keyboard first

One shortcut to move through your whole session.

Press Command or Control L to search the web with your chosen engine or jump to a tab, favorite, history item, or group. Type / when you want to run a browser command instead.

Type / to reveal the complete command directory, then keep typing to narrow the list.

jump, don't hunt

The same input gets you to the next thing.

Find a tab with a few letters.

The Quick Switcher matches across open tabs, favorites, browsing history, and named groups. Choose a result to focus it without sorting through a tab strip.

Search with the engine you chose.

Live suggestions from your default search engine appear beside your local matches. Choose one, or press Enter to search exactly what you typed. Suggestions can be turned off before first use or later in Settings.

Run a browser action with /.

Type / to see commands for everyday browser work, including /private, /find, /group work, and /allow-ads.

Keep the page where it is.

The command palette floats over the page instead of moving content to make room. Dismiss it with Escape when you are done.

See all shipped slash commands
/favorites
Open favorites
/save [folder]
Save this page to favorites, into a folder if you name one
/history
Open browsing history
/downloads
Open downloads
/settings
Open settings
/clear
Clear browsing history
/new
Open a new tab
/private
Open a private tab (history stays untouched)
/close
Close this tab
/reopen
Reopen the tab you just closed
/pin
Pin or unpin this tab
/mute
Mute or unmute this tab
/sleep
Quiet background tabs and free their memory
/group <name>
Move this tab into a group, creating it on first use
/ungroup
Take this tab out of its group
/close-group
Close every tab in this group
/find
Find in page
/block-ads
Block ads here, or toggle blocking everywhere
/allow-ads
Allow ads on this site
/1password
Fill a login from 1Password · macOS only
/theme [system|light|dark]
Cycle appearance, or switch directly to system, light, or dark
/patron
Support Blanc with a Patron subscription
/workspace
Switch to a named workspace, or type a new name to save this window

the browser stays quiet

Bring up the controls only when you need them.

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