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Chrome DevTools Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Visual cheat sheet for 56 keyboard shortcuts in Chrome Developer Tools.

Open DevTools

Action Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Open any panel you last used Cmd + Shift + I Ctrl + Shift + I
Open the Console panel Cmd + Shift + J Ctrl + Shift + J
Open the Elements panel Cmd + Shift + C Ctrl + Shift + C

Global Shortcuts

Action Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Show Settings F1 F1
Focus next panel Cmd + ] Ctrl + ]
Focus previous panel Cmd + [ Ctrl + [
Toggle back to last used docking position Cmd + Shift + D Ctrl + Shift + D
Toggle device mode Cmd + Shift + M Ctrl + Shift + M
Toggle inspect element mode Cmd + Shift + C Ctrl + Shift + C
Open Command Menu Cmd + Shift + P Ctrl + Shift + P
Toggle drawer Esc Esc
Normal reload Cmd + R Ctrl + R
Hard reload Cmd + Shift + R Ctrl + Shift + R
Search text in current panel Cmd + F Ctrl + F
Open “Search” tab in drawer Cmd + Shift + F Ctrl + Shift + F
Open file in “Sources” panel Cmd + P Ctrl + P
Zoom in Cmd + Shift + + Ctrl + Shift + +
Zoom out Cmd + - Ctrl + -
Restore default zoom level Cmd + 0 Ctrl + 0
Run snippet Cmd + O + ! Ctrl + O + !

Elements Panel

Action Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Undo changes Cmd + Z Ctrl + Z
Redo changes Cmd + Y Ctrl + Y
Select element above or below current select element Up/Down Up/Down
Expand currently selected node Right Right
Collapse currently selected node Left Left
Toggle edit attribute mode on current selected element Enter Enter
Select next attribute after entering edit attribute mode Tab Tab
Select previous attribute after entering edit attribute mode Shift + Tab Shift + Tab
Hide currently selected element H H
Toggle HTML edit mode on current selected element F2 F2

Sources Panel

Action Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Pause script execution (if running), or resume (if paused) Cmd + \ Ctrl + \
Skip next function call Cmd + ' Ctrl + '
Step into next function call Cmd + ; Ctrl + ;
Step out of current function Cmd + Shift + ; Ctrl + Shift + ;
Select call frame below or above current selected frame Cmd + ./, Ctrl + ./,
Save local changes Cmd + S Ctrl + S
Save all changes Cmd + Alt + S Ctrl + Alt + S
Go to line Cmd + G Ctrl + G
Close active tab Alt + W Alt + W

Code Editor

Action Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Delete all characters in last word until cursor Cmd + Del Ctrl + Del
Go to matching bracket Cmd + M Ctrl + M
Toggle single line comment Cmd + / Ctrl + /
Select next word where cursor is Cmd + D Ctrl + D
Unselect next word where cursor is Cmd + U Ctrl + U

Performance Panel

Action Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Start or stop recording Cmd + E Ctrl + E
Save recording Cmd + S Ctrl + S
Load recording Cmd + O Ctrl + O

Memory Panel

Action Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Start or stop recording Cmd + E Ctrl + E

Console Panel

Action Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Accept autocomplete suggestion Tab Tab
Reject autocomplete suggestion Esc Esc
Get previous statement Up Up
Get next statement Down Down
Focus console Cmd + ``` Ctrl + ```
Clear console Cmd + L Ctrl + L
Force multi-line input Shift + Enter Shift + Enter
Execute Enter Enter