Use your Chromebook keyboard

Your Chromebook keyboard works simply like a regular keyboard, with a few differences.

Tap here to see an interactive tutorial

Unique keys on your Chromebook keyboard

Your unique Chromebook keys normally appear on the top row of your keyboard from left to right.

 or  Use the Search key or the Launcher fundamental to search, show your apps, and interact with Google Assistant.
To turn Caps Lock on or off, press Alt + Search. Or press Alt + Launcher.
Go to the previous page
Go to the next page
Refresh your current folio
Make your page take up the total screen
Show all your open windows
Take a screenshot
Decrease screen brightness
Increase screen brightness
 Turn on electronic privacy screen
Decrease keyboard backlight brightness
Increment keyboard backlight brightness
Rewind to last track
Play/pause
Skip to next track
Turn off the audio
Lower the book
Enhance the volume

Tip: If you're using a Windows keyboard with your Chromebook, the Windows central between Ctrl and Alt works equally the Search key or the Launcher key .

Change your keyboard settings

Change how the Ctrl, Alt, and Search or Launcher keys piece of work

For case, you tin make the Search or Launcher key work as a Caps Lock key.

  1. If you haven't already, sign in to your Chromebook.
  2. At the bottom correct, select the time. Or pressAlt +Shift +s.
  3. Select Settings .
  4. In the "Device" section, selectKeyboard.
  5. Use the menus to alter how the keys work.

Add together words to your dictionary

To add a word to your dictionary:

  1. Correct-click the discussion.
  2. Select Add to dictionary.

To add several words to your lexicon:

  1. If you haven't already, sign in to your Chromebook.
  2. At the lesser right, select the time. Or printingAlt +Shift +s.
  3. Select Settings .
  4. Nether "Device," selectKeyboardand then Change linguistic communication and input settings.
  5. Nether "Input method," next to your preferred keyboard,  select New tab .
    • A "Keyboard settings" tab will open.
  6. At the bottom left, select theEdit lexicon entries button.
  7. Enter a word into the field "Add a new word," and so selectAdd together give-and-take.
  8. To delete a give-and-take from your lexicon, select the X next to the discussion.

Correct words automatically

To plow on autocorrect or spell check:

  1. If you oasis't already, sign in to your Chromebook.
  2. At the lesser right, select the fourth dimension. Or pressAlt +Shift +s.
  3. Select Settings .
  4. Under "Device," selectKeyboardand then Modify linguistic communication and input settings.
  5. SelectInput method.
  6. Next to your enabled keyboard, select New tab.
  7. Next to "Auto-correction," choose the level of auto-correction you'd like. Tip:To become more corrections equally you blazon, cull High.

Of import: If yous have more than one keyboard language, you'll need to turn on autocorrect for each one. Some keyboards don't have autocorrect.

Show suggested words equally y'all blazon

Add or turn off emoji suggestions

When you type certain words, like "wow" or "haha," Chromebook will suggest emojis to heighten your text. On personal Chromebooks, emoji suggestions are on past default.

Important: If you're on a Chromebook that is set and maintained by a school, company, or other group, emoji suggestions are off by default.

Apply emoji suggestions

  1. When you type a message in some websites or apps, like Google Chat, an emoji suggestion may announced.
  2. To navigate the emoji options, on your keyboard, press the Up arrow or Down arrow.
  3. To choose an emoji, on your keyboard, press Enter.

Tip: If you're on tablet manner, your Chromebook'southward on-screen keyboard will propose emojis in the virtual keyboard suggestions bar.

Plow off emoji suggestions

Apply or turn off personal info suggestions

Add personal info suggestions

You can apace add personal info, like your phone number or accost, with suggestions.

  1. Blazon a cardinal phrase, like "my phone number is" or "my address is." Your suggested info will announced.
  2. To add your personal info, select the proposition. You tin also press theDown arrow cardinal + Enter.

Update your personal info suggestions

Turn off personal info suggestions

Fix problems with your keyboard

If the volume or effulgence keys don't work, you might be at the upper or lower limit for that setting.

If the backward or forwards buttons don't piece of work, check if the same icons in a web browser window are grayed out. For example, if the dorsum push button on a webpage is grayness, the browser isn't aware of a page to move backward to.

If y'all have other problems with your keyboard, attempt these steps:

  1. Turn off the Chromebook and and then plow information technology dorsum on.
  2. Use the keys while you scan as a invitee. If the keys work, delete the account that has the problem on your Chromebook and and then add it again.
  3. Consummate a hard reset on your Chromebook hardware.
  4. If the possessor account has problems, perform a mill reset on the Chromebook.

If you still have trouble after trying these steps, contact your Chromebook manufacturer.

Practise more with your keyboard

  • Apply keyboard shortcuts
  • Modify your keyboard language
  • Change the Search cardinal's default search engine
  • Utilise the on-screen keyboard

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