Keyboard shortcuts in F12 developer tools
Keyboard shortcuts in F12 developer tools for Internet Explorer 11 make tools and features accessible without a mouse or pointing device.
Using keyboard shortcuts
You can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate the F12 developer tools directly from your keyboard. The current shortcut set is listed below. For older versions, see the keyboard shortcuts for Internet Explorer versions 8, 9, and 10.
General shortcuts
These shortcuts either control the F12 tools window or work across all tools.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Show/hide Console at the bottom of any other tool | CTRL + ` |
| Give focus to Console at the bottom of another tool | CTRL + ALT + I |
| Pin/unpin F12 | CTRL + P |
| Bring Internet Explorer to foreground when unpinned F12 is in front of IE | F12 |
| Show/hide F12 when F12 is pinned or behind IE | F12 |
| Refresh the page
Note if you're debugging and paused at a breakpoint, this resumes execution first.
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CTRL + SHIFT + F5 |
| Move backward in your tool navigation history | CTRL + [ |
| Move forward in your tool navigation history | CTRL + ] |
| "Tab" through the most commonly used elements in a tool ("superset navigation") | F6 |
Note If you're using a keyboard without function keys, you can use ALT + T to open the Tools menu and select the F12 tools from there to open it.
F12 navigation shortcuts
When IE's focus is on the F12 tools, you can easily move from tool to tool using these key combos.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Switch to DOM Explorer | CTRL + 1 |
| Switch to Console | CTRL + 2 |
| Switch to Debugger | CTRL + 3 |
| Switch to Network | CTRL + 4 |
| Switch to UI Responsiveness | CTRL + 5 |
| Switch to Profiler | CTRL + 6 |
| Switch to Memory | CTRL + 7 |
| Switch to Emulation | CTRL + 8 |
| Previous tool (in order above) | CTRL + [ |
| Next tool (in order above) | CTRl + ] |
Console shortcuts
These shortcuts work with both the main Console panel and the Console you can open in other tools. They only work when focus is on the Console's input area.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Enter multiline mode | CTRL + ALT + M or SHIFT + ENTER |
| Exit multiline mode | CTRL + ALT + M |
| Execute in single line mode | ENTER |
| Execute in multiline mode | CTRL + ENTER |
| Clear the Console of all messages | CTRL + L |
DOM Explorer Shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Open/close Color Picker tool | CTRL + K |
Debugger shortcuts
The Debugger is one of the most complex tools in F12 tools and has the largest set of shortcuts.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Start debugging or continue | F5 or F8 |
| Stop debugging | SHIFT + F5 |
| Step over | F10 |
| Step into | F11 |
| Step out | SHIFT + F11 |
| Break all | CTRL + SHIFT + B |
| Open "Change exception behavior" drop-down menu | CTRL + SHIFT + E |
| Set or unset breakpoints (requires focus to be in Editor) | F9 or CTRL + B |
| Set a breakpoint condition (requires focus to be in Editor) | ALT + F9 |
| Enable/disable breakpoints (requires focus to be in Editor) | CTRL + F9 |
| Go to Breakpoint window | CTRL + ALT + B |
| Go to Watch window | CTRL + ALT + W |
| Go to Call Stack window | CTRL + ALT + C |
| Go to Script Chooser drop-down menu | CTRL + O |
| Next function on stack | CTRL + PERIOD |
| Previous function on stack | CTRL + COMMA |
| Shortcut for toggle panes in the control panel (right side) | CTRL + ALT + T |
| Focus to Editor | CTRL + E |
| Add watch | CTRL + W |
| Break on new workers | CTRL + SHIFT + W |
| Edit watch (while on watch) | F2 |
| Delete watch (while on watch) | DEL |
| Toggle pretty print | CTRL + SHIFT + P |
| Word wrap | ALT + W |
| Toggle all breakpoints | CTRL + SHIFT + F11 |
| Find | CTRL + F |
| Find Next | F3 |
| Find Previous | SHIFT + F3 |
| Set next statement | CTRL + SHIFT + F10 |
| Show next statement | ALT + NUM* |
| Run to cursor | CTRL + F10 |
| Toggle Just My Code mode | CTRL + J |
| Toggle Just My Code frames display | CTRL + SHIFT + J |
| Toggle Library code in File Picker | CTRL + L |
| Toggle the original / current source display for files with source maps | CTRL + SHIFT + M |
Network shortcuts
These shortcuts start and stop the network capture.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Start capturing network activity in the active tab | F5 |
| Stop capturing network activity in the active tab | SHIFT + F5 |
Profiler shortcuts
These shortcuts start and stop profiling JavaScript activity.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Start profiling | F5 |
| Stop profiling | SHIFT + F5 |
Note You can start and stop profiling from inside your code using console.profile() and console.profileEnd().
Memory shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Start / Stop a profiling session | CTRL + E |
| Take a memory heap snapshot | CTRL + SHIFT + T |
Related topics
Keyboard shortcuts in Internet Explorer versions 8, 9, and 10