In Chrome OS, there are some little known (not to say secret) keyboard shortcuts available for getting a linux terminal, developer tools, switching between windows, an on-screen keyboard etc. This article gives a summary of them.
Chrome OS keyboard shortcuts
| Window overview: | F12 |
| Next windows: | Alt + Tab |
| Previous window: | Alt + Shift + Tab |
| Next tab: | Ctrl + Tab |
| Previous tab: | Ctrl + Shift + Tab |
| Switch to specific tab: | Ctrl + 1 through 8 |
| New tab: | Ctrl + T |
| Close Tab: | Ctrl + W |
| Reload tab: | Ctrl + R |
| Open incognito window: | Ctrl + Shift + N |
| Downloads: | Ctrl + J |
| Settings: | Ctrl + , |
| Power save: | Ctrl + Alt + L |
| File browser: | Ctrl + O |
| Developer Tools: | Ctrl + Shift + J |
| On-screen keyboard overlay: | F8 |
| Terminal window: | Ctrl + Alt + T or Ctrl + Alt + F2 |
| Lock screen: | Ctrl + Alt + L |
| External monitor: | Ctrl + Alt + M |
| Battery and network settings: | Ctrl + , |
| Sleep: | Close lid |
| Shutdown: | Power button |
In case you know additional ones, please leave a comment below. Thanks!
Hyperlink Open in New Tab – Cursor on link + Ctrl + tap, or click, tracking pad
I have chromeos on my Parallels virtual machine (hostes in my OSX laptop), using the default US keyboard.
Ctrl-Tab works fine to go to next tab.
However, Alt-Tab does not work to go to next window. (it just ignores the Alt, as if O pressed only the Tab key, thus going to the next component in the webpage).
what am I doing wrong?
Regards,
David
Full Screen = F4