These 12 Google Chrome tricks will definitely help save your time…
Anything that comes out of Google’s stables are usually the best in the market. When they came out with the minimalistic-looking Google Chrome, many people raised their eyebrows.
But the web browser caught everyone’s attention with its lighting-fast speed and ease of handling.
Here are a few tricks that will make using Google Chrome even easier. How many of these tricks did you know about?
1. Search directly into individual sites using the Omnibox
You can automatically search through websites without actually going to those sites, as long as they're in your list of search engines.
For example, if you have added Wikipedia as a search engine, then it eliminates the need to go to Wikipedia home page each time. You simply start typing ‘Wikipedia,’ and the far right side of the omnibox will prompt you to press tab to search within the site.
Once you press tab, a solid block will appear in the left side of the omnibox that says ‘search Wikipedia.’ Search your query into it to search within that site.
You can use the omnibox to search directly through nearly any site as long as it's included in your managed list of search engines.
How to do it: Go to Settings > Search > Manage search engines
2. Drag multiple tabs at once
Most people know about moving Google Chrome tabs. To move more than one tab at a time, hold down Ctrl key, click on tabs you wish to move and do it. On a Mac, hold the Command key.
3. Chrome is a simple multimedia browser
While organising your computer, have you ever come across multimedia files that you’ve no idea how it got there? If you want to take a quick look at what it’s, drag it directly into your Chrome browser window.
4. Search words or phrases
Highlighting a word and performing a drag and drop is fundamentally the same as performing a cut and paste. So just highlight a word or phrase and drag it into the omnibox to perform a Web search. You can also right-click on highlighted word and you will prompt a pop-up option to conduct a Google search.
5. Open accidentally closed tabs
If you want to reopen a tab that you accidentally closed, just hit Control-Shift-T (Command-Shift-T on a Mac). Chrome will reopen closed tabs working your way back through your browsing history.
6. Drag a URL to the bookmarks bar
If you want to add a website to the bookmarks tab, just highlight the URL and drag it directly down to the bar. You can edit it later to change its name.
7. Browse tabs using key commands
If you ever need to read something quick on another tab, hold down the Control key (Command on Macs) and a number 1 through 9. It moves from left to right.
8. Open specific pages at start
If you use a specific website when you start browsing, you can set Chrome to open the site each time you start up. In Settings, go to "On Startup" and click on "Open a specific page or set of pages." "Set pages" link allows you to choose your starting sites.
9. Hidden info in the Omnibox
Clicking the little star in the far right side of the omnibox will help you add a site easily to your list of favourites. Clicking on the ‘folded paper’ icon on the left side of the Omnibox will give a window with all sorts of information about the site.
10. Easy key command to delete browsing history
If you ever want to delete your browsing history, including past URLs, cached images, passwords, and cookies, you can do it all quickly by pressing Control-Shift-Delete and a "Clear browsing data" window will open. (shift-Command-Delete on a Mac.)
11. Drag links directly to your desktop
Highlight a URL from the omnibox, drag and drop it on the desktop, and Chrome will automatically create a clickable icon for you to use later.
12. Translate anything
Chrome already has built-in Google Translate for entire webpages. But if you just want information on a select phrase or passage, you can get it with just two clicks. First, install the official Google Translate extension. Then you can click to highlight any unfamiliar text and click the little Google Translate icon that sits in the top-right side of your browser screen (that's two).
Courtesy: pcmag.com
