Keyboard shortcuts in Opera

One of Opera's greatest strengths is the host of keyboard shortcuts it provides. You will find you can browse a lot faster using the keyboard for things you do often.

Some operations have multiple shortcuts, so you can use the one most convenient for you.

Particularly popular or powerful features are marked with this color.

Standard functions

General

Display context menu (same as clicking right mouse button) Ctrl + M

Special windows

Set your preferences Alt + P
Quickly switch some of the frequently changed preferences F12
Toggle Hotlist F4
Access active bookmark folder Ctrl + Alt + A
Show History window Ctrl + Alt + H
Show History window in the background Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H
Show Transfer window Ctrl + Alt + T
Show "Links in frame" window Ctrl + J

Local computer

Open file on your computer Ctrl + O
Save active page to your computer Ctrl + S
Preview page printed on paper P
Print active page on paper Ctrl + P

Page movement

One line up Up
One line down Down
One character to the right Left
One character to the left Right
One window up Page Up
One window down Page Down
One window to the left Ctrl + Page Up
One window to the right Ctrl + Page Down
Beginning of page Home
End of page End

Basic navigation

Go to next page in history
  • X
  • Ctrl + Right
  • Alt + Right
Go to previous page in history
  • Z
  • Ctrl + Left
  • Alt + Left
  • Backspace
Show menu with all next pages in history Alt + X
Show menu with all previous pages in history Alt + Z
Go to your pre-set home page Ctrl + Space
Enter a Web page address to go to F2
Quick entry of nickname of a bookmark Shift + F2
Go to parent directory of current Web page address Ctrl + Backspace
Open dropdown with typed in addresses H

Focus

Set focus to Web page address field F8
Give focus to the search field Shift + F8
Set focus to page, enabling keyboard navigation F9
Restore address, set focus to page (when in address field) Esc

Forms

Next element in a form Tab
Previous element in a form Shift + Tab
Press form element
  • Space
  • Enter
Left-adjust text in form Ctrl + L
Right-adjust text in form Ctrl + R

Loading and images

Reload active page
  • F5
  • Ctrl + R
Reload active frame Alt + F5
Reload all open pages Ctrl + F5
Load all images (if images are disabled) Shift + G
Stop loading the active page Esc
Toggle loading and display of images in the active page G
Toggle between "Author mode" and "User mode" Ctrl + G

Page source

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

Link and element navigation

Next link in a page
  • A
  • Ctrl + Down
Previous link in a page
  • Q
  • Ctrl + Up
Open link in current browser window
  • Enter
  • Space
Open link in new window in front of current
  • Shift + Enter
  • Shift + Space
Open link in new window in the background
  • Ctrl + Shift + Enter
  • Ctrl + Shift + Space
Add link to your bookmarks in the Hotlist Ctrl + Shift + T
Copy link address Ctrl + Shift + C
Save link target on your computer Ctrl + Shift + S
Display menu for link (same as right mouse button) Ctrl + L
Previous/next headers in page W and S
Previous/next element in page E and D
Next frame 3

Zooming

Some of the keys referred to here are on the numeric keypad on your keyboard. You need to enable them with [Num Lock] on your keyboard.

Zoom in 10%
  • 0
  • Numeric +
Zoom out 10%
  • 9
  • Numeric -
Zoom in by 100%
  • 8
  • Ctrl + Numeric -
Zoom out by 100%
  • 7
  • Ctrl + Numeric +
Restore zoom to 100%
  • 6
  • Numeric *

Search and edit

Search

Search for text in currently viewed page Ctrl + F
Find next instance of the searched entry F3
Find previous instance of the searched entry Shift + F3

Edit

Undo Ctrl + Z
Copy marked text Ctrl + C
Cut marked text from text area Ctrl + X
Paste in text from clipboard Ctrl + V
Mark all text Ctrl + A

Hotlist

Activation

Toggle the Hotlist F4
Toggle state of Hotlist (docked/floating) Shift + F4
Show Hotlist with bookmarks tab active Ctrl + Alt + B
Show Hotlist with e-mail tab active Ctrl + Alt + M
Show Hotlist with contacts tab active Ctrl + Alt + C
Activate the Hotlist for keyboard navigation F7
Activate the Hotlist menu Ctrl + M

