The address bar in Chrome for your Mac is more than just an address bar. It’s a highly useful search tool known as an omnibox.

Here are a few shortcuts to make searching easier on your Mac computer.
Action | Shortcut |
Search with your default search engine | Type a search term + Enter |
Search using a different search engine | Type a search engine name and press Tab |
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in the current tab | Type a site name + Control + Enter |
Add www. and .com to a site name, and open it in a new tab | Type a site name + Control + Shift + Enter |
Open the website in a new background tab | Type a web address + ⌘ + Enter |
Jump to the address bar | ⌘ + l |
Remove predictions from your address bar | Down arrow to highlight + Shift + fn + DeleteForward Delete or fn-Delete on a laptop |
Move cursor to the address bar | Control + F5 |