ComposeKey

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Status
Live on Store
Description from extension meta

Compose Key for Chrome OS

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ComposeKey
Description from store

This extension allows adding Compose key functionality to a variety of English keyboard layouts.

Instructions for installing and configuring the extension including a complete list of available key sequences can be found at https://github.com/google/extra-keyboards-for-chrome-os/tree/master/composekey.

Latest reviews

Ted Roche 2025-07-19

If you're familiar with Compose on *nix systems, you can copy your compose settings from there and have access to all sorts of handy keyboard shortcuts. I compose technical documents using mathematical and scientific symbols and this extension allowed me to continue my work on my Chromebook. With Google's decision to drop this useful extension, and no obvious similar replacement, I'll be using my Chromebook less often. Seven-keystroke unicode entry is NOT an acceptable substitute for three-key mnemonics!

Austin Williams 2022-04-01

No longer works on Chrome OS & Chrome OS Flex version Version 99.0.4844.94

Austin Williams 2022-04-01

No longer works on Chrome OS & Chrome OS Flex version Version 99.0.4844.94

José María Gómez Pérez 2021-10-13

You need a PhD in computer science to be able to use it

José María Gómez Pérez 2021-10-13

You need a PhD in computer science to be able to use it

Pol Rufián 2021-05-13

me lo he añadido no puedo ni utilizarlo ni siquiera se puede abrir asco me lo desinstalo ahora

Miles Nordin 2021-03-14

I've used it lightly with no problems, but I caught it using 1GByte of RAM in Task Manager so I disabled it.

Miles Nordin 2021-03-14

I've used it lightly with no problems, but I caught it using 1GByte of RAM in Task Manager so I disabled it.

Todd Vierling 2020-09-22

Works fine with CrOS 85, though honestly it would be so nice to be able to use the Search key for this purpose, as (just like Caps Lock) I don't use it for anything. For that reason I've used Caps Lock as my Compose key on all other platforms, to the left of A.

Todd Vierling 2020-09-22

Works fine with CrOS 85, though honestly it would be so nice to be able to use the Search key for this purpose, as (just like Caps Lock) I don't use it for anything. For that reason I've used Caps Lock as my Compose key on all other platforms, to the left of A.

Anonymous 2020-04-06

Abwarten,ausprobieren

Dan Shved 2020-03-16

Really useful, thanks for adding support for Dvorak.

Laurence Eighner Hexamer 2020-02-10

Does not work at all. There is no such setting as chrome://settings/inputMethods. I have been through every nook and cranny of "Settings" (which the above URL brings up) and there just is no input methods setting.

Laurence Eighner Hexamer 2020-02-10

Does not work at all. There is no such setting as chrome://settings/inputMethods. I have been through every nook and cranny of "Settings" (which the above URL brings up) and there just is no input methods setting.

David Valdivieso (KernellPanic) 2020-01-06

It works for me.... (á é ų ñ) but I have to uncheck "Keep Modifier" checkbox in the extension's options. But there is a huge problem.... I have to uncheck the checkbox every time my chromebook restarts.

David Valdivieso (KernellPanic) 2020-01-06

It works for me.... (á é ų ñ) but I have to uncheck "Keep Modifier" checkbox in the extension's options. But there is a huge problem.... I have to uncheck the checkbox every time my chromebook restarts.

Pi Delport 2019-03-26

I use the X compose key with the Dvorak layout on Ubuntu, and this extension works great to provide the same experience on Chrome OS.

Pi Delport 2019-03-26

I use the X compose key with the Dvorak layout on Ubuntu, and this extension works great to provide the same experience on Chrome OS.

Nguyen Pham 2019-03-15

ok

Nguyen Pham 2019-03-15

ok

Nguyen Pham 2019-03-15

ok

Nguyen Pham 2019-03-15

ok

Max Kaehn 2018-12-08

I’ve been using X for ages and am used to a compose key, so it’s great to have it on the Chromebook. When I switch to the Compose keyboard using the switcher on the shelf, though, the option at the bottom of the chooser dialog loses the “Emoji palette”, “Handwriting input”, and “Voice input” icons at the bottom. It’d be nice to have the Emoji palette back. (Using 1.4 on Chrome 71.0.3578.57 on the Pixel Slate.)

