Chromebook 5190 Owners Manual

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Chrome commands

Chrome:// pages contain experimental features, diagnostic tools, and detailed statistics. They are hidden in Chrome's user interface. Chrome://about page lists all Chrome's internal pages. To view all the commands, type chrome://about in the Chrome browser URL as shown below:

List of Chrome URLs

Table 1. Chrome browser shortcutsThis table describes chrome browser shortcuts
Purpose	Browser Shortcut	Explanation
System Information	chrome://system/	"Who am I".. BIOS version, and so on
Basic Connectivity Diags	chrome://diagnostics/	Test for NIC and Internet connection
Chrome Information	chrome://version	More "Who am I" type of stuff
Create Recovery USB Stick	chrome://imageburner/	Google's version of DBAR/DBRM
Chrome Flags	chrome://flags	Experimental features beyond the scope of what Dell supports
Memory Troubleshooting	chrome://memory	View running processes and memory utilization
Module Load	chrome://conflicts	Shows conflicts of all modules loaded by Chrome
Chrome Sync Status	chrome://syncchrome://sync-internals	Allows troubleshooting of connected accounts
Connectivity Troubleshooting	chrome://net-internals	Comprehensive network/connectivity diagnostics, including DNS analysis, Waterfall and Bandwidth diagnostics, and so on
Histogram	chrome://histograms	Actual work and I/O audit
Credits	chrome://credits	References to all module/libs contributions and their respective wiki/license URLs
Crash Reporting	chrome://crashes	Shows detailed crash report, if the feature was enabled
Apps RAM Utilization	chrome://appcache-internals	Detailed memory usage for apps/extensions, especially handy for 2 GB Chromebooks

Following are the 12 most helpful chrome:// commands that you should know:

Table 2. Helpful chrome commandsThis table describes the Helpful Chrome commands
Chrome Commands	Purpose	Screenshot
chrome://flags	From here you can enable some of the experimental features that are hidden in the Google Chrome browser. Please note that as mentioned on this page, since these are experimental, these might not work as expected and might cause issues. Enable these features, and use it at your own risk.
chrome://dns	This displays the list of hostnames for which the browser will prefetch the DNS records.
chrome://downloads	This is also available from the Menu > Downloads. Shortcut key is Ctrl+J.
chrome://extensions	This is also available from the Menu > Tools > Extensions.
chrome://bookmarks	This is also available from the Menu > Bookmarks > Bookmark Manager. Short cut key is Ctrl+Shift+O.
chrome://history	This is also available from the Menu > History. Short cut key is Ctrl+H.
chrome://memory	This will redirect to “chrome://memory-redirect/”. This will display the memory used by the Google Chrome browser. This also displays all the process related to browser with their PID, process name, and the memory it takes.
chrome://net-internals	This displays all networking related information. Use this to capture network events generated by the browser. You can also export this data. You can view DNS host resolver cache. One of the important features in this feature is “Test”. If a URL failed to load, you can go to “chrome://net-internals” > click on “Tests” tab > type that URL which failed, and click on “Start Test”, which does some test and report you why that URL failed. chrome://plugins/.
chrome://quota-internals	This gives information about the disk space quote used by the browser, including the breakdown of how much space the individual websites took under temporary files.
chrome://sessions	This displays the number of sessions and magic list that are currently running.
chrome://settings	This is also available from the Menu > Options (on Windows), and Menu > Preferences (on Linux). From here you can control various browser related settings.
chrome://sync-internals	This gives information about the Chrome sync feature, including the Sync URL used by Google, and sync statistics.