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Noel Burgess
Steel Contributor
May 03, 2019

Keyboard shortcuts

Please can we see a list of currently-available keyboard shortcuts? 

I am continually hitting the ones I'm used to from IE and Edge classic, and the results are entirely unpredictable. For example,

Keyboard Shortcut

Expected

Result

ALT + X

Open Settings

Nothing

CTRL + K

Duplicate tab

Search in Omnibox

CTRL + K (in a text entry box)

Insert hyperlink

Insert Hyperlink (!)

CTRL + Shift + P

Open new InPrivate browsing window

Print

 

It would be so good to know why these changes have been made, and what to expect when we use a particular KBSC. Why usurp Ctrl + K when CTRL + E does the same, for example?

Note: I'm delighted that CTRL + K in this text entry box works as it does in IE. 

    • Noel Burgess's avatar
      Noel Burgess
      Steel Contributor
      May 04, 2019

      cbomtempo 

       

      Thank you - I'll try them out.

       

      It makes little sense to me to expect users to learn the shortcuts from a competitor's browser instead of applying the ones we're used to, many of which have been around for 20 years!

    • TheAndyMac's avatar
      TheAndyMac
      Brass Contributor
      Mar 02, 2020

      cbomtempo but this is Edge and not Chrome, so the behaviour should be the same as Edge is now!

    • motomike's avatar
      motomike
      Copper Contributor
      May 20, 2019

      cbomtempo This is very much not the case. Specifically Duplicate Tab (ctrl + k) is not a shortcut action in chrome. It used to be but they removed it several years ago.

       

      Duplicate tab is one of my most used shortcut combos and it would be a huge loss to lose it.

      • cbomtempo's avatar
        cbomtempo
        Iron Contributor
        May 20, 2019

        motomike I do not got your comment. Why it is not the case here? He asked for a list of available keyboard shortcuts and from the list that I pointed all that I tried worked for me. Maybe I'm missing something?

  • TheAndyMac's avatar
    TheAndyMac
    Brass Contributor
    Mar 02, 2020

    As this is being used to REPLACE the current Edge browser, then it should at least use exactly the same keyboard shortcuts as the current Edge... and ideally have the option to select between Edge/IE/Chrome keyboard shortcuts.

     

    As well as making this an easy transition for existing users where the new Edge is effectively being forced on them by the migration, this is actually REALLY important for sight impaired users and those users who can't (for whatever reason) use mouse navigation --- keyboard shortcuts in this case are actually a critical part of how accessibility is delivered!

  • rsGMAS's avatar
    rsGMAS
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 03, 2022
    Can someone tell me the keyboard shortcut to close a note in excel? I don't have a mouse. To open a note it is SHIFT+F2
    I don't know how to get back into the document all I can do is move around the note.

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