Questions tagged [keyboard]
A physical device with buttons that allow characters to be entered
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How switch Mac UK PC keyboard layout backslash \ and backtick ` to match normal UK PC layout
This is the normal UK PC Keyboard Layout:
We can see the backslash is on the left-bottom corner (right of shift).
But the mac configuration for UK PC layout, the backslash is on the left-top corner ...
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Move rows or columns with keyboard shortcuts in Numbers
Looking for a way to move rows and columns using the keyboard. This would obviously be based on the currently-selected cell — regardless of whether or not the row or column is selected.
On a related ...
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How do I disable language switch popup?
I'm a new member of apple products community and I'm learning how to setup a process I've got used to. One of inconveniences is language switch. When I'm trying to change language I get a popup with ...
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Predictive text no longer works as well, e.g. neither "aren" nor "aren't" suggests "aren't"
My method of typing quickly on iOS has really gotten slow lately due to predictive text suggestions changing.
Many simple contraction words no longer pop up in the predictive text, causing me to ...
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How to make 'F' and 'J' left and right ctrl respectively, using Karabiner-Elements?
So, I appear to be getting RSI in my left hand due to the frequent pressing of the left-control key. I have already remapped caps-lock to left-control, which did help things for a while.
I would like ...
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Microsoft/Windows keyboard number pad with macOS
I recently purchased a Microsoft keyboard with a number pad.
When trying to use the Mac calculator app with the number pad I have an issue where typing a number will clear out previous numbers.
E.g if ...
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How can I disable emoji auto-replacement?
I've recently upgraded to macOS Sonoma 14.0. Something that's driving me mad is this new emoji auto-replace suggestion menu.
Problem
Here's the message I'm trying to compose:
Happy birthday to our ...
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Mac with different keyboards
I have a MacBook Pro with two large monitors. I like to have a keyboard and mouse in front of each monitor, so I have keyboard/trackpad in the MacBook Pro, an original Apple keyboard/mouse in front of ...
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Karabiner remap unless other keys are pressed
I found that I can remap several keys pressed at the same time: Karabiner-Elements complex manipulation: from.simultaneous
{
"type": "basic",
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Change shortcut system-wide to match keyboard
I know from experience that macOS sets the default keyboard shortcut according to the language choice (and maybe keyboard choice, not sure) at the first setup.
Now I set up my new computer to French (...
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How can I configure an external spanish keyboard on new macOS Ventura?
Previous incarnations of macOS had detailed keyboard layout for Spanish keyboards (and other languages, of course), but since upgraded to Ventura I found only 2: Latin America and Spanish. And as you ...
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Keyboard Access and Dialog Box Buttons
After upgrading to Catalina from High Sierra. I found that I can no longer use the enter key in place of the mouse to click on dialog box buttons. Keyboard access and navigation is currently enabled ...
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In MacOS Catalina 10.15 on Safari, How do you disable Command-I from composing a new Mail message?
I realize a similar question to this has been asked, but it's not the same. The answers in that question are for older versions of MacOS. I'm asking this question specifically for MacOS Catalina 10.15....
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How to prevent Command-I/Command-Shift-I from opening Mac Mail when in browser?
When in a browser (Chrome or Safari), the following keyboard shortcuts both launch the MacOS Mail app, and there doesn't seem to be any way to change or disable them.
Command+I
Command+Shift+I
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Extended Keyboard Number Pad issues?
I'm having an issue with some of the numbers on the "number pad" not working. Four of the numbers are working, but the rest are not. We plugged in another keyboard to test, which had the ...
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Delete entire selection in Iterm2
I'm looking for a way to select a block of text in Iterm2 and delete it.
Something like the following example, where I delete a selection of text in the middle of a line.
> python3 main.py bad ...
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Indian Rupee Symbol
On OS X, Shift-Option-2 prints the Euro symbol €.
Is there a shortcut to print the Indian Rupee Symbol ₹?
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iPhone "forward delete" workaround [duplicate]
This question should not be categorized as a duplicate, since it is qualitatively different and much more detailed than the one that it supposedly duplicates. It has been viewed over 1000 times ...
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Where is the \ on Swiss Mac Layout (Home Folder Symbol)?
I just moved to Switzerland and on my new computer I am unable to find the \ symbol.
Does anyone know the shortcut?
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How to fix laggy keyboard inputs on 2019 MacBook Pro 16 inch?
This has been bothering me for months. Basically, when I