Does Chromebook have a desktop mode?

You can add desks to organize multiple windows and multi-task.

Create a desk

1. On your Chromebook keyboard, press the Show windows key .
2. At the top right, select New desk.
   • To rename a desk, select the desk's name and enter in your preferred name.

Go to a different desk

1. On your Chromebook keyboard, press the Show windows key .
2. At the top, select a desk.

Tip: To switch to a different desk, swipe with four fingers left or right on your touchpad.

Move a window to another desk

1. On your Chromebook keyboard, press the Show windows key .
2. At the top, select the desk with the windows you want to move. You may have to press the Show windows key again.
3. Drag windows and apps to your preferred desk or use shortcuts:
   • Move a window to a new desk: Right-click the top of a window then select Move window to another desk.
   • Make a window or app available across all desks: Right-click the top of a window then select Show in all desks.

Tip: You can drag desks to reorder them.

Move tabs to another window or desk

1. In Chrome, right-click the tab.
2. Select Move tab to another window.
   • The menu will display all your windows grouped by desk.
3. Select where you want to move the tab.

Remove a desk

1. On your Chromebook keyboard, press the Show windows key .
2. On the desk you want to remove, at the top right, select Close .
3. All apps and windows from the deleted desk will go to the desk on the left. If one is not available, all apps and windows will go to the desk on the right.

Tip: Apps and windows from the deleted desk will go to the desk on the left. If the desk on the left isn’t available, apps and windows will go to the desk on the right.

Use desk keyboard shortcuts

Important: 

• Depending on your keyboard, you can press the Search key  or the Launcher key  for some shortcuts. Both keys work the same.
• These steps only work on US Chromebooks with a standard English QWERTY keyboard. For international keyboards, go to Settings  Device  Keyboard  View keyboard shortcuts to find keyboard shortcuts for your device.

• Create a new desk: Press Shift + Search + =.
• Switch to a desk on left or right: Press Search + [ or ] [left or right square bracket].
• Switch to a specific desk: Press Shift + Search  + [desk position number].
• Move a window to a different desk: Press Shift + Search + [ or ].
• Move a window to all desks: Press Shift + Search  + a.
• View all windows in your desk: Press Alt + Tab.
• View a different window in your desk: Hold Alt and press Tab.
  • View a different window in your current desk: Select Current desk.
  • View windows across all desks: Select All desks.