Oct 26, 2026, 7:33 PM

If a website is properly designed for accessibility, it is possible to navigate it entirely using the keyboard. Tab to advance to the next element (button, link, text field, etc.), Shift+Tab to go backwards. Space to activate elements (open menu, click button...) and arrow keys to navigate within a menu.
Ctrl+Z works in every text field, whether it's drafting a comment, typing a URL, or filling any form. Ctrl+Y (sometimes Ctrl+Shift+Z) re-does the undo, too.
Simple but often forgotten: middle click opens links in a new background tab. Middle-clicking a tab closes it. On Firefox, middle-clicking the "new tab" button re-opens the last closed tab.
Ctrl+R refreshes the page, as many know. Less well-known is Ctrl+Shift+R, which "force refreshes" the page, discarding any cached data and re-fetching every resource. This can be useful if a page updated recently or loaded incorrectly.
Right-click any text field to change which languages the browser spellchecks or disable spellchecking altogether. This is especially neat if you're multilingual. Depending on your operating system and browser, the way to install new dictionaries differs.