Quickly open any item on your shelf by pressing Alt and then the number key that corresponds with its position: Alt-1 for the first app in the list, Alt-2 for the second and so on.Ħ. That'll cause the shelf to remain invisible in the standard non-tablet keyboard mode and to appear only when your mouse moves over that area of the screen.) ĥ. (You can also set the shelf to be hidden by default on any Chrome OS device by right-clicking the shelf and selecting "Autohide shelf" on the menu that appears. Swipe back up in that same area to make it return. If you have a touch-screen Chromebook, you can hide the shelf - the row of pinned "favorites" at the bottom of your screen - by swiping downward on it anytime you have an app or window open.
#MANAGING LAUNCHER FOLDERS ON CHROMEBOOK ANDROID#
Chrome OS has an out-of-sight onscreen shortcut for accessing the launcher on touch-screen Chromebooks, which is especially useful when you're using a Chromebook as a tablet: Simply swipe up from an open area at the bottom of the screen, and - just like with Android on Google's Pixel phones - the launcher will appear.Ĥ. Try typing in calculations ("172.4/3"), for instance, or unit conversions ("14.9 feet to meters") for fast answers.ģ. The launcher has some hidden extra powers, too. The Chrome OS launcher can pull up apps and websites and perform all sorts of search-related functions.Ģ.
Just start typing as soon as it appears, and you can find and open apps, pull up websites and even get answers to specific questions right then and there. The Chrome OS launcher - the app-drawer-like interface that appears when you tap the Search key or hit the circle icon in the lower-left corner of the screen - is actually a powerful universal search tool.
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