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John Johnson Okah
John Johnson Okah

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5 Shortcuts to make tab navigation easier on your browser

First a shout out to all the shortcut lovers ✌️

Now here is a quick one on how to flex your tab browser without any hassle:

Action Shortcut
Open a link in new background tab Ctrl + Click a link
Jump to the next open tab Ctrl + Tab
Open a new tab, and jump to it Ctrl + t
Reopen closed tabs Ctrl + Shift + t
Close the current tab Ctrl + w 
Extra Shortcut
Go back to previous page Alt + Left arrow
Open the next page from your browsing history in the current tab Alt + Right arrow
Jump to the address bar Ctrl + l

Chrome Navigation Shortcut

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Gil Fewster

Useful shortcuts, thank you for sharing. To make your post even more helpful, you might consider writing the tips in plain text so that they are searchable and accessible.

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John Johnson Okah

Thanks. I will do that.

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Shivani Goyal

Hi @jjokah thanks for sharing this post, through your post I have learnt 4 new shortcut keys.

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John Johnson Okah

I'm glad you did Shivani 😊

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Julia Furst Morgado

If you're using a mouse with a scrolling wheel when you click a link by pressing on the wheel it opens in a new tab.

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John Johnson Okah

Cool...