Movement

Move one line up    ↑
Move one line down    ↓
Move one character to the right    →
Move one character to the left    ←
Move one screen-full up    Page Up
Shift + Space
Move one screen-full down    Page Down
Space
Move one screen-full to the left    Ctrl + Page Up
Move one screen-full to the right    Ctrl + Page Down
Go to top    Home
Go to bottom    End

Focus

Cycle focus within active context    Tab and Shift + Tab
Activate    Enter
Edit item properties    Alt + Enter
Ctrl + I
Exit context or cancel    Esc
Display context (right-click) menu    Ctrl + M

System keys

Open file    Ctrl + O
Save copy of page    Ctrl + S
Save copy of page with all images and elements    Ctrl + Alt + S
Print page    Ctrl + P
Close Opera    Ctrl + Q
Hide Opera    Ctrl + H

Text keys

Editing

Undo recent changes    Ctrl + Z
Redo recent changes    Ctrl + Y
Copy selection to clipboard    Ctrl + C
Ctrl + Insert
Move selection to clipboard    Ctrl + X
Shift + Delete
Paste from clipboard    Ctrl + V
Shift + Insert
Copy selected text to “Notes” panel    Ctrl + Shift + C
Clear all    Ctrl + U
Select all    Ctrl + A
Delete selection (or character right of cursor)    Delete
Delete selection (or character left of cursor)    Backspace
Toggle text-style bold    Ctrl + B
Toggle text-style italic    Ctrl + I
Toggle text-style underline    Ctrl + U

UNIX editing keys

Go to end of line    Ctrl + E
Go to beginning of line    Ctrl + A
Go to next character    Ctrl + F
Go to previous character    Ctrl + B
Go to next line    Ctrl + N
Go to previous line    Ctrl + P
Redo    Ctrl + Y
Delete to end of line    Ctrl + K
Delete    Ctrl + D
Backspace    Ctrl + H

Find

Find text    Ctrl + F
Find next instance of text    Ctrl + G
F3
Find previous instance of text    Ctrl + Shift + G
Shift + F3
Search for text in links in page (press F9 first to set focus on page)    , (comma)
Shift + (numeric) /
Search for text in page (press F9 first to set focus on page)    . (period)
(numeric) /

Loading keys

Access

Go to your home page    Ctrl + Space
Alt + Home
Enter a Web address    F2
Paste and go in current or new tab    Ctrl + B
Paste and go in background tab    Ctrl + Shift + B
Speed Dial    Ctrl + 0-9
Enter nickname for fast bookmark access    Shift + F2
Access recently typed addresses    H
Save page address as new bookmark    Ctrl + D
Save as new bookmark in active bookmark folder    Ctrl + Shift + D

Transmission

Reload (get latest version of) page    Ctrl + R
F5
Reload selected frame    Alt + F5
Reload all open pages    Ctrl + F5
Stop page loading    Esc

Navigation keys

History

Go to next page in history    X
Ctrl + →
Alt + →
Ctrl + ]
Go to previous page in history    Z
Ctrl + ←
Alt + ←
Backspace
Ctrl + [
Rewind    Shift + Z
Fast Forward    Space
Shift + X
Shift + Backspace
Show entire forward history    Alt + X
Show entire backward history    Alt + Z

Site navigation

Home    Ctrl + Shift + Space
Search    Ctrl + Shift + F
Previous    Ctrl + Shift + ←
Next    Ctrl + Shift + →
Up    Ctrl + Shift + Backspace

Note: These site navigation shortcuts only work on pages with elements like <link rel=”home” href=”index.html”/>.

To remove the last part of any Web address (such as a sub-directory) and go to that address, press Ctrl + Backspace.

Display modes

Load and display all images    I
Toggle loading of images    Shift + I
Toggle between “Author mode” and “User mode”    Shift + G
Preview page as if printed    Shift + P
Use entire screen for browsing    F11
Toggle “Fit to width”    Ctrl + F11
Pretend to be small-screen device    Shift + F11

Source

View page source    Ctrl + F3
View source of active frame    Alt + F3
Validate source of active page or frame    Ctrl + Alt + V
Validate source of active page or frame in the background    Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V

Zooming

Tip: Enable the numeric keypad on your keyboard by pressing Num Lock. Increase zoom % by steps of 10    Numeric +
0
Decrease zoom % by steps of 10    Numeric -
9
Increase zoom % by steps of 100 (1000% is maximum)    Ctrl + Numeric +
8
Decrease zoom % by steps of 100 (20% is minimum)    Ctrl + Numeric -
7
Restore zoom to 100%    Numeric *
6

Link keys

Select next link in page    A
Ctrl + ↓
Select previous link in page    Q
Ctrl + ↑
Follow selected link    Enter
Space
Open selected link in new tab    Shift + Enter
Shift + Space
Open selected link in background tab    Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Ctrl + Shift + Space
Save selected link as new bookmark    Ctrl + Shift + D
Copy selected link address    Ctrl + Alt + C
Save link target (such as document or image)    Ctrl + Shift + S

Spatial navigation keys

Navigate between links and form elements    Shift + ← ↑ → ↓
Cycle through headers in page    S and W
Cycle through elements in page    D and E
Cycle through frames in page    3 and Shift + 3

Tip: The combination of the Shift key and arrow keys is the fastest way of moving around a Web page when wanting to locate links and Web form elements.

Form keys

Log in/autofill form using the Wand    Ctrl + Enter
Go to next element in form    Tab
Go to previous element in form    Shift + Tab
Select form element    Space
Enter
Left-adjust text in form    Ctrl + L
Right-adjust text in form    Ctrl + R

Access keys

Toggle HTML access keys    Shift + Esc
Enter HTML access keys    A-Z and 0-9

Page keys:

basicsBrowse in new tab    Ctrl + T
Browse in duplicate of active tab    Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N
Close active tab    Ctrl + W
Ctrl + F4
Close active application window    Ctrl + Shift + W
Alt + F4
Close all open tabs    Ctrl + Alt + W
Close all open tabs except active    Ctrl + Shift + Alt + W
Undo closing tab    Ctrl + Alt + Z

Note: If you enable “Open windows instead of tabs” in the Tabs preferences, closing all open tabs means closing Opera.
Application windowsBrowse in new application window    Ctrl + N

Tab keys: switching

Cycle to next tab (defaults to recently used order)    Ctrl + Tab
Alt + Page Down
Cycle to previous tab (defaults to recently used order)    Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Alt + Page Up
Switch to previous tab on tab bar    1
Ctrl + Shift + F6
Switch to next tab on tab bar    2
Ctrl + F6

Tab keys: arranging

Cascade open tabs top-left to bottom-right    Shift + F5
Tile open tabs left to right    Shift + F6
Tile open tabs top to bottom    Alt + F6
Minimize active tab    4
Switch between restored and maximized tab    5
Restore all tabs    Ctrl + Shift + F3
Minimize all tabs    Ctrl + Shift + F4
Maximize all tabs    Ctrl + Shift + F5

Panel keys: activation

Toggle last active panel with panel selector    F4
Toggle last active panel    Shift + F4
Activate panels for keyboard navigation    F7
Expand all folders/views in panel    Shift + →
Collapse all folders/views in panel    Shift + ←
Open “Search” panel    Ctrl + Shift + 1
Open “Bookmarks” panel    Ctrl + Shift + 2
Open “Mail” panel    Ctrl + Shift + 3
Open “Contacts” panel    Ctrl + Shift + 4
Open “Chat” panel    Ctrl + Shift + 5
Open “Notes” panel    Ctrl + Shift + 6
Open “Transfers” panel    Ctrl + Shift + 7
Open “History” panel    Ctrl + Shift + 8
Open “Links” panel    Ctrl + Shift + 9
Open “Windows” panel    Ctrl + Shift + 0

Panel keys: actions

BookmarksOpen bookmark    Enter
Open bookmark in new tab    Shift + Enter
Open bookmark in background tab    Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Mail

Mark all e-mail in selected view as read    Ctrl + Shift + A

Contacts

Show messages associated with contact    Enter
Compose message to contact    Shift + Enter

Transfers

Open transferred file    Enter

Preferences

Edit your preferences    Alt + P
Ctrl + F12
Quickly edit most popular preferences    F12
Edit browser appearance    Shift + F12

Bars

Toggle scroll bars    Ctrl + F7
Toggle address bar    Ctrl + F8
Toggle main menu    Alt + F11

Address bar keys

Ctrl + Enter    Autocomplete Web address, by default adds “www.” and “.com”
Alt + ↓    Show autocomplete drop-down list
Esc    Close drop-down list

Focus keys

Set focus to Web page (to enable keyboard navigation)    F9
Set focus to address field    F8
Ctrl + L
Set focus to search field    Shift + F8
Set focus to personal bar    Shift + F7
Restore original address in address field and set focus to page    Esc

Manager pages

Manage bookmarks    Ctrl + Alt + B
Manage e-mail    Ctrl + Alt + M
Manage contacts    Ctrl + Alt + O
Manage notes    Ctrl + Alt + E
Manage transfers    Ctrl + Alt + T
Manage history    Ctrl + Alt + H
Manage links    Ctrl + Alt + L
Ctrl + J

E-mail keys: reading and sending

Basics

Check e-mail    Ctrl + K
Write new message    Ctrl + E
Save message draft (continue later)    Ctrl + S
Upload queued messages to mail server    Ctrl + Shift + K
Send composed message    Ctrl + Shift + S

Navigation

Go to next message    J
Go to previous message    U
Go to next unread message    H
Shift + J
Go to previous unread message    Y
Shift + U
Move one screen-full up    Shift + Space
Move one screen-full down, then go to next unread    Space
Scroll up in message body (even if focus on message list)    Alt + ↑
Scroll down in message body (even if focus on message list)    Alt + ↓
Set focus to message list    F8
Set focus to message    F9

Threads

Expand all threads    Shift + →
Collapse all threads    Shift + ←
Mark thread as read    M
Mark thread as read, go to next unread    N

E-mail keys: managing

Marking

Mark selected message as read    K
Mark selected message as read, and go to next unread e-mail    G
Mark selected message as read, and go to previous unread e-mail    T
Mark selected message as unread    Shift + K
Mark all messages in active view as read    Ctrl + Shift + A

Responding

Reply to message    R
Reply to all recipients of message, including sender    Shift + R
Forward message    F
Redirect message    D
Continue editing message (Drafts, Outbox, and Sent views)    Enter
Focus “Quick reply” field    Q
Shift + F9

Handling

Save sender’s address as new contact    A
Save attachments    Shift + S
Label message (for example important or funny)    L, 1-7
View all messages associated with sender    E
Copy raw message data to clipboard    C

Viewing

Toggle different layout of message list and message body    I

Chat keys

Download and list available rooms on chat server    Ctrl + Alt + J
Type name of chat room to join    Ctrl + Shift + J
Set focus to chat input field    Shift + F9

Help keys

Open Opera’s help window    F1
Search while viewing help page    Ctrl + F

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