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Chrome DevTools Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

A visual cheat sheet for 56 keyboard shortcuts in Chrome Developer Tools.

Opening DevTools

Operation Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Open your last used panel Cmd + Shift + I Ctrl + Shift + I
Open Console panel Cmd + Shift + J Ctrl + Shift + J
Open Elements panel Cmd + Shift + C Ctrl + Shift + C

Global Shortcuts

Operation Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Show Settings F1 F1
Focus next panel Cmd + ] Ctrl + ]
Focus previous panel Cmd + [ Ctrl + [
Switch back to last 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

Operation Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Undo change Cmd + Z Ctrl + Z
Redo change Cmd + Y Ctrl + Y
Select element above or below Up/Down Up/Down
Expand currently selected node Right Right
Collapse currently selected node Left Left
Toggle attribute editing mode Enter Enter
Select next attribute in edit mode Tab Tab
Select previous attribute in edit mode Shift + Tab Shift + Tab
Hide currently selected element H H
Toggle HTML edit mode F2 F2

Sources Panel

Operation Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Pause script execution or resume Cmd + \ Ctrl + \
Step over 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 Cmd + ./, Ctrl + ./,
Save local modifications 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

Operation Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Delete all characters to left of cursor in word Cmd + Del Ctrl + Del
Go to matching bracket Cmd + M Ctrl + M
Toggle single-line comment Cmd + / Ctrl + /
Select next instance of word at cursor Cmd + D Ctrl + D
Deselect next instance of word at cursor Cmd + U Ctrl + U

Performance Panel

Operation 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

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

Console Panel

Operation Mac Shortcut Win Shortcut
Accept auto-complete suggestion Tab Tab
Reject auto-complete 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