Here is a list of accelerators and how-to related to Chrome OS. It will be maintained and updated regularly.
Table of Contens
Accelerators
Screen Capture
| Whole Screen | Ctrl + F5 |
| Select Partial | Ctrl + Shift + F5 |
Function Keys
| F1 | Previous Page | F5 | Window List | F9 | Decrease Volumn |
| F2 | Next Page | F6 | Decrease Brightness | F10 | Increase Volumn |
| F3 | Reload | F7 | Increase Brightness | ||
| F4 | Full Window | F8 | Quiet |
Virtual Desk
| Move to the Desk | Windows Search + [ |
| Move to the Right Desk | Windows Search + ] |
| Move the Current Active Window to the Left Desk | Windows Search + Shift + [ |
| Move the Current Active Window to the Right Desk | Windows Search + Shift + ] |
System
| Lock Screen | Windows Search + L There is no way to suspend. It would suspend after 5 minutes inactive. |
| Show All Accelerators | Ctrl + Alt + / |
| Search | Windows Search |
Chrome
| Open Closed a tab or tabs in the same window | Ctrl + Alt + T |
Mini How-To
Replace internal battery in Acer Chromebase
When I got the second-hand Chromebase, I cannot connect to my WiFi router. It’s due to the wrong system date and time. It won’t keep the updated setting because the battery is dead already.
Then I open the case with the iFixit Opening Tool beginning from the lower speakers. There is a motherboard in the middle. Take off protections to replace the CR2032 battery as below.
Resetting an Acer Chromebase
Resetting a ChomeOS machine is different to CloudReady. The later disable powerwash by default.
According to Acer, there are three different methods to reset. I restore to factory default by:
- Click on the displayed time on lower right corner.
- Open the ChromeOS setting page by clicking ⚙ in the dialog.
- Search for “powerwash”.
- Run to reset everything to factory default.
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