So I'm using a regular USB 3rd party keyboard with a chrome OS device in a desktop setup. I want to be able to access all the same features of chrome OS, but some are seemingly not available.
Specifically, overview mode. Accessing it has been described as
Overview mode can be achieved by either a 3-finger swipe up or down on your trackpad or by hitting the overview button on the top row of your Chromebook keyboard... But since I'm not using it in tablet or laptop mode, with a 3rd party keyboard -there is seemingly no way to access this feature. No hardware key and no UI icon. Can anyone help?
TL/DR; F5 on your external keyboard invokes ChromeOS' overview mode
Example: I'm using a Logitech K400+ which has a row of F-keys that double as action keys (F1=back, F2=home, F3=window-switch, F4=right-click, F5=search, etc). None of those keys map to ChromOS's overview mode, unfortunately but ChromeOS recognizes F5 as "Overview Mode". With my setup, if I hit the F5 key, it invokes ChromeOS' search function, however if I press the "fn" modifier and then press F5 key, it sends F5 to ChromeOS which invokes Overview Mode.