A keyboard test with a Chromebook layout
This page is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google or any Chromebook maker. It uses a Chromebook-style layout so the keys on screen line up with the keys under your fingers, instead of a full desktop keyboard full of keys you do not have.
Press Start testing, then press each key. A key lights up while you hold it and turns green once it has worked. The bar above the board shows the last key, its code and how many keys you have tested out of the total.
What is different on this layout
Compared with the standard tester, the board changes in three ways:
- Top row of action keys. Instead of F1 to F12, the row after Esc holds action keys such as Back, Forward and Reload, then screen, brightness and volume keys.
- Search key. It sits where Caps Lock is on most keyboards, at the left end of the A row.
- No number pad or navigation block. Only the main keys and the arrow keys are shown, and the bottom row is Ctrl, Alt, Space, Alt and Ctrl.
Testing the action row
The action keys are the ones most likely to give odd results. Depending on your system, some of them may be handled by the operating system and never reach the browser, so they can stay grey even when they work. Press each one anyway and watch the Code field. If a key lights up, it reached the page. If it stays grey, press Stop testing and check whether the key still does its usual job. If it does, the key is fine.
While testing is on, the page holds on to keys like Tab and Space so they do not scroll the page or move focus away.
If a key really is dead
Clean around the key first, since crumbs and dust under a laptop key can stop it from making contact. Restart the Chromebook and test again. If one key still fails while the keys around it work, the keyboard may need repair, so check whether the device is still under warranty.
For the full desktop layout with a number pad, use the online keyboard test. Once every key is green, see how fast you type on it with the typing test.