Important: You may no longer have access to the Hangouts Chrome extension. You can use the Google Chat standalone app instead.
When you're using the Hangouts Chrome extension, you can use keyboard shortcuts to do tasks faster.
Shortcut | Keyboard keys |
Minimize a conversation | Esc or Ctrl + m |
Switch to the conversation list | ⌘/Ctrl + 1 |
Switch to a specific conversation | ⌘/Ctrl + 2 through Ctrl + 8 |
Switch to the last conversation | ⌘/Ctrl + 9 |
Switch to next conversation or conversation list |
Ctrl + Tab Ctrl + Page up |
Switch to previous conversation or conversation list |
Ctrl + Shift + Tab Ctrl + Page down |