How to open a link with only a keyboard on Google Docs

This now works in a Google Doc:

Hold option and press return key with cursor beside link; position cursor before, within or after link using arrow keys + option key to skip words.


On https://docs.google.com/, when you’re connected, type ? (probably shift + ?), it will show you some keyboard shortcuts.

You can select a document with up and down arrows then press enter

When you are in an editing mode (ie. spreadsheet), click on “Help > Keyboard Shortcuts.”


The above answer is for Macs. To open a hyperlink in a Google Doc on a PC keyboard:

  1. Place your cursor either at..

    • the beginning of the hyperlink
    • somewhere inside the hyperlink text
    • at the end of the hyperlink
  2. Press the ALT + ENTER keys