esc
Enter HTML access keys | A-Z

## Window keys

### Pages

Browse in new page | Ctrl + N
Browse in duplicate of active page | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N
Close active page | Ctrl + W Ctrl + F4
Close active application window | Ctrl + Shift + W Alt + F4
Close all open pages | Ctrl + Alt + W
Close all open pages except active | Ctrl + Shift + Alt + W
Undo closing page | Ctrl + Alt + Z

Note: If you choose "Prefer separate windows" in Preferences » Windows, closing all open pages means closing Opera.

### Switching between pages

Cycle to next page | 2 Ctrl + Tab Alt + Page Down Ctrl + F6
Cycle to previous page | 1 Ctrl + Shift + Tab Alt + Page Up Ctrl + Shift + F6

### Arranging pages

Cascade open pages top-left to bottom-right | Shift + F5
Tile open pages left to right | Shift + F6
Tile open pages top to bottom | F6

### Managing pages

Minimize active page | 4
Switch between restored and maximized page | 5
Restore all pages | Ctrl + Shift + F3
Minimize all pages | Ctrl + Shift + F4
Maximize all pages | Ctrl + Shift + F5

### Application windows

Browse in new application window | Ctrl + Alt + N

## Panel keys

### Activation

Toggle last active panel | F4
Toggle panel with panel selector | Shift + F4
Activate panels for keyboard navigation | F7
Expand all folders | Shift + Right

### Panels

Open Search panel | Ctrl + 1
Open Bookmarks panel | Ctrl + 2
Open Mail panel | Ctrl + 3
Open Contacts panel | Ctrl + 4
Open Chat panel | Ctrl + 5
Open Notes panel | Ctrl + 6
Open Transfers panel | Ctrl + 7
Open History panel | Ctrl + 8
Open Links panel | Ctrl + 9
Open Windows panel | Ctrl + 0

### Bookmarks

Open bookmark | Enter
Open bookmark in new page | Shift + Enter
Open bookmark in background page | Ctrl + Shift + Enter

### Mail

Mark all e-mail in selected view as read | Ctrl + Shift + A

### Contacts

Show e-mail messages associated with contact | Enter
Compose e-mail message to contact | Shift + Enter

### Transfers

Execute transferred file | Enter

## Activation keys

### Preferences

Set your preferences | Alt + P
Quickly set most popular preferences | F12

### Focus

Set focus to page (to enable keyboard navigation) | F9
Set focus to address field | F8
Set focus to search field | Shift + F8
Set focus to Personal bar | Shift + F7
Restore original address in address field and set focus to page | Esc

### Bars

Toggle scroll bars | Ctrl + F7
Toggle Address bar | Ctrl + F8
Toggle main menu | Ctrl + F11

### Manager pages

Manage view for search panel | Ctrl + Shift + 1
Manage bookmarks | Ctrl + Shift + 2 Ctrl + Alt + B
Manage e-mail | Ctrl + Shift + 3 Ctrl + Alt + M
Manage contacts | Ctrl + Shift + 4 Ctrl + Alt + O
Manage view for chat panel | Ctrl + Shift + 5
Manage notes | Ctrl + Shift + 6 Ctrl + Alt + E
Manage transfers | Ctrl + Shift + 7 Ctrl + Alt + T
Manage history | Ctrl + Shift + 8 Ctrl + Alt + H
Manage links | Ctrl + Shift + 9 Ctrl + Alt + L Ctrl + J

## E-mail keys

### Basics

Check e-mail | Ctrl + K
Write new message | Ctrl + E
Save message draft (continue later) | Ctrl + S
Upload queued messages to server | Ctrl + Shift + K
Send composed message | Ctrl + Shift + S

### Navigation

Go to next e-mail | J
Go to previous e-mail | U
Go to next unread e-mail | H Shift + J
Go to previous unread e-mail | Y Shift + U
One screen-full up | Shift+Space
One screen-full down, then go to next unread | Space
Scroll up in mail body (even when focus in mail list) | Alt + Up
Scroll down in mail body (even when focus in mail list) | Alt + Down
Expand all threads | Shift + Right

### Marking

Mark selected e-mail as read | K
Mark selected e-mail as read, and go to next unread e-mail | G
Mark selected e-mail as read, and go to previous unread e-mail | T
Mark selected e-mail as unread | Shift + K
Mark all e-mail in active view as read | Ctrl + Shift + A

### Responding

Reply to message | R
Reply to all recipients of message, including sender | Shift + R
Forward e-mail | F
Redirect e-mail | D
Continue editing message (Drafts, Outbox, and Sent views) | Enter

### Handling

Recognize sender of e-mail as new contact | A
Label e-mail (e.g. important or funny) | L, 1-7
View all e-mail associated with sender | E
Copy raw e-mail data to clipboard | C

### Viewing

Toggle different layout of mail list and mail body | I

## Chat keys

Download and list available rooms on chat server | Ctrl + Alt + J
Type name of chat room to join | Ctrl + Shift + J

## Help keys

Open Opera's help window | F1
Display keyboard help | Ctrl + B
Search while viewing help page | Ctrl + F

## More information

Learn more about using the keyboard

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