Below is a list of all shortcuts available for use in Chrome OS. You can press Ctrl + Alt + ? to see a list of these shortcuts on your screen.
Table of Contents
Tabs and windows
| Open a new window | Ctrl + N |
| Open a new window in incognito mode | Ctrl + Shift + N |
| Open a new tab | Ctrl + T |
| Open a file in the browser | Ctrl + O |
| Sign out of your Google Account on Chrome OS | Ctrl + Shift + Q (twice) |
| Close the current tab | Ctrl + W |
| Close the current window | Ctrl + Shift + W |
| Reopen the last tab you’ve closed. Chrome remembers the last 10 tabs you’ve closed. | Ctrl + Shift + T |
| Go to the tab at the specified position in the window | Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8 |
| Go to the last tab in the window | Ctrl + 9 |
| Activate items 1-8 on your shelf | Alt + 1 through Alt + 8 |
| Use F keys (F1 to F12) | Search + 1 through Search + = |
| Open the last item on your shelf | Alt + 9 |
| Go to the next tab in the window | Ctrl + Tab |
| Go to the previous tab in the window | Ctrl + Shift + Tab |
| Go to the previous window you had open | Alt + Tab |
| Go to the next window you have open | Alt + Shift + Tab |
| Go to previous page in your browsing history | Backspace, or press Alt and the left arrow |
| Go to the next page in your browsing history | Shift + Backspace, or press Alt and the right arrow |
| Open the link in a new tab in the background | Press Ctrl and click a link |
| Open the link in a new tab and switch to the new tab | Press Ctrl + Shift and click a link |
| Open the link in a new window | Press Shift and click a link |
| Open the link in the tab | Drag the link to the tab’s address bar |
| Open the link in a new tab | Drag the link to a blank area on the tab strip |
| Open the webpage in a new tab | Type a web address (URL) in the address bar, then press Alt + Enter |
| Return the tab to its original position | While dragging the tab, press Esc |
| Dock a window on the left | Alt + [ |
| Dock a window on the right | Alt + ] |
| Lock your screen | Search + L |
Page shortcuts
| Page up | Alt or Search and up arrow |
| Page down | Alt or Search and down arrow |
| Scroll down the web page | Space bar |
| Go to top of page | Ctrl + Alt and up arrow |
| Go to bottom of page | Ctrl + Alt and down arrow |
| Print your current page | Ctrl + P |
| Save your current page | Ctrl + S |
| Reload your current page | Ctrl + R |
| Reload your current page without using cached content | Ctrl + Shift + R |
| Zoom in on the page | Ctrl and + |
| Zoom out on the page | Ctrl and – |
| Reset zoom level | Ctrl + 0 |
| Stop the loading of your current page | Esc |
| Right-click a link | Press Alt and click a link |
| Open the link in a new tab in the background | Press Ctrl and click a link |
| Save your current webpage as a bookmark | Ctrl + D |
| Save all open pages in your current window as bookmarks in a new folder | Ctrl + Shift + D |
| Save the link as a bookmark | Drag a link to bookmarks bar |
| Open the find bar to search your current page | Ctrl + F |
| Go to the next match for your input in the find bar | Ctrl + G or Enter |
| Go to the previous match for your input in the find bar | Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + Enter |
| Perform a search | Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E, then type a search term after the question mark in the address bar and press Enter. |
| Add www. and .com to your input in the address bar and open the resulting web address | Ctrl + Enter |
| Take a screenshot of your current page | Ctrl + For non-Chrome OS keyboards: |
| Take a partial screenshot | Ctrl + Shift + For non-Chrome OS keyboards: |
| View page source | Ctrl + U |
| Show or hide the Developer Tools panel | Ctrl + Shift + I |
| Show or hide the DOM Inspector | Ctrl + Shift + J |
Browser settings
| Show or hide the bookmarks bar. If the bar is hidden, you can see your bookmarks in the Chrome menu. | Ctrl + Shift + B |
| Open the Files app | Alt + Shift + M |
| Display hidden files in the Files app | Ctrl + . |
| Open the History page | Ctrl + H |
| Open the Downloads page | Ctrl + J |
| Open the Task Manager | Search + Esc |
| Open or hide the list of available keyboard shortcuts | Ctrl + Alt + / |
| Get help with your Chromebook | Ctrl + ? |
| Configure monitor display | Ctrl + |
| Open the status area in the bottom-right corner of the screen | Shift + Alt + S |
| Highlight the launcher button on your shelf | Shift + Alt + L |
| Highlight the next item on your shelf | Shift + Alt + L, then Tab or right arrow |
| Highlight the previous item on your shelf | Shift + Alt + L, then Shift + Tab or left arrow |
| Open the highlighted button on your shelf | Shift + Alt + L, then Space or Enter |
