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Let me tell you something first: this is just a wild guess. A really wild one.

I found this small little commit on Chromium code today. Take a screenshot in maximize mode when volume down and power are pressed. Here is one comment from the bug:

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Hey, this takes a screenshot when volume down and power is pressed. Since the

screenshot is requested on the press of the power key this happens before the

lock screen animation, though when issue 364584 we’ll have to consider whether

to delay the volume notification to allow taking screenshots without the volume

popup bubble. Please take a look, thanks!

I do not think we need such a feature in any of the existing Chromebooks because we already have a nice way to take screenshots on Chromebooks.

We usually take screenshots using this power key and volume key on phones and tablets. In that case, will you blame me for guessing that this feature is for a new type of Chrome OS device?

Again, this is just a wild wild guess, and this feature can be something else altogether, for Chrome on Android, or those new new form factors like Lenovo Yoga. There are a lot of touch friendly features on Chrome OS, including an onscreen keyboard and this could be just one more feature to that list.

Thoughts?