Use your Chromebook keyboard

Your Chromebook keyboard works just 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 unremarkably appear on the top row of your keyboard from left to right.

 or  Use the Search cardinal or the Launcher key 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
Become to the side by side page
Refresh your electric current page
Make your page take upward the total screen
Show all your open windows
Take a screenshot
Decrease screen brightness
Increment screen brightness
 Turn on electronic privacy screen
Decrease keyboard backlight brightness
Increase keyboard backlight effulgence
Rewind to last track
Play/pause
Skip to side by side track
Plough off the audio
Lower the volume
Enhance the volume

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

Change your keyboard settings

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

For example, y'all can brand the Search or Launcher key piece of work equally a Caps Lock fundamental.

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

Add words to your lexicon

To add a discussion to your dictionary:

  1. Right-click the discussion.
  2. Select Add to lexicon.

To add several words to your dictionary:

  1. If you haven't already, sign in to your Chromebook.
  2. At the bottom right, select the fourth dimension. Or pressAlt +Shift +s.
  3. Select Settings .
  4. Nether "Device," selectKeyboardand then Change language and input settings.
  5. Under "Input method," next to your preferred keyboard,  select New tab .
    • A "Keyboard settings" tab will open up.
  6. At the bottom left, select theEdit dictionary entries push button.
  7. Enter a word into the field "Add a new discussion," and so selectAdd word.
  8. To delete a word from your dictionary, select the Ten next to the word.

Correct words automatically

To turn on autocorrect or spell check:

  1. If you oasis't already, sign in to your Chromebook.
  2. At the bottom right, select the time. Or pressAlt +Shift +s.
  3. Select Settings .
  4. Under "Device," selectKeyboardand then Change language and input settings.
  5. SelectInput method.
  6. Adjacent to your enabled keyboard, select New tab.
  7. Next to "Auto-correction," choose the level of auto-correction you lot'd like. Tip:To become more corrections every bit you type, choose High.

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

Show suggested words as you type

Add together or turn off emoji suggestions

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

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

Employ emoji suggestions

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

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

Turn off emoji suggestions

Use or turn off personal info suggestions

Add together personal info suggestions

You can quickly add personal info, like your telephone number or address, with suggestions.

  1. Type a key phrase, like "my phone number is" or "my accost is." Your suggested info will appear.
  2. To add together your personal info, select the suggestion. You can as well printing theDownward arrow central + Enter.

Update your personal info suggestions

Turn off personal info suggestions

Prepare problems with your keyboard

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

If the backward or forwards buttons don't work, cheque if the same icons in a web browser window are grayed out. For case, if the back button on a webpage is grey, the browser isn't aware of a page to move backward to.

If you take other problems with your keyboard, try these steps:

  1. Turn off the Chromebook and and so turn it back on.
  2. Use the keys while you browse every bit a guest. If the keys work, delete the business relationship that has the problem on your Chromebook and then add it again.
  3. Complete a hard reset on your Chromebook hardware.
  4. If the owner account has problems, perform a manufacturing plant reset on the Chromebook.

If you nevertheless accept trouble after trying these steps, contact your Chromebook manufacturer.

Do more with your keyboard

  • Apply keyboard shortcuts
  • Modify your keyboard language
  • Change the Search key'due south default search engine
  • Use the on-screen keyboard

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