In this article, we have discussed the ways with which you can enable “Holding Space” in Chrome OS. Many of the Chromebook users would have wished at least once to take a screenshot or download any specific file due to their reasons. Possible causes may be to capture any specific file that is of most significant importance. Well, with Chrome OS, you get an impressive feature that helps in downloading files and capturing the screen very easily. Chrome OS has termed the feature as “Holding Space.” This feature also provides users quick access to their most recent files.
Below are the steps mentioned for enabling “Holding Space” on Chrome OS.
How to Use “Holding Space” in the Chrome OS
Being an experimental feature, you need to enable it manually on the Chromebook. The “Holding Space” feature can be enabled by using a Chrome flag. So, we have mentioned the steps for the same below:
Open Chrome and go to chrome://flags/ on it.
In the Search bar appearing there, look for holding space.
Tap on the drop-down and then click on ‘Enabled’ to turn on the feature.
You need to, then click on “Restart.” The button for the same can be found below on the right side of your Chromebook’s screen.
How to Make Use of Holding Space?
Now that Holding Space has been enabled on the Chromebook, let’s dig deep into how to access it.
How to Access Chrome OS’ Holding Space?
Once holding space has been enabled, an icon regarding it will appear on your taskbar leftwards to the battery and time icon. This icon represents holding space. On click, it will open Holding Space, and you may then see the recent screenshots and downloads.
How to Pin Items on the Top in Holding Space?
Inside holding space, when you place your cursor over any of the appearing icons, a pin icon will appear on the top. On clicking it, the icon will be pinned on the top and will start showing in this ‘Pinned items’ section. By doing this, you may keep the essential icons over top of others so that the newer downloads or screenshots may not replace them in holding space.
Use of Holding Space
Holding space is very useful for accessing the screenshots and downloaded files without even needing to go to the Files app on the device. Holding Space also lets users drag files directly from it and drag them into other apps. With this feature, you can easily drag and drop your screenshots into quip documents and emails.
So, these were the steps with which you can make Holding Space accessible in Chrome. The feature was under development a few weeks ago, but now it has been launched for the stable version of Chrome OS. In this article, we have discussed the ways with which you can enable “Holding Space” in Chrome OS. Many of the Chromebook users would have wished at least once to take a screenshot or download any specific file due to their reasons. Possible causes may be to capture any specific file that is of most significant importance. Well, with Chrome OS, you get an impressive feature that helps in downloading files and capturing the screen very easily
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