If you just switched to a Chromebook, you may have noticed that you don’t have the Lock key. Shift, something that appears in the rest of the laptops of other operating systems on the market. Let’s see how we can solve it.
The fact of not having the Lock key. Shift It is something that has led many users who were released on Chromebook from Windows or Mac devices, who, due to ignorance, did not know that this option would not be present.
It may be that you do not mind not having that key because you never or almost never write in capital letters continuously, but the truth is that, for many users, at least it’s a surprise not being able to use this option.
Anyway, functionality can be restored Caps Lock on any Chromebook in different ways.
External keyboard
One of the easiest ways to regain your Caps lock key in our Chromebook, it is to use an external keyboard like the one used for Windows, for example.
With this keyboard we can reassign a key that we do not use the function that we have lost in the Chromebook’s own keyboard. For this we only have to do the following:
- In the bottom right, we select the time. The other way to access the same menu would be to press Alt + Shift + s
- Now you have to go to Setting which is the symbol of a toothed nut on the right side.
- At this moment we will Device and we choose Keyboard.
- The next screen is where we can change the function of one or more keys, choosing the one we want Lock capital.
Now we can reassign the home or search key to become a caps lock key.
You can use the one or those that best suit your needs. With this system, most Windows or Mac keyboards will be able to be used for this purpose.
Keyboard shortcuts for caps lock
Another way to get the caps lock on Chromebook are keyboard shortcuts, that is, key combinations that are used to perform certain actions, and thus not have to enter any type of menu to achieve the same.
To explicitly block capital letters and everything comes out in this type of font, we must press the search key + Alt or the applications menu key + Alt.
With this method we manage to activate the first time we combine them and deactivate it the next.
This is a fairly intuitive and simple way to make all letters capitalize at the same time.
Other keyboard shortcuts
In case this keyboard shortcut has been interesting for you, we can see several more that there are for Chrome that can serve you in other matters, just like there are keyboard shortcuts for Windows 10.
We are going to know them and so you can decide which ones you are going to use from now on, since if there is something they have this type of shortcut, it is that they provide comfort when facing certain options.
The most popular keyboard combinations
The combinations that are used the most within the amount of them that there are right now can be the following that you are going to see now.
If by chance you want to look for a keyboard shortcut, press Ctrl + F and write what you want to find.
- Take a screenshot: hit Ctrl + Show windows.
- Take a partial screenshot: Press Shift + Ctrl + Show Windows, then click and drag.
- Screenshot on tablets: press the power button + volume down button.
- To access more screen capture features: press Shift + Ctrl + Show Windows, then select a screenshot function from the toolbar.
- To access more screen capture features on tablets, follow these steps: press and hold the power button and then select “Screenshot” or the time and then choose Screenshot.
- Lock the screen: Press Search Key + L. Or press Application Menu Key + L.
- Log out of your Google account: press Shift + Ctrl + Q (twice).
- See all key combinations: press Ctrl + Alt + / (forward slash).
- Select all on page: Ctrl + a
- Select the next word or letter: Shift + Ctrl + Right Arrow
- Select the previous word or letter: Shift + Ctrl + Left Arrow
- Open clipboard menu: Launcher + V or Search + v
- Copy content to clipboard: Ctrl + c
- Cut content: Ctrl + x
- Paste clipboard content: Ctrl + v
- Undo the previous command: Ctrl + z
These are some of the keyboard shortcuts Chromebook users have at their disposal for certain tasks, although there are many more that can be used as well.
With everything we have talked about today, you will be able to recover one of the functions that Chromebooks are missing with the naked eye, but that can be recovered in several different ways and thus be able to enjoy this ability that is present at first glance, on Mac and Windows.