How to Split Screen on a Chromebook (5 Methods)

Sep. 20, 2022

Split Screen on a Chromebook with Snap Layouts

1. Hover the mouse cursor on the “Maximize” button

2. A Split menu will appear almost instantly.

3. You can split the screen in half, partial, or full-screen mode on your Chromebook. There is also the “float on top” feature that lets you pin a window on top of everything.

4. And this is how the Partial Split feature works on the Chromebook.

5. When you are on an active window, simply press “Shift + [” to snap the window to the left side.

6. To snap another window to the right side of your Chromebook screen, click on that window to make it active and press “Shift + ]“. This is how you can useChromebook keyboard shortcutsto quickly split the screen.

7. To re-adjust the window size,hover themouse cursor in the center. A slider will appear right there. Now, hold and move the slider to whichever side you want to resize the windows automatically.

8. Click andhold the “Maximize” buttonon the title bar.

9. An arrow indicator will appear on the left and right sides of the maximize button.

10. Simply drag to the left side, and the window will snap to the left side.

11. Repeat the same process for another window. Click and hold the “Maximize” button anddrag it to the right. And voila, you have successfully split the screen on your Chromebook. Now, you can use two windows at the same time.

12. If you have multiple windows open, do athree-finger swipe upon the touchpad to open the overview menu.

13. Now,click and holdon one of the windows and drag it to the left or right side. The window will snap to that position instantly.

14. On the other side, click on your choice of window, and it will split the screen on your Chromebook. That’s effortless, right?

15. Similar to Android phone gestures, do aone-finger swipe up and holdto open the overview menu.

16. Here, tap and hold the window of your choice and drag it to either left or right.

17. After that, you cantap on the second windowon the other side, and the screen will be split into two windows.

18. You can alsoswipe up from the Shelf(Taskbar) to open new apps in split-screen mode on your Chromebook.

19. Apart from that, you can quickly change windows on either side. Simply do aone-finger swipe upon either side and select a different window.

So these are the five methods you can utilize to handle multiple windows at once on your Chromebook. Partial Split is another great multi-tasking split-screen feature coming to all Chromebooks. We await the general rollout of the feature to wider users. Meanwhile, you can use keyboard shortcuts and touchpad gestures to snap your windows. To learn more suchChromebook tips and tricks, you can head to our in-depth article. And if you want toscreenshot on a Chromebook, we have shared some easy and cool methods here. Finally, if you have any questions, let us know in the comments below.

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