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QtWeb Shortcuts

You can see many of the shortcuts for QtWeb next to the menu commands. Here are some additional shortcuts.

To customize shortcuts (assign your own key combinations), go to Preferences >  Advanced tab and click Menus & Shortcuts button.

 

Shortcuts for webpageses

Action

Shortcut

Select the search box

Control+W

Scroll up, down, left, or rightht

Arrow keys

Scroll down a screen

Page Down key, or a Space bar

Scroll up a screen

Page Up key

Open a page in a new window

Press Control-Alt, and click a link or bookmark

Go back and forward on browsing history

Click left or right mouse additional buttons (if additional buttons exist)

See a list of recent pages

Hold down the browser's Back or Forward arrows

See a downloadeds  location in Windows Explorer

Click Open button at the bottom of the Downloads window

Shortcuts for browsing in tabs

Action

Shortcut

Open a page in a new tab

Press Control, and click a link or bookmark

Open a page in a new tab, and bring it to the front

Press Control-Shift, and click a link or bookmark

Open a page in a new tab with mouse

Click the link with a middle mouse button or trackball

Move to the next tab

Control-Tab

Select previous tab

Control-Shift-Tab

Switch to a specific tab number

Control-N (N can be 1-9)

Close the tab

Click the middle mouse button or trackball on it

Shortcuts for bookmarks

Action

Shortcut

Add a bookmark to the Bookmarks menu

Open the page, and then press Control-D

Add a bookmark to the bookmarks bar

Drag the page icon from the address box to the bar

Shortcuts for webpage font resizing

Action

Shortcut

Increase webpage font

Ctrl - Plus Sign 

Decrease webpage font

Ctrl - Minus Sign

Increase webpage font with mouse only

Click the mouse trackball and rotate it forward

Decrease webpage font with mouse only

Click the mouse trackball and rotate it backward

Mouse Gestures

Action

Gesture

Previous page in history

Hold right button and move mouse left, then release button

Next page in history

Hold right button and move mouse right, then release button

Open link in a new tab in the foreground

 

Hold right button and move mouse up, crossing the link, then release button 

Open link in a new tab in the background

 

Hold right button and move mouse down, crossing the link, then release button  

Switch to the next tab

 

Hold right button and move mouse upper-right, then release button  

Switch to the previous tab

 

Hold right button and move mouse upper-left, then release button

Close current tab

 

Hold right button and move mouse down-right, then release button

Switch to the previously selected tab

 

Hold right button and move mouse down-left, then release button