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Chromebook Missing Keys on the Keyboard

Summary: Information about missing caps lock and delete keys on a Chromebook.

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Symptoms


This article provides the information about Chromebook with missing keys on their keyboard:


Missing Keys on the Keyboard

Your Chromebook laptop may look like its missing keys on its keyboard (Caps Lock and Delete Keys) (Figure 1).

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Figure 1
 


Solution

The Chromebook keyboard does not include a CAPS LOCK or DELETE key by design.

By pressing the hotkey combination of CTRL+ALT+? you can bring up the hotkey map (Figure 2).

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Figure 2
 

With the map up, hold the CTRL key to see that page of hotkeys (Blue Hotkeys) (Figure 3).

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Figure 3
 

With the map up, hold the ALT key to see that page of hotkeys (Red Hotkeys) (Figure 4).

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Figure 4
 

ALT+Search turns on the CAPLOCK. Pressing ALT+Search or SHIFT turns it back off (a notification in the bottom right of your screen is given).

ALT+Backspace switches Delete

You can learn more about the Chromebook keyboard from the Chromebook article about: Use your Chromebook keyboard SLN295733_en_US__5iC_External_Link_BD_v1

If you have further questions about this article, contact Dell Technical Support.


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Affected Product
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Last Published Date

21 Feb 2021

Version

3

Article Type

Solution