Why'd they take the Delete key away on Chromebooks? And other useful shortcuts

True, they took away the Delete key (and the Home/End keys, and the PrtScr key, et cetera) but all these functions are still available on the Chromebook with the built-in keyboard shortcuts.

First, on your Chromebook type Ctrl + Shift +? (meaning hold down the ctrl and shift keys and then hit the question mark key.) You will get an interactive keyboard map. Proceed to hit each modifier key, one by one (ctrl, shift, alt) and then in combinations. The map will show you what each key or combo does with the various keyboard keys.

Besides your old favorites like ctrl + c (Copy) and ctrl+v (Paste) there are dozens more.

ctrl+shift+up/down arrow will emulate the Home and End keys.

alt+backspace = delete


ctrl +   (that's the show all windows .key) = Print Screen

Here's a list of the shortcuts, for easy reference.

Here's an even longer one, including a lot of foreign language accents. 

Explore and discover the possibilities!