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 |
Navigation and display
Basic navigation
Go to next page in history |
- X
- Ctrl + Right
- Alt + Right
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Go to previous page in history |
- Z
- Ctrl + Left
- Alt + Left
- Backspace
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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 |
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Left-adjust text in form |
Ctrl + L |
Right-adjust text in form |
Ctrl + R |
Loading and images
Reload active page |
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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 |
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Previous link in a page |
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Open link in current browser window |
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Open link in new window in front of current |
- Shift + Enter
- Shift + Space
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Open link in new window in the background |
- Ctrl + Shift + Enter
- Ctrl + Shift + Space
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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% |
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Zoom out 10% |
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Zoom in by 100% |
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Zoom out by 100% |
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Restore zoom to 100% |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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 |
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Go to next group |
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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 |
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Go to next article |
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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
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