Using Desktop as a Chrome Application

A frequent issue when accessing the desktop via a browser tab is that certain keyboard shortcuts (like Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4) get captured by the browser instead of the application.

An easy fix is to set up a dedicated app using Chrome (or Chromium-based browsers).

1. Go to More Tools → Create shortcut on your computer desktop.

Create a desktop shortcut on your computer

2. Choose "Open as window" while creating the shortcut.

creating a shortcut

3. Launch your application by double-clicking the shortcut on your Desktop.

desktop shortcut

4. Use your application and enjoy the proper functioning of keyboard shortcuts.