Chrome: Keyboard shortcut to go to Address Bar?

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I just recently switched from Windows and *nix to OS X, and I miss being able to hit F6 to go straight to my Address Bar. What's the OS X equivalent?

see also: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/1054/… – user588 Apr 8 '11 at 2:03 — user588, Apr 8 '11 at 2:03

user3439894 · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-25 22:03:20Z

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To switch quickly to the Address Bar use:

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IIRC cmd+L works also in Safari, Firefox and Opera; and ctrl+L does the same magic in Windows' versions of the browsers — though not in the same manner in IE: it opens up an Open URL dialog. – Jari Keinänen Apr 9 '11 at 11:13
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⌘+L doesn't work for me in Chrome 61 for Mac/OS X. Only works in Firefox – OMA Oct 25 '17 at 14:08
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How do you switch back to the main pane? – Dan Nissenbaum Jan 26 '18 at 2:48
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@DanNissenbaum, by pressing a 'Tab' key – Ilya Kolesnikov Oct 24 '18 at 8:59

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Eric Leschinski · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-28 02:30:22Z

Catch and remap your keystroke in the browser.

Using Google Chrome 75.0.3770.100 64 bit on a MacOS Mojave 10.14.4.

Chrome should tell you what your shortcut is under File -> Open Location...:

Clearly the shortcut is command-L

Visual:

This remap appears to occur somewhere between how the Application negotiates the keymaps between itself and the operating system.

Works for me nicely with Cmd key, but not with Option (Alt) +something unfortunately. — rafi, Oct 31 '19 at 14:42
My command+L stopped working somehow. Even if it is what it shows next "Open Location...". So I had to remap it to something else using this method, thank you. — tozCSS, May 11 '20 at 18:01