These keyboard shortcuts make it way faster to perform common tasks. Once you get use to them, using the GUI for the same task will feel barbaric.
Chrome has a ton of keyboard shortcuts. Here are the ones I use most often and save me the most time. I arranged them in the order I use them. I will probably add more as I discover them.
| Action | Shortcut Mac | Shortcut Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Go to the next tab | Ctrl + Tab | Ctrl + Tab |
| Go to the previous tab | Ctrl + Shift + Tab | Ctrl + Shift + Tab |
| Close current tab | ⌘ + W | Ctrl + W |
| Open dev tools | ⌘ + ⌥ + I | Ctrl + Shift + I |
| Find text in webpage | ⌘ + F | Ctrl + F |
| Refresh | ⌘ + R | Ctrl + R |
| Refresh and ignore cached content | ⌘ + Shift + R | Ctrl + Shift + R |
| Stop loading current tab | Esc | Esc |
| Open new empty tab | ⌘ + T | Ctrl + T |
| Focus on address bar | ⌘ + L | Ctrl + L |
| Navigate to previous page | ⌘ + ← | Alt + ← |
| Navigate to next page | ⌘ + → | Alt + → |
| Open new window | ⌘ + N | Ctrl + N |
| Open new incognito window | ⌘ + Shift + N | Ctrl + Shift + N |
| Reopen the previously closed tab(s) | ⌘ + Shift + T | Ctrl + Shift + T |