They are located at the top of the keyboard, as you can see in the red rectangle below.Īdjusting brightness in the operating system The small gear lowers the brightness, and the large gear raises it.
To change the brightness on a Chromebook, you'll need to push one of the two adjustment keys. On the HP Chromebook keyboard (pictured below), there is no Fn key - press the brightness keys. Other laptops have keys dedicated entirely to brightness control. The brightness function keys may be located at the top of your keyboard, or on your arrow keys.įor example, on the Dell XPS laptop keyboard (pictured below), hold the Fn key and press F11 or F12 to adjust the brightness of the screen. The Fn key is usually located to the left of the spacebar. Often, the brightness keys are function keys which have a special function if you press them while holding down the Fn key. The keys are usually marked with the brightness symbol ( ). On most laptops, you can adjust the brightness of the display using special keys on the keyboard.