Run Your Desktop as a Chrome App

A frequent frustration when opening a desktop app in a browser tab is that keyboard shortcuts (like Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4) get snatched by the browser instead of going to your app.

A simple fix is to package it as a standalone Chrome application (works with any Chromium browser).

1. More Tools -> Create shortcut on your computer's desktop

Create short-cut on your computer desktop

2. When creating the shortcut, select the "Open as window" option

creating shortcut

3. Double-click the desktop shortcut to launch your new application

shortcut on your Desktop

4. Dive into your app and relish functioning keyboard shortcuts