Navigation

Jump between items in the Hotlist Tab
Go to items starting with the corresponding letter/number
  • A-Z
  • 0-9
Cycle sort order on Hotlist "Title" column Alt + 1
Cycle sort order on Hotlist "Visited" column Alt + 2
Cycle sort order on Hotlist "Created" coloumn Alt + 3

Management

Bookmark currently viewed Web page Ctrl + T
Edit item properties Alt + Enter
Cut item Ctrl + X
Copy item Ctrl + C
Paste item into active folder Ctrl + V
Delete item Delete
Select all items Ctrl + A

Window management

Creation

Create a new browser window Ctrl + N
Create a new browser window in the background Ctrl + Shift + N
Continue browsing in a duplicate of the current window Ctrl + Alt + N
Create a duplicate of the current window in the background Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N

Switching

Show list of windows, cycle to previous Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Show list of windows, cycle to next Ctrl + Tab
Switch immediately to previous window 1
Switch immediately to next window 2

Arrangement

Cascade windows Shift + F5
Tile all windows horizontally to fill the workspace F6
Tile all windows vertically to fill the workspace Shift + F6

Management

Minimize current window 4
Restore/maximize current window 5
Restore all windows Ctrl + Shift + 3
Minimize all windows Ctrl + Shift + 4
Maximize all windows Ctrl + Shift + 5
Close current window
  • Ctrl + F4
  • Ctrl + W
Close all open windows Ctrl + Shift + W

Bars

Toggle scrollbar Ctrl + F7
Toggle progress bar Ctrl + F8

Personal bar

Set focus to personal bar Shift + F7
Navigate personal bar
  • Tab
  • Shift + Tab
  • Cursor keys
Open bookmark on personal bar Enter

Full screen mode

View page using entire screen F11
Escape full screen mode F11
Escape full screen mode (if not loading page) Esc

E-mail client

Composing

Compose a new e-mail Ctrl + E
Send current e-mail (while in composition window) Ctrl + Shift + S
Save draft Ctrl + S

Navigation

Go to next e-mail U
Go to previous e-mail J
Go to next unread e-mail Shift + U
Go to previous unread e-mail Shift + J

Selection

Manually filter e-mails Shift + M
Select all e-mails Ctrl + A
Delete e-mail Delete

Marking

Mark e-mail as read K
Mark e-mail as unread Shift + K
Mark e-mail as queued B
Mark e-mail as sent Shift + B
Mark e-mail as unmarked Ctrl + Shift + B

Handling

Reply to e-mail R
Reply to all recipients of e-mail Shift + R
Forward e-mail F
Redirect e-mail D
Send the e-mail again S

Sending

Check for new e-mails Ctrl + K
Check all accounts for new e-mails Ctrl + Shift + K
Send queued e-mails from current account Ctrl + Q
Send queued e-mails from all accounts Ctrl + Shift + Q

Window

Toggle folder view and e-mail view Y
Close e-mail account window Ctrl + W

Messaging client

Set messaging status

Disconnect from messaging server and set as off-line Ctrl + 0
Connect to messaging server and set as on-line Ctrl + 1
Set as away Ctrl + 2
Set as not available Ctrl + 3
Set as occupied Ctrl + 4
Set do not disturbed Ctrl + 5
Become invisible Ctrl + 6

Management

Manage your contacts in the Hotlist Ctrl + Alt + C
Find and get information about new contact Ctrl + Shift + F

Messenger

Send message Enter
Add line break Ctrl + Enter
Set focus to edit field F8

News client

News overview window

Subscribe/cancel subscription to a group I
Go to the previous group
  • Ctrl + Up
  • Q
Go to next group
  • Ctrl + Down
  • A
Open/close a group of subject groups or articles Enter

Single group window

Mark an article in a group window as read/unread K
Retrieve an article Enter
Go to the previous article
  • Q
  • Ctrl + Up
Go to next article
  • A
  • Ctrl + Down
Scroll one window up in article window Page Up
Scroll one window down in article window Page Down
Read previous article U
Read next article J
Post a new news article V
Post a followup news article T
Reply to the person who posted the article R
Forward the article via e-mail F

Help

Display help for Opera F1
Display this Keyboard Shortcuts page Ctrl + B
Find text in help Ctrl + F

More information

Learn more about using the keyboard