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Chromebook Missing Keys on the Keyboard

Summary: This article provides information about missing caps lock and delete keys on a Chromebook.

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Symptoms


Missing Keys on the Keyboard

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

Keyboard
Figure 1
 


Cause

No cause information

Resolution

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).

Hotkey map
Figure 2
 

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

Ctrl hotkey map
Figure 3
 

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

Alt hotkey map
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.


Affected Products

Chromebook, Chromebook, Chromebook, Chromebook 11, ChromeBook 3100, Chromebook 3120 (End of Life), Chromebook 11 3180, Chromebook 11 3189, Chromebook 5190 2-in-1, Chromebook 5190, Chromebook 13 3380, Chromebook 7310, ChromeBook 3400 , Inspiron Chromebook 11 3181, Inspiron Chromebook 11 3181 2-in-1, Inspiron Chromebook 7486, Latitude 5400 Chromebook ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000137465
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 27 Jul 2024
Version:  4
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