How to Remap the Keyboard on Your Chromebook

How to Remap the Keyboard on Your Chromebook

 

To remap a key, simply click the box next to it and pick the function you want it to do. You might, for example, swap the Launcher (or Search) key back to Caps Lock. Alternatively, if you prefer to keep the Launcher key in its default duty but still miss Caps Lock, you might assign the Caps Lock function to your Escape or Assistant keys.

If you have a Chromebook other than the Pixelbook (which, as previously mentioned, has a dedicated Google Assistant key) and wish to have simpler access to Assistant, you might assign the Escape key or even the Launcher key to do that role.

There’s one more keyboard remapping option to mention: Treat top-row keys as function keys, which are located beneath the list of customizable keys. When you enable the toggle, the specialty keys on the top row of your Chromebook’s keyboard — the commands for moving back, reloading a page, maximizing a window, and so on — will be converted into regular F1-style function keys. In that case, you can still access their specialist functions, but only if you first hold down the Launcher key and then press them.