Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts Guide

Complete Reference for Chrome OS Users

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What Are Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts? Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of keyboard strokes and clicks that you can use to perform specific actions, such as taking a screenshot. Knowing some of the shortcuts listed below can help save you time.

Quick Tip: You can also press Ctrl+Alt+? whenever you're signed in on your Chromebook to see a map of these shortcuts directly on the screen.

Page Navigation Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcut Action

Alt or Search + ↑ Page up Alt or Search + ↓ Page down Space Scroll down the web page Ctrl+Alt + ↑ Home Ctrl+Alt + ↓ End

Ctrl+P Print your current page Ctrl+S Save your current page Ctrl+R Reload your current page Ctrl+Shift+R Reload your current page without using cached content Ctrl + + Zoom in on the page Ctrl + - Zoom out on the page Ctrl+0 Reset zoom level Esc Stop the loading of your current page Alt + click a link Open the link in a new tab in the background Ctrl+D Save your current webpage as a bookmark Ctrl+Shift+D Save all open pages in your current window as bookmarks in a new folder

Ctrl+F Open the find bar to search your current page Ctrl+G or Enter Go to the next match for your input in the find bar Ctrl+Shift+G or Shift+Enter Go to the previous match for your input in the find bar Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E Perform a search from the address bar Ctrl+Enter Add www. and .com to your input in the address bar Ctrl+U View page source Ctrl+Shift+I Toggle the display of the Developer Tools panel Ctrl+Shift+J Toggle the display of the DOM Inspector

Tabs and Windows

Keyboard Shortcut Action

Ctrl+N Open a new window Ctrl+Shift+N Open a new window in incognito mode Ctrl+T Open a new tab Ctrl+O Open a file in the browser Ctrl+Shift+Q (twice) Sign out of your Google Account on Chrome OS Ctrl+W Close the current tab Ctrl+Shift+W Close the current window Ctrl+Shift+T Reopen the last tab you've closed (remembers last 10 tabs)

Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 Go to the tab at the specified position in the window Ctrl+9 Go to the last tab in the window Alt+1 through Alt+8 Activate launcher items 1-8 Search+1 through Search+= Use F1 to F12 Alt+9 Go to the last window open Ctrl+Tab Go to the next tab in the window Ctrl+Shift+Tab Go to the previous tab in the window Alt+Tab Go to the next window you have open Alt+Shift+Tab Go to the previous window you have open Backspace or Alt + ← Go to previous page in your browsing history Shift+Backspace or Alt + → Go to the next page in your browsing history Ctrl + click a link Open the link in a new tab in the background Ctrl+Shift + click a link Open the link in a new tab and switch to it Shift + click a link Open the link in a new window Alt+Enter (after typing URL) Open the URL in a new tab Ctrl+Shift+L Lock your screen

Browser Settings & System

Keyboard Shortcut Action

Ctrl+Shift+B Toggle the display of the bookmarks bar Alt+Shift+M Open the Files app Ctrl+. Display hidden files in the Files app Ctrl+H Open the History page Ctrl+J Open the Downloads page Shift+Esc Open the Task Manager Ctrl+Alt+/ Open the list of available keyboard shortcuts

Ctrl+? Go to the Help Center Shift+Alt+S Open the status area (bottom-right corner)

Shift+Alt+L Place focus on the launcher Alt+Shift+B Place focus on the bookmarks bar Alt+E or Alt+F Open the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar

Shift+Search+Volume Up Open right-click menus for focused items Ctrl+Alt+Z Enable or disable accessibility features Ctrl+Shift + + Increase screen scale Ctrl+Shift + - Decrease screen scale Ctrl+Shift + ) Reset screen scale Ctrl+Shift+Reload Rotate screen 90 degrees

Text Editing

Keyboard Shortcut Action

Ctrl+A Select everything on the page Ctrl+L or Alt+D Select the content in the address bar Ctrl+Shift + → Select next word or letter Shift+Search + → Select text to the end of the line Shift+Search + ← Select text to the beginning of the line Ctrl+Shift + ← Select previous word or letter Ctrl + → Move to the end of the next word Ctrl + ← Move to the start of the previous word Ctrl+Search + → Go to end of document Ctrl+Search + ← Go to beginning of document Ctrl+C Copy selected content to the clipboard Ctrl+V Paste content from the clipboard Ctrl+Shift+V Paste content from the clipboard as plain text

Ctrl+X Cut

Ctrl+Backspace Delete the previous word Alt+Backspace Delete the next letter (forward delete) Ctrl+Z Undo your last action

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