Press F12 To Accelerate Your Web Dev



Microsoft Edge is the new default browser that is built for Windows 10. The new browser is powered by the EdgeHTML web engine and is built completely from scratch.

Microsoft Edge has the F12 Developer tool that comes with tools like DOM Explorer, Console tool, Debugger tool, Network tool, Performance Tool, Memory tool, Emulation tool. These tools help the web developers to debug and test their webpages covering various scenarios.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Edge F12 Developer Tools

There are several keyboard shortcuts that help the users to use the F12 Developer Tools effectively and below are some of them.

Shortcut Key Description
F12 Opens the Microsoft Edge F12 Developer Tools
ALT + Spacebar + C Closes the F12 Developer Tools (if active) else closes the Microsoft Edge browser.
Ctrl + 1 Navigate to DOM Explorer tool.
Ctrl + 2 Navigate to the Console tool.
Ctrl + 3 Navigate to the Debugger tool.
Ctrl + 4 Navigate to the Network tool.
Ctrl + 5 Navigate to the Performance Tool.
Ctrl + 6 Navigate to the Memory tool.
Ctrl + 7 Navigate to the Emulation tool.
Ctrl + 8 Navigate to the Experiments tool.
Ctrl + B Select element on the DOM Explorer tab
Ctrl + K Displays the Color picker in the DOM Explorer tab
Ctrl + Shift + I Dom element highlighting in the DOM explorer tab.
Ctrl + J Enable/ Disable Just my code in Debugger tab.
F5 Continue in the Debugger tab
Hold F5 Fast Continue in the Debugger tab
F11 Step into code in the Debugger tab
F12 Step over in the Debugger tab
Shift + F11 Step out in the Debugger tab
Ctrl + Shift + F5 Continue and refresh in the Debugger tab
Ctrl + Shift + W Break on new worker in the Debugger tab
Ctrl + Shift + E Change the exception behavior in the debugger tab
Ctrl + E Start and stop the profiling for beginning a new performance session in the Performance , Network and Memory tab.
Ctrl + S Export as HAR in the Network tab
Ctrl + O Import the profiling session in the performance and memory tab
Ctrl + S Export the profiling session in the performance and memory tab
Ctrl + L Clears the error and warnings in the performance tab
Ctrl + Shift + T Takes the heap snapshot in the Memory tab
Ctrl + Shift + L Reset the Emulation settings in the Emulation tab.

I’m sure the shortcuts will help you in times to come.

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