How to pin apps and websites to your Chromebook’s shelf
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On all our devices, we have apps and websites we visit at least once a day, if not more. To easily access these apps or websites, devices have some way for us to put them in an easy-to-access location on the homescreen. Like a taskbar on a Windows device or the bottom row of apps on an Android device,our favorite Chromebookshave a shelf where you may pin your most used apps and websites. This guide discusses how to pin apps and websites to the shelf and quickly access them.
How to pin apps to the shelf
Chromebooks make it easy to pin your favorite apps, whether they’re Android apps or web apps, to your shelf.
How to pin websites to the shelf
In addition to apps, Chromebooks allow you to create app-like shortcuts for any website you want. This feature is similar to creating website shortcuts on an Android phone.
How to open pinned items with your keyboard
Chromebooks have a ton of keyboard shortcuts to make using them quick and easy, a list of which can be accessed by pressingCtrl+Alt+?. One of the handiest lets you access the first nine items pinned to your shelf with the tap of a key (or two). To do so, hold theAltkey and press thenumber keythat corresponds to the app or shortcut you’d like to open. For example,Alt+1opens the first item on your shelf,Alt+2opens the second item, and so on.
You can also tap the shortcut on your shelf with your mouse, but using the keyboard may be more convenient.
How to rearrange your shelf
You may find that rearranging the order of the apps and shortcuts on your shelf is useful, so your most used apps are first.
You can do this to every app or shortcut on your shelf to arrange them just right.
Hide or move the shelf
In addition to rearranging the items on your shelf, you’re able to also change if the shelf always appears and where it appears. To change the position of the shelf:
To change if the shelf appears all the time:
Now your shelf is where you want it and as visible as you want it.
Keep your important stuff on the shelf
Having quick access to your favorite apps and websites makes your browsing experience better, and pinning them to your Chromebook’s shelf ensures this will always be the case. Chromebooks have a plethora of other useful features integrated into the shelf, includingthe Phone Hub, which lets you access your Android phone from your Chromebook.
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