Chrome · Caret browsing
Navigation
Windows · Linux
F7Mac
F7Both systems use the same combination.
Puts a text cursor inside the page so you can select text with the keyboard alone; a dialog asks the first time, and F7 again turns it off.
- Group
- Navigation
- Keys held
- 1
Reopening a closed tab (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+T) and jumping to the address bar (Ctrl/Cmd+L) alone cut most of your trips to the mouse.
Reading the key names
- Keys joined by + are pressed together: Ctrl+Shift+P means hold Ctrl and Shift, then P.
- On a Mac, Cmd is ⌘, Option is ⌥ (labelled Alt on some keyboards), Control is ⌃ and Shift is ⇧.
- Windows Ctrl usually becomes Cmd on a Mac, but not always — this reference lists both combinations separately.
- With a Korean, Japanese or Chinese input method active, shortcuts built on letter keys may not fire. Switch to Latin input and try again.
- When a combination does nothing, another program has often claimed it as a global shortcut first.
Common questions
Q. What is the shortcut for Caret browsing in Chrome?
Puts a text cursor inside the page so you can select text with the keyboard alone; a dialog asks the first time, and F7 again turns it off. It is F7 on Windows and F7 on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
Yes, F7 on both.
Q. How many keys is that?
1 pressed together. The combination sits under Navigation in Chrome.