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Chrome DevTools Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

Complete reference for Chrome DevTools keyboard shortcuts, organized by category.

table of Contents


Opening DevTools

Action Windows/Linux Mac
Open last panel used F12 ^I I
Open Console panel ^J J
Open Elements panel ^C C C

Global Shortcuts

Action Windows/Linux Mac
Show Settings F1 ? F1 ?
Focus next panel ^] ]
Focus previous panel ^[ [
Switch to panel 1-9 ^1 ^2 ^3 ^4 ^5 ^6 ^7 ^8 ^9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Toggle Console drawer
Refresh page F5 ^R R
Hard refresh (clear cache) ^F5 ^R R
Search text in current panel ^F F
Search text across all sources ^F F
Open file in Sources ^O ^P O P
Zoom in ^
Zoom out ^- -
Restore default zoom ^0 0
Run snippet ^
Toggle Device Mode ^M M
Toggle Inspect Element Mode ^C C
Open Command Menu ^P P
Toggle drawer
Normal reload F5 ^R R
Hard reload ^R R

Elements Panel

Action Windows/Linux Mac
Undo change ^Z Z
Redo change ^Y Z Y
Select element above
Select element below
Expand selected node
Collapse selected node
Expand/collapse node & children (Hold) & (Click) (Hold) & (Click)
Edit attribute
Select next/previous attribute
Hide selected element H H
Toggle edit as HTML F2 F2
Go to line ^G L
Search by string, selector, XPath ^F F
Edit next attribute after search
Edit previous attribute after search

Styles Pane

Action Windows/Linux Mac
Go to line in value ^ & prop value (Select) & prop value (Select)
Cycle through color formats & 🎨 (Picker) & 🎨 (Picker)
Select next/prev prop
Increment/decrement value
Increment/decrement by 10
Increment/decrement by 100 ^ ^
Increment/decrement by 0.1
Toggle declaration on/off ☑ (Toggle) ☑ (Toggle)

Console Panel

Action Windows/Linux Mac
Accept autocomplete suggestion
Reject autocomplete suggestion
Get previous statement
Get next statement
Focus Console ^` ^`
Clear Console ^L K L
Force multi-line entry
Execute
Expand all sub-properties (Hold) & (Click) (Hold) & (Click)

Sources Panel

Action Windows/Linux Mac
Pause/resume script F8 ^\ F8 \
Step over next function call F10 ^' F10 '
Step into next function call F11 ^; F11 ;
Step out of current function F11 ^; F11 ;
Continue to line (while paused) ^line ⵌ (Click) line ⵌ (Click)
Select call frame below/above ^. ^, ^. ^,
Save changes to local modifications ^S S
Go to line ^G L
Jump to line of currently-open file ^O:line ⵌ (Click) O:line ⵌ (Click)
Jump to symbol (function, class, etc.) ^O O
Close active tab W W
Toggle breakpoint ^B / line ⵌ (Click) B / line ⵌ (Click)
Toggle conditional breakpoint ^B B
Edit breakpoint / line ⵌ (Click) line ⵌ (Click)
Toggle comment on selected text ^/ /

Code Editor

Action Windows/Linux Mac
Delete all characters in last word ^
Add/remove breakpoint ^B B
Go to matching bracket ^M ^M
Toggle single-line comment ^/ /
Select next occurrence ^D D
Undo last selection ^U U

Performance Panel

Action Windows/Linux Mac
Start/stop recording ^E E
Save recording ^S S
Load recording ^O O

Network Panel

Action Windows/Linux Mac
Start/stop recording ^E E
Record page load ^R R
Replay XHR R R
Hide details of selected resource

Memory Panel

Action Windows/Linux Mac
Start/stop recording ^E E

Lighthouse Panel

Action Windows/Linux Mac
Start/stop recording ^E E

Screenshots & Recording

Action Windows/Linux Mac
Take screenshot (Open) Command Menu w/ ^P & (Type) "screenshot" (Open) Command Menu w/ P & (Type) "screenshot"
Capture node screenshot (Select) element, (Open) Command Menu, (Type) "Capture node screenshot" (Select) element, (Open) Command Menu, (Type) "Capture node screenshot"
Capture full size screenshot (Open) Command Menu, (Type) "Capture full size screenshot" (Open) Command Menu, (Type) "Capture full size screenshot"

Tips

  • Command Menu:
    • Windows & Linux: ^P
    • Mac: P to access all DevTools features
  • Quick File Search:
    • Windows & Linux: ^P
    • Mac: P to quickly open files
  • Multi-cursor Editing:
    • Windows & Linux: ^
    • Mac: & (Click) to add multiple cursors
  • Column Selection:
    • Windows & Linux:
    • Mac: & (Drag) to select columns

Additional Resources


Last updated: Based on Chrome DevTools documentation

Additional Key Symbols:

➜] 🌐 ➜] 🌐 🔴 🔵 📝 🔍 🔎 🔄 📱 🔍 📜 📦 🔄 🔁 » ± 𖡎 ☁︎ ♒︎ ✍︎ ® 🖱 ☠︎︎ 𝒾 𓋰 × 🜲 𖤓 🇪 𖠿 ⚠︎ ✈︎ 𓊍 𝄞 · ☀︎ ☯︎ 𐚁 𑁍 × 𐙚 ▬▬ ══ _ « » ⚡︎ # 𖦏 𑄝 𐂯 · 𐦂 𖨆 𐀪 𖠋 ✌︎︎

Unicode computing symbols

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