Max Kaehn 2018-12-08

I’ve been using X for ages and am used to a compose key, so it’s great to have it on the Chromebook. When I switch to the Compose keyboard using the switcher on the shelf, though, the option at the bottom of the chooser dialog loses the “Emoji palette”, “Handwriting input”, and “Voice input” icons at the bottom. It’d be nice to have the Emoji palette back. (Using 1.4 on Chrome 71.0.3578.57 on the Pixel Slate.)

Carlo Carlini 2018-07-15

Programma perfetto per una tastiera US

Jamie Krivitsky 2018-06-15

When I press the right alt button on my keyboard, NOTHING HAPPENS someone pls help?:)

Jamie Krivitsky 2018-06-15

When I press the right alt button on my keyboard, NOTHING HAPPENS someone pls help?:)

Ning Cao 2018-06-05

good

Ning Cao 2018-06-05

good

Arno van der Weijden 2017-12-13

I really need composekeys for my work and I usually use it on my linux machine. I really like to also have it on chromeos but I miss the option to add custom compose keys or at least add greek symbols

Arno van der Weijden 2017-12-13

I really need composekeys for my work and I usually use it on my linux machine. I really like to also have it on chromeos but I miss the option to add custom compose keys or at least add greek symbols

Juan Antonio Zuloaga Mellino 2017-09-10

Works, would be grate to use left alt instead of the right one.

Juan Antonio Zuloaga Mellino 2017-09-10

Works, would be grate to use left alt instead of the right one.

SP4 GREGORY Z PAYNE 2017-07-10

OKAY PROGRAM

SP4 GREGORY Z PAYNE 2017-07-10

OKAY PROGRAM

luzleida llantin lugo 2016-12-04

para probar

Bryan Mills 2016-09-27

Good, but some key mappings are off. For example, Compose . . produces a center dot: · whereas it should produce an ellipsis instead: … (Reference: https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/libX11/i18n/compose/en_US.UTF-8.html) Also, there doesn't seem to be any way to make it the default keyboard on ChromeOS - I have to re-select it after every reboot.

Ben Davis 2016-07-04

Seems to no longer work. Pressing right alt on Chrome OS doesn't enter compose mode. Would be nice if there was an indicator that showed when I switched to compose mode.

Ben Davis 2016-07-04

Seems to no longer work. Pressing right alt on Chrome OS doesn't enter compose mode. Would be nice if there was an indicator that showed when I switched to compose mode.

Anonymous 2016-01-26

First of all, it add additional keyboard layout. I would like if it worked on all keyboard layouts. Also it uses right alt. I'd like to use right ctrl.

Anonymous 2016-01-26

First of all, it add additional keyboard layout. I would like if it worked on all keyboard layouts. Also it uses right alt. I'd like to use right ctrl.

Samuel Russell 2014-09-14

36.0.1985.143 (Official Build 287914) completely non-functional with en au, control & alt switched, or control & alt normal. 37 completely functional 38.0.2125.58 (Official Build 09ed918) beta non-functional when alt and control switched. This makes it useless for users used to OS X control / alt positioning.

Samuel Russell 2014-09-14

36.0.1985.143 (Official Build 287914) completely non-functional with en au, control & alt switched, or control & alt normal. 37 completely functional 38.0.2125.58 (Official Build 09ed918) beta non-functional when alt and control switched. This makes it useless for users used to OS X control / alt positioning.

Kenji Baheux 2014-06-18

V1.1: switched to Right Alt for Compose Key (didn't work on previous versions of Chrome OS).

Kenji Baheux 2014-06-18

V1.1: switched to Right Alt for Compose Key (didn't work on previous versions of Chrome OS).

David H. Mason 2014-06-03

It worked (though clunky compared to single compose key) but has now stopped working. chromeos seems to treat accented character users as real second class citizens.

David H. Mason 2014-06-03

It worked (though clunky compared to single compose key) but has now stopped working. chromeos seems to treat accented character users as real second class citizens.

Jeff Bailey 2014-02-25

It feels weird having to use two keys to trigger compose. I've had right-alt as my compose key for 15 years, so adjusting to shift+right-ctrl is a hard muscle memory shift. It's extra complicated because this isn't a standard sequence that you can just set in Gnome.

Jeff Bailey 2014-02-25

It feels weird having to use two keys to trigger compose. I've had right-alt as my compose key for 15 years, so adjusting to shift+right-ctrl is a hard muscle memory shift. It's extra complicated because this isn't a standard sequence that you can just set in Gnome.

Statistics

Installs
2,000
Market
Chrome Web Store
Rating
3.74 (47 votes)
Last update
2022-07-06
Version 1.8
Languages
en-US