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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.

Everything Clipboard Editing Files and printing Navigation Search Selection System Tabs and windows View and zoom
Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Bookmark every open page in a new folder Browser ChromeOS CtrlShiftD Source
Search within the page Web page ChromeOS CtrlF Source
Go to the next search match Find bar open ChromeOS CtrlG Source
Go to the previous search match Find bar open ChromeOS CtrlShiftG Source
Start a Google search from the address bar Browser ChromeOS CtrlK Source
View the page source Web page ChromeOS CtrlU Source
Show or hide the developer tools Web page ChromeOS CtrlShiftI Source
Show or hide the bookmarks bar Browser ChromeOS CtrlShiftB Source
Open the history page Browser ChromeOS CtrlH Source
Open the downloads page Browser ChromeOS CtrlJ Source
Open the Files app Anywhere ChromeOS ShiftAltM Source
Show hidden files in the Files app Files app ChromeOS Ctrl. Source
Open the status area Anywhere ChromeOS ShiftAltS Source
Check your notifications Anywhere ChromeOS ShiftAltN Source
Reset the screen resolution Anywhere ChromeOS CtrlShift0 Source
Switch to the next signed in user Several accounts signed in ChromeOS CtrlAlt. Source
Switch to the previous signed in user Several accounts signed in ChromeOS CtrlAlt, Source
Open the last app on the shelf Anywhere ChromeOS Alt9 Source
Turn capital letter lock on or off Anywhere ChromeOS SearchAlt Source
Select everything on the page Page or text field ChromeOS CtrlA Source
Select the address bar contents Browser ChromeOS CtrlL Source
Select to the end of the line Editing text ChromeOS SearchShiftRight arrow Source
Select to the start of the line Editing text ChromeOS SearchShiftLeft arrow Source
Move to the start of the line Editing text ChromeOS SearchLeft arrow Source
Move to the end of the line Editing text ChromeOS SearchRight arrow Source
Go to the end of the document Editing text ChromeOS SearchCtrlRight arrow Source
Go to the start of the document Editing text ChromeOS SearchCtrlLeft arrow Source
Open the clipboard history Anywhere ChromeOS SearchV Source
Copy the selection Editing text ChromeOS CtrlC Source
Paste from the clipboard Editing text ChromeOS CtrlV 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