![]() To enable an experimental feature, click on the “Default” and a window of options appears:Ĭhoose “Enabled”, then make sure to restart your Chromebook. I enabled both, though I haven’t noticed too many changes in the behavior of my Virtual Desks. Google’s not done with its implementation of Virtual Desk in Chrome OS either, as you can see if you go to chrome://flags and search for “virtual desks”. This turns out to be great because you can very quickly zip back and forth without ever using the Show Windows key. What I really like is the fact that if you four-finger-swipe your trackpad, it’ll move between Virtual Desks. It’s that easy.īut what you’ll really love are the keyboard shortcuts. Here’s another cool thing you can do: Move apps between Virtual Desks! Press the Show Windows key, then simply drag the shrunken window into the desired Virtual Desk space on the top bar. Pretty cool, right? WORKING WITH VIRTUAL DESKS IN CHROMEOS I like to set mine up by functionality, so “Desk 1” is my main desk, but then “YouTube” is running the YouTube app and “Netflix” is running, well, Netflix: Launch a program or window within a specific Virtual Desk and it’ll stick, showing up when you’re in that space, and hiding when you’re not. You can create a bunch of spaces – errrr, virtual desks - and switch between them by simply clicking on the Virtual Desk you want to use. Press or click on the “+” (now shown as “ New desk“) and a new space opens up with the cursor poised, ready to let you name it: Move the cursor into that bar and it expands! In the above you can see it’s a slim bar with “Desk 1” and a “+” symbol. Your window will shrink a little bit and a new Virtual Desk bar will appear along the top: In fact, a press of the Show Windows key along the top. Both are important for getting to Virtual Desk. The two keys I’ve highlighted are Search (on the left), and Show Windows, along the top. Here’s my Lenovo Chromebook keyboard as a reference: With that in mind, let’s check out how to use it! HOW TO CREATE A NEW VIRTUAL DESK IN CHROME OSīefore we proceed, let’s define a few unique Chrome OS keys on your keyboard. Why? To ensure you have the features automatically enabled for Virtual Desk on your Chromebook. If you’re running Chrome OS 91 or more recent, you should be good, but you might want to quickly check How To Update Chrome OS On Your Chromebook if you aren’t sure how to force an update to the latest and greatest. My first observation, then, is that you need to be up-to-date with your Chrome OS for this to work. They call it virtual desk and as they keep adding new features, it’s clearly popular! Virtual browsers within a browser? Not yet something anyone’s attempted since that’s what tabs are for, right? Somewhere around ChromeOS 75, however, Google did add a virtual workspace feature similar to “Spaces” on the Mac. The original vision, after all, was to have an operating system within a Web browser. The original Chrome OS definitely did not include virtual workspaces or anything like it. ![]()
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