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On a Mac, I'd like to have a keyboard shortcut to open Google Chrome. I know how to set a keyboard shortcut in the system preferences, however I'm unsure how to script it and hook it up.
Is this possible through AppleScript?
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So, if you want to make Ctrl+Alt+C your shortcut key for launching Google Chrome, just press “C”.
Open Google Chrome browser with keyboard shortcut Right-click on the Chrome desktop shortcut. Select the “Properties” option. Go to the “Shortcut” tab.
Keyboard shortcut to open Google Chrome on Mac. Here is a trick. Use Ctrl + ↑ to create a new desktop, say desktop2, and drag chrome application into that new desktop. Open the keyboard preference pane, switch to the shortcut tab, and select mission control to assign a key to that desktop2. Now you can switch to chrome use that key.
In general, to open the Chrome browser in Windows there are multiple ways. For example, you can click on the taskbar icon, double-click on the desktop icon, or search for it in the Start menu. Though these methods are not hard, there is a much easier way to open Google Chrome, i.e. assign a custom keyboard shortcut of your choice.
Use Ctrl + ↑ to create a new desktop, say desktop2, and drag chrome application into that new desktop. Open the keyboard preference pane, switch to the shortcut tab, and select mission control to assign a key to that desktop2.
If you don't want to use any third party applications you need to create a service and assign it a shortcut.
Open Automator and select Service. You want it to look like the following :
Save it to its default location. ie ~/Library/Services
Open System Preferences --> Keyboard --> Keyboard Shortcuts. Enable the service and assign it a shortcut.
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