ChromeOS keyboard shortcuts
Tabs, windows, text editing, desks, and accessibility keys on a Chromebook.
81 shortcuts ChromeOS checked September 14, 2026
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This app has a ChromeOS catalog in Shortivo. No other operating system is published for it yet.
16 actions and 16 key variants match.
- ChromeOS Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Close the current tab Browser | ChromeOS CtrlW | Source |
| Close the current window Browser | ChromeOS CtrlShiftW | Source |
| Bring back the last closed tab or window Browser | ChromeOS CtrlShiftT | Source |
| Jump to the last tab Browser | ChromeOS Ctrl9 | Source |
| Move to the next tab Browser | ChromeOS CtrlTab | Source |
| Move to the previous tab Browser | ChromeOS CtrlShiftTab | Source |
| Dock the window on the left Any window | ChromeOS Alt[ | Source |
| Maximize the window Any window | ChromeOS Alt= | Source |
| Minimize the window Any window | ChromeOS Alt- | Source |
| Dock the window on the right Any window | ChromeOS Alt] | Source |
| Move a window to the other display External monitor connected | ChromeOS SearchAltM | Source |
| Bookmark the current page Web page | ChromeOS CtrlD | Source |
| Show or hide the bookmarks bar Browser | ChromeOS CtrlShiftB | Source |
| Put a window on every desk Desks | ChromeOS ShiftSearchA | Source |
| Send a window to the desk on the left Desks | ChromeOS ShiftSearch[ | Source |
| Send a window to the desk on the right Desks | ChromeOS ShiftSearch] | Source |
About ChromeOS and its shortcuts
ChromeOS is a browser that became an operating system, and its keyboard shows that history: window and desk management sit alongside commands that would be browser commands anywhere else. Its launcher key does the work a Windows key or Command key does elsewhere, and the built-in shortcut viewer is genuinely good.
Chromebook keyboards differ from PC ones, with a search or launcher key where caps lock usually sits and a top row of dedicated keys rather than function keys, so a combination written for Windows rarely transfers unchanged.
Where the ChromeOS keys came from
Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of ChromeOS. Report a key that is wrong
To see how one action is done in other apps as well as ChromeOS, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task