I've just bought my first Mac (long-time PC user) and am attempting to solve the problem of the missing easy-access has (#) key. (I know it's there - either Alt +3 or Shift + 3 - but I want to access with one button push).
I've installed Ukelele as recommended in answers to this question but I was wondering whether anyone has any tips or recommendations about where to remap the has key to.
Any suggestions would be most welcome.
Thank you!
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I assume you're on a non-US keyboard - my US mac keyboard has shift-3 as #, where my £ is on my UK keyboard.
I think this rather depends on your key usage. Most normal users never use the ` or ~, so that top left key would work. I use them both quite a lot though.
Another alternative would be to use System Prefs to switch to the US layout. Most of the keys are exactly the same, and you'd get the usual shift-3 for #. Not quite one-button, but an easy solution, nonetheless.
F5 and F6 doesn't get much use on my keyboard at all, nor do F13-F19.
If you don’t need the § symbol frequently, you could remap that key to # instead. It’s on the left of the 1 key on a UK QWERTY keyboard, so it’s very easy to reach.
I don’t remap # myself, but I know a few colleagues who do exactly this, because it makes it easier to write CSS.
P.S. Since you’re starting out with Ukelele.app and custom keyboard layouts, you might be interested in this post of mine where I explain how to create, install, and use custom keyboard layouts.
You may just want to install the standard UK layout:
