Access Your Browser Downloads with a Single Keystroke

27.07.2012
On Monday I showed you . (Okay, technically Ctrl-D is not a single keystroke, more like a single key combination. But it's still just one simple action, right?)

Today let's look at another keyboard shortcut that can simplify your Web-browsing experience. In fact, it's the shortcut you'd think would be tied to Ctrl-D (which, as you now know, is used for bookmarking).

I'm talking, of course, about accessing your browser's Downloads list. It's not uncommon for users to get tripped up after downloading a file, as it's not always obvious where that file landed or how you're supposed to find it. And what about files you downloaded in the past? Surely there must be some easy way to locate them?

There is, and all it takes is a single keystroke -- er, key combination. Here's the command for all popular browsers:

Chrome: Ctrl-J

Firefox: Ctrl-J