Running Your Desktop as a Chrome Application

A frequent issue when using your desktop in a browser tab is that some keyboard shortcuts (like Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4) get captured by the browser itself before they can reach your desktop session.

The simplest workaround is to turn your desktop into a standalone app with Chrome (or any Chromium-based browser).

1. Go to More Tools and choose Create shortcut… on your computer desktop

Create short-cut on your computer desktop

2. When the shortcut prompt appears, select the ‘Open as window’ option

creating shortcut

3. Launch your new application by double-clicking the desktop shortcut

shortcut on your Desktop

4. Start using the app and enjoy your key shortcuts working just as they should