Chromebook · 6 steps

How to Switch Between Open Windows on a Chromebook

What you need: A Chromebook that you have signed in to, with its built-in touchpad. These steps open Files and Chrome, then switch between their windows.

Steps

  1. Click Launcher, the circle at the lower-left corner of the screen. Type Files, then click Files in the results. The Files window opens.
  2. Click Launcher again. Type Chrome, then click Chrome in the results. A Chrome window opens in front of Files.
  3. Find Alt in the bottom row of the keyboard, just left of the long space bar, and Tab at the left end of the top row of letters, beside Q.
  4. Hold down Alt. While holding it, press Tab once. Pictures of your open windows appear in the middle of the screen, and one of them is outlined.
  5. Keep holding Alt. If the outline is not on the Files picture, press Tab again until it is. Then let go of Alt. The Files window comes to the front.
  6. To bring Chrome back to the front, do steps 4 and 5 again, stopping when the outline is on the Chrome picture.

Expected result: You brought the Files window to the front, and then the Chrome window.

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