

With your desktop clear, this combo will the restore the last window you minimized. Alt + -Īlt plus the minus-sign key minimizes your active window. The left bracket combo docks the active window to the left side of your screen, and the right bracket does the opposite, letting you quickly set up side-by-side windows. These two shortcuts are great for multitasking. Alt-1 opens the leftmost app pinned to the shelf, for example, while Alt-9 opens the rightmost app. If you have pinned your favorite apps to Chrome OS's shelf, then you can use these shortcuts to open them. Hold down Ctrl and Shift and hit the Q key twice to log out of your Chromebook.
DESKLETS ON CHROMEBOOK PASSWORD
You'll need to enter you password upon your return to unlock it. Hit this combo when you get up from your Chromebook to lock it.

This keyboard shortcut only works when Chrome is your active window it won't work if you have an app as its own window as your top-most, active window. Shift-Esc calls up Chrome's Task Manager where you can see which apps are using the most system resources and force quit an unresponsive app. This is the Chrome OS equivalent of Windows' Ctrl-Alt-Delete. You can still do caps lock, however, by hitting the search key while holding down the Alt key. Instead of locking caps, this key calls up Chrome OS's search window. One of the first things you'll notice about a Chromebook's keyboard is the caps-lock key has a magnifying glass on it. Keyboard shortcuts, however, can make navigating your Chromebook even easier. Chrome OS is a blissfully streamlined operating system that is easy to use.
