10 Most Useful Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts You Should Know
10 Most Useful Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts You Should Know
Here are 10 useful Chromebook keyboard shortcuts you should know:
- Ctrl + Shift + L: Lock your Chromebook's screen.
- Ctrl + Shift + Q: Log out of your Chromebook (press the key combination twice to quit).
- Alt + E: Open the Chrome browser's menu (only works if a Chrome browser window is open and focused).
- Alt + 1-8: Launch applications located on Chrome OS's "shelf" or taskbar.
- Alt + [: Dock a window to the left side of your screen.
- Alt + ]: Dock a window to the right side of your screen.
- Ctrl + Switcher/F5: Take a screenshot and save it to your Downloads folder.
- Ctrl + Shift + Switcher/F5: Take a screenshot of part of the screen.
- Alt + Search: Toggle Caps Lock.
- Shift + Esc: Launch the Task Manager.
Note: The Switcher key is located in place of the F5 key on a standard keyboard, and the Search key has a magnifying glass on it and is in place of the Caps Lock key on typical keyboards.