Best Chromebook keyboard shortcuts
Chromebooks are great laptops. They can give you most of the things you need most of the time, all without the need to worry about viruses or complicated interfaces. And they can be inexpensive, too.
They may be simple and easy to use, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a few tricks up their sleeves. Here’s a selection of common keyboard shortcuts you can use on your Chromebooks to get stuff done that bit faster.
Shortcuts for controlling browser tabs
Navigating your way around lots of browser tabs can be a bit confusing at times, so try using these helpful shortcuts to keep things under control. These also work in many browsers regardless of the operating system, so you can use these on Windows as well. And that holds true for many of the other shortcuts you’ll find here.
Shortcuts for controlling windows
Shortcuts for navigating and controlling pages
Moving around on a page or changing the way it looks will often involve various mouse clicks. So, use these shortcuts instead
Working with text
ChromeOS also has a range of accessibility settings and shortcuts, all of which you can find on theGoogle Chromebook Helppages.
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Author: Martyn Casserly, Contributor
Martyn has been involved with tech ever since the arrival of his ZX Spectrum back in the early 80s. He covers iOS, Android, Windows and macOS, writing tutorials, buying guides and reviews.