| Remove the highlight from a button on your shelf | Shift + Alt + L, then Esc |
Switch focus to the next keyboard-accessible pane. Panes include:
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Ctrl + |
| Highlight the bookmarks bar (if shown) | Alt + Shift + B |
| Highlight the row with the address bar | Shift + Alt + T |
| Open the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar | Alt + E or Alt + F |
| Open right-click menus for highlighted items | Shift + Search + Volume Up |
| Turn ChromeVox (spoken feedback) on or off | Ctrl + Alt + Z |
| Change screen resolution | Ctrl + Shift and + or – |
| Reset screen resolution to default | Ctrl + Shift and 0 |
| Rotate screen 90 degrees | Ctrl + Shift and Reload |
Google Sheets
| Select column | Ctrl + Space |
| Select row | Shift + Space |
| Select all | Ctrl + A |
| Undo | Ctrl + Z |
| Redo | Ctrl + Y Ctrl + Shift + Z |
| Find | Ctrl + F |
| Find and replace | Ctrl + H |
| Fill range | Ctrl + Enter |
| Fill down | Ctrl + D |
| Fill right | Ctrl + R |
| Save Every change is saved automatically in Drive |
Ctrl + S |
| Open | Ctrl + O |
| Ctrl + P | |
| Copy | Ctrl + C |
| Cut | Ctrl + X |
| Paste | Ctrl + V |
| Paste values only | Ctrl + Shift + V |
| Show common keyboard shortcuts | Ctrl + / |
| Compact controls | Ctrl + Shift + F |
| Input tools on/off (available in spreadsheets in non-Latin languages) |
Ctrl + Shift + K |
| Select input tools | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + K |
| Cell formatting | |
|---|---|
| Bold | Ctrl + B |
| Underline | Ctrl + U |
| Italic | Ctrl + I |
| Strikethrough | Alt + Shift + 5 |
| Center align | Ctrl + Shift + E |
| Right align | Ctrl + Shift + R |
| Apply top border | Alt + Shift + 1 |
| Apply right border | Alt + Shift + 2 |
| Apply bottom border | Alt + Shift + 3 |
| Apply left border | Alt + Shift + 4 |
| Remove borders | Alt + Shift + 6 |
| Apply outer border | Alt + Shift + 7 |
| Insert link | Ctrl + K |
| Insert time | Ctrl + Shift + ; |
| Insert date | Ctrl + ; |
| Format as decimal | Ctrl + Shift + 1 |
| Format as time | Ctrl + Shift + 2 |
| Format as date | Ctrl + Shift + 3 |
| Format as currency | Ctrl + Shift + 4 |
| Format as percentage | Ctrl + Shift + 5 |
| Format as exponent | Ctrl + Shift + 6 |
| Clear formatting | Ctrl + |
| Spreadsheet navigation | |
| Move to beginning of row | Ctrl + Left arrow |
| Move to beginning of sheet | Ctrl + Search + Left arrow |
| Move to end of row | Ctrl + Right arrow |
| Move to end of sheet | Ctrl + Search + Right arrow |
| Scroll to active cell | Ctrl + Backspace |
| Display list of sheets | Alt + Shift + K |
| Open hyperlink | Alt + Enter |
| Open Explore | Alt + Shift + X |
| Move focus out of spreadsheet | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + M |
| Move to quicksum (when a range of cells is selected) |
Alt + Shift + Q |
| Move focus to popup (for links, bookmarks, and images) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press E then P |
| Open drop-down menu on filtered cell | Ctrl + Alt + R |
| Open revision history | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + G |
| Open chat inside the spreadsheet | Shift + Esc |
| Close drawing editor | Ctrl + Esc Shift + Esc |
| Notes and comments | |
| Insert/edit note | Shift + Search + 2 |
| Insert/edit comment | Ctrl + Alt + M |
| Open comment discussion thread | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + A |
| Enter current comment | holding Ctrl + Alt, press E then C |
| Menus | |
| File menu | Alt + F |
| Edit menu | Alt + E |
| View menu | Alt + V |
| Insert menu | Alt + I |
| Format menu | Alt + O |
| Data menu | Alt + D |
| Tools menu | Alt + T |
| Form menu (present when the spreadsheet is connected to a form) |
Alt + M |
| Add-ons menu (present in the new Google Sheets) |
Alt + N |
| Help menu | Alt + H |
| Accessibility menu (present when screen reader support is enabled) |
Alt + A |
| Sheet menu (copy, delete, and other sheet actions) |
Ctrl + Shift + S |
| Context menu | Ctrl + Shift + |
| Insert or delete rows or columns | |
| Insert row above | Alt + I, then R |
| Insert row below | Alt + I, then W |
| Insert column to the left | Alt + I, then C |
| Insert column to the right | Alt + I, then G |
| Delete row | Alt + E, then D |
| Delete column | Alt + E, then E |
| Formulas | |
| Show all formulas | Ctrl + ~ |
| Insert array formula | Ctrl + Shift + Enter |
| Collapse an expanded array formula | Ctrl + E |
| Show/hide formula help (when entering a formula) |
Shift + Search + 1 |
| Screen reader support | |
| Enable screen reader support |
Ctrl + Alt + Z |
| Read column | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C |
| Read row | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R |
Google Docs
| Copy | Ctrl + C |
| Cut | Ctrl + X |
