Questions tagged [keybindings]
Pertaining to the settings which define what a key press on the keyboard will do.
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Are there any methods for listing all current keyboard shortcuts a system recognizes? [duplicate]
I've been spending some time with tools like BetterTouchTool, Hammerspoon, Alfred, etc. and I've found different uses for each. However I'm having a hard time keeping everything straight, particularly ...
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Safari won't Zoom In with Command +
⌘+ no longer zooms in Safari content for me. ⌘- works just fine for zooming out. Selecting View -> Zoom In menu item does work as expected.
I have also tried using an administrator account that has ...
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single key keyboard shortcut run-or-raise applications
I just came from linux world (xfce4), where my keyboard workflow consisted of mapping
F9 to terminal app
f10 to firefox
f11 to emacs
Upon pressing, the corresponding app would a) get focused (...
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Any other way to move cursor to the end of line, instead of <Cmd>+<right-arrow>
Cmd + → is not finger-friendly for me. So I wonder any other way without the 4-arrow-key to do the same, any one will be appreciated.
System: MacOS X El Capitan Version 10.11.6
Usage: move the ...
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Is it possible to swap option and command keys for a specific keyboard?
I just bought a Logitech USB keyboard (Logitech K120, if that matters.) It's a Windows keyboard, so it has a Windows key and an alt key. The Windows key maps to Command, and the Alt key maps to option....
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How can I use the keyword box to add keywords to a sequence of pictures without using the mouse?
I'm running Aperture 3.6 on Yosemite on a Mac Pro.
In aperture-tip-rapid-keywording Scott claims that command right-arrow moves the selected image to the next image, while leaving the cursor in the ...
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Using custom hardware keyboard layout on iOS
I have an iPad Pro with the Apple Smart Keyboard, which works well. I usually use it with the Colemak hardware keyboard layout, which comes built in to iOS.
I know that it is possible to install apps ...
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keybinding for macOS Sierra
As it needs 3 keys on a German keyboard (alt shift 7) to get a backslash, I would like to use the keys on the numerical keyboard to get this character (and others difficult to obtain as é). I tried ...
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How can I remap these keyboard keystrokes?
I am beginning to use the U.S. keyboard because, as a developer, I have the key I use the most available more.
Only problem is I lost direct access to the accent keys. So I want to remap the ...
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DefaultKeyBinding.dict: moveWordBackward: is not overridden on macOS Sierra
I've recently started using a new computer (actually a Hackintosh) with macOS Sierra. My previous development machine is still on El Capitan. In the process of setting up the new machine I've added ~/...
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Numpad On External KB
I use an external apple keyboard with a numeric pad but its number keys don't produce numbers, in fact they produce nothing. The plus, hyphen, enter buttons do work even 0x47 keypad-numlock but it ...
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Does CapsLock to Escape remapping in System Preference work?
I remapped my CapsLock to Escape in System Preferences, but it doesn't work.
I had to install Karabiner and remap it using that.
Is there a way to just remap CapsLock using just the settings without ...
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Map left mouse button in Karabiner Elements
I want to map CapsLock to Left Mouse Button using Karabiner Elements in macOS Sierra.
I used to have such mapping in previous OS X versions using Seil and Karabiner but those no longer work in ...
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Defined Key Commands are Stuck
At one point, in my misguided youth, I set my left "fn" key to do something silly. "No worries, surely this can be quickly undone", I thought. But now I can't get it undone. I've gone to system ...
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How to deal with non-working key on the keyboard?
I've problem with my Macbook Pro (with El Captain installed on it) where one of the keys (such as r) doesn't work at all, so each time when I'm typing a word with "r", I've to keep pasting it from the ...
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Space with Hiragana Input
For whatever reason Memrise requires you to input a space character in some Japanese answers (I'm very much a beginner, so this may not be as weird as I think). However when I have my input set to ...
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How to set the screen brighness keys to affect the external monitor?
I mean instead of affecting the brightness of the built in display of a Macbook.
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Conditionally map keys depending on the application being used
Here is my need on keyboard mapping:
When using Terminal, exchange the use of alt and cmd (map one to the other)
Otherwise, restore the default mapping on these two keys
How to achieve this?
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How do you bind a key sequence to shell command?
Using stock Terminal.app on El Capitan, the effort is to set up a shortcut in a sense, that upon press it would execute a specific command.
Consulting man pages for bind command following steps have ...
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How to prevent Cmd-Q from typing "q" in the new foreground app?
My background app (the one that gets activated when the current app quits) is some text editor. When I use the Cmd-Q shortcut to quit it and immediately afterwards let go of only the Cmd key, the text ...
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changing forward slash key to return key
I've just bought a new Macbook Air and the keyboard is an International English keyboard instead of an English keyboard.
This means that the return key is too far away. Normally the return key is ...
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Toggle `fn` key via keyboard shortcut [duplicate]
Has anyone figured out a way to toggle the function keys on and off via key board shortcut on a macbook? Even remap the fn key to work more like the caps lock where you do not need to hold it down. It ...
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keys for commands for using Ubuntu in Virtualbox in Mac
I have installed Ubuntu in virtualbox in Mac.
i open firefox in ubuntu, and want to find some word in a webpage by ctrl-f which I normally do without mac and virtualbox, but it invokes something else ...
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How to change key bindings on MBP
By default I have to hit fn+up arrow and fn+down arrow for page up and page down actions, but those buttons are on opposite sides of the keyboard. I want to be able to do rshift+up and rshift+down.
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How to quit 'screen' if you don't have \ on the keyboard
To quit screen you need to hit ctrl+a, ctrl+\. How do you do that if you don't have \ on the keyboard?
On my keyboard I need to hit shift+alt+7 to get a backslash - if I'm in an editor. Won't work ...
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Which application changed Mac OS X [Option]+[D] keybinding
When I press Option+D key in OS X, the current application loses focus. And if I press it again, the current window gets focus back.
How do I know which application bind that or how to avoid it. I ...
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Use caps-lock to lock fn key or other way to lock fn key?
What I want to achieve is simple:
caps lock on = fn locked (use function keys).
caps lock off = fn unlock (use media keys).
I found a couple of topics around this problem, but their solutions didn't ...
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How can I add a universal keybinding for a program? [duplicate]
I want to add a key binding that allows me to use it even when the application is not in the foreground. Specifically how would I add play/skip/previous key bindings to Spotify?
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Disable Ctrl-H, Ctrl-P, and other Mac keyboard shortcuts
On GUIs with editable text focused on Mac I cannot seem to remap ctrlP and ctrlH to shortcuts I want.
In IntelliJ I am trying to map my VIM ctrl shortcuts (ctrlH next tab, ctrlP open file). When I ...
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Karabiner F1 to Launch Defined Applications?
What is the coding to program my F1 key to launch an application that needs to be defined (like Notes) using Karabiner?
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Karabiner F1 to Launch Safari?
What is the coding to program my F1 key to launch the Safari application using Karabiner?
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Send Enter key using the mouse
I have to use the mouse a lot, but have to keep hitting enter as well. It would really help if I could use the mouse to send a global/system-level "enter" key event via triple click or something.
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Making Right Command and Right Option both work as Right Option without Karabiner or SEIL
I have actually accidently done this when I first got my macbook and set both the right command and right option as an option key. I don't remember how as when I exit both SEIL and Karabiner it still ...
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How can I send the currently active window to the back?
Is there a shortcut or such to send the currently active window to the back of the screen while still keeping it open (so that it ends up "beneath" all other open windows)?
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How do I configure the Emacs-like keyboard shortcuts in OS X?
OS X has built in support for many Emacs-like keyboard shortcuts: for example, Control-A moves the cursor to the beginning of the paragraph and Control-E moves the cursor to the end. How can I ...
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Specifying Terminal-only mapping in Karabiner
I am trying to remap specific Ctrl+<Key> combinations to Command+<Key> in Terminal.app using Karabiner. The following private.xml is used:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
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How to set up identical/similar keybindings in a virtualized Windows 10 (VMware Fusion) and OS X?
I am new to Mac and now also new to the Windows 10 environment so on a huge learning curve. I have managed to set up Office via VMware Fusion virtual machine on my Mac.
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Type Lambda λ on a Mac? [duplicate]
Is there a way to type lambda λ on a mac without switching the entire keyboard binding to Greek, as described here: How do you type Theta on a Mac?
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Remap FN key to OPTION key
I just got a new keyboard. How can I remap the FN key on only this external keyboard to option?
So far I've played around with karabiner but haven't had success.
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Where can I find/unbind control shift space? (^⇧ + space)
I read through all of the system-wide keyboard shortcuts in "System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts" and I could not find nor unbind the Control+Shift+Space macro for use by SkipTune's pause/play ...
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Put whatever keybind for switching input language
I can't set CMD + Shift as a keybind for switching between input languages of the keyboard. I had to settle down with Ctrl + Space. Why does it allow me to set only some specific key binds?
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How to bind a key to press two separate keys
In other words, if I press "x", it registers as me pressing "a" and "b" sequentially.
I run Mac OSX Yosemite 10.10.5. A Karabiner solution eludes me, thus I am researching more.
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Compose key with æ, ø, å
I need quick access to the Danish letters æ, ø, å while using the US keyboard-layout in OS X (I it slow to change keyboard layout all the time, my MBA has a Danish keyboard).
I want to use right-alt (...
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Mac: change Finder shortcuts
I want to reassign Cmd ⌘ Shift ⇧ F to a custom command, but Finder reserves it to open 'All My Files'.
I have looked around Preferences-Keyboard-Shortcuts, but the Finder shortcuts do not seem ...
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How to set left command to Guest VM and right command to Host OS?
I just set up an Arch Linux virtual machine on my MacBook Pro (El Capitan). My goal is, when inside the Arch VM, to use the left command key for anything VM related and the right command key for OS X ...
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Remap SHIFT + SPACE to underscore?
I'd like to remap the shift key (⇧) + space (␣) to underscore (_)
I'd prefer to not have to install any third party tools if possible.
Similar question for windows
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How to make NumLock/numpad cursor keys work on an external USB keyboard?
I have a Genius USB "partial" keyboard - a numpad like this one.
It types digits and +-/*, but doesn't switch to cursor mode with NumLock off, and Home/End/PgUp/PgDn keys were the reason I ...
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How to type "Full Width" characters?
I would like to be able to type with the "full width" characters, such as
ａｂｃｄｅｆｇｈｉｊｋｌｍｎｏｐｑｒｓｔｕｖｗｘｙｚ
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ＡＢＣＤＥＦＧＨＩＪＫＬＭＮＯＰＱＲＳＴＵＶＷＸＹＺ
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０１２３４５６７８９
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！＃＄＆＊＋－＜＝＞？＠［＼］＾＿｛｜｝～｟｠￠￡￢￣￤￥￦
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Remap Space and Command
Basically, what I want to achieve is the second example here:
As an example, we can make the space bar work as an additional ctrl key when held (similar to Space2ctrl) with the following sequence ...
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Change page up / page down speed or disable animation?
I do a lot of scrolling in Safari. I often end up hitting space bar to jump across just the right sized blocks. I just looked into it now and I wonder, is it the exact same action as page down? Anyhow....
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