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For someone who uses the Ctrl-W bindings in vim habitually, it is incredibly annoying to have Chrome OS ask me, "Wanna close this window, then?"
How do I remap keys in Chrome OS? Can't find this top secret setting anywhere.
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You can remap each key by using a drop-down menu. To remap any key, just click the box alongside it and select whatever function you'd like it to have. You might want to change the Launcher (or Search) key back to a Caps Lock, for instance.
To customize the Chromebook keyboard, follow these steps: Select the taskbar in the lower-right corner of the desktop, then select the Settings gear to open the Chromebook settings in the Chrome browser. Select Device from the left menu pane, then select Keyboard. From here, you can change the function of certain keys.
Connect the keyboard that you want to configure. Select the Start button, and then select Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center. From the displayed list of key names, select the key that you want to reassign. In the command list of the key that you want to reassign, select a command.
In the System menu, select the Settings button . In the Settings window, scroll down to the Device section and select Mouse and touchpad. On the Mouse and touchpad screen, select the drop-down menu for Swap primary mouse button. Select Right button from the list.
Google just published these extensions which allow you to remap most of the keys, with some caveats.
Also, Chrome OS now* supports remapping the Ctrl, Alt, and Search keys to [Search/Ctrl/Alt/disabled/Esc] without any extensions. See here: chrome://settings/keyboard-overlay#keyboard
*at least as of 33.0.1750.58 (Official Build 247552) beta
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