| Paste | Ctrl + V |
| Paste without formatting | Ctrl + Shift + V |
| Undo | Ctrl + Z |
| Redo | Ctrl + Shift + Z |
| Insert or edit link | Ctrl + K |
| Open link | Alt + Enter |
| Show common keyboard shortcuts | Ctrl + / |
| Save Every change is automatically saved in Drive |
Ctrl + S |
| Ctrl + P | |
| Open | Ctrl + O |
| Find | Ctrl + F |
| Find and replace | Ctrl + H |
| Find again | Ctrl + G |
| Find previous | Ctrl + Shift + G |
| Hide the menus (compact mode) | Ctrl + Shift + F |
| Insert page break | Ctrl + Enter |
| Search the menus | Alt + Z Alt + / |
| Text formatting | |
|---|---|
| Bold | Ctrl + B |
| Italicize | Ctrl + I |
| Underline | Ctrl + U |
| Strikethrough | Alt + Shift + 5 |
| Superscript | Ctrl + . |
| Subscript | Ctrl + , |
| Copy text formatting | Ctrl + Alt + C |
| Paste text formatting | Ctrl + Alt + V |
| Clear text formatting | Ctrl + |
| Increase font size | Ctrl + Shift + > |
| Decrease font size | Ctrl + Shift + < |
| Paragraph formatting | |
| Increase paragraph indentation | Ctrl + ] |
| Decrease paragraph indentation | Ctrl + [ |
| Apply normal text style | Ctrl + Alt + 0 |
| Apply heading style [1-6] | Ctrl + Alt + [1-6] |
| Center align | Ctrl + Shift + E |
| Right align | Ctrl + Shift + R |
| Justify | Ctrl + Shift + J |
| Numbered list | Ctrl + Shift + 7 |
| Bulleted list | Ctrl + Shift + 8 |
| Images and drawings | |
| Resize larger | Ctrl + Alt + K |
| Resize larger horizontally | Ctrl + Alt + B |
| Resize larger vertically | Ctrl + Alt + I |
| Resize smaller | Ctrl + Alt + J |
| Resize smaller horizontally | Ctrl + Alt + W |
| Resize smaller vertically | Ctrl + Alt + Q |
| Nudge up, down, left, or right | Arrow keys |
| Nudge by a pixel | Shift + Arrow keys |
| Rotate clockwise by 15° | Alt + Right arrow |
| Rotate counterclockwise by 15° | Alt + Left arrow |
| Rotate counterclockwise by 1° | Alt + Shift + Left arrow |
| Rotate clockwise by 1° | Alt + Shift + Right arrow |
| Close drawing editor | Ctrl + Esc Shift + Esc |
| Comments | |
| Insert comment | Ctrl + Alt + M |
| Open discussion thread | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + A |
| Enter current comment | holding Ctrl + Alt, press E then C |
| Move to next comment | holding Ctrl + Alt, press N then C |
| Move to previous comment | holding Ctrl + Alt, press P then C |
| Insert footnote | Ctrl + Alt + F |
| Enter current footnote | holding Ctrl + Alt, press E then F |
| Move to next footnote | holding Ctrl + Alt, press N then F |
| Move to previous footnote | holding Ctrl + Alt, press P then F |
| Menus | |
| Context (right-click) menu | Ctrl + Shift + X |
| File menu | Alt + F |
| Edit menu | Alt + E |
| View menu | Alt + V |
| Insert menu | Alt + I |
| Format menu | Alt + O |
| Tools menu | Alt + T |
| Table menu | Alt + B |
| Help menu | Alt + H |
| Accessibility menu (present when screen reader support is enabled) |
Alt + A |
| Input Tools menu (available in documents in non-Latin languages) |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + K |
| Toggle input controls (available in documents in non-Latin languages) |
Ctrl + Shift + K |
| Text selection with keyboard | |
| Select all | Ctrl + A |
| Extend selection one character | Shift + Left/right arrow |
| Extend selection one line | Shift + Up/down arrow |
| Extend selection one word | Ctrl + Shift + Left/right arrow |
| Extend selection to the beginning of the paragraph | Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow |
| Extend selection to the end of the paragraph | Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow |
| Select current list item | holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press E then I |
| Select all list items at current level | holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press E then O |
| Text selection with mouse | |
| Select word | Double-click |
| Extend selection one word at a time | Double-click + drag |
| Select paragraph | Triple-click |
| Extend selection one paragraph at a time | Triple-click + drag |
| Screen reader support | |
| Enable screen reader support |
Ctrl + Alt + Z Alt + Shift + ~ |
| Speak selection | Ctrl + Alt + X |
| Speak from cursor location | Ctrl + Alt + R |
| Announce cursor location | holding Ctrl + Alt, press A then L |
| Announce formatting at cursor location | holding Ctrl + Alt, press A then F |
| Speak the table column and row header | holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press T then H |
| Speak the table cell location | holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press T then N |
| Speak the table row header | holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press T then R |
| Speak the table column header | holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press T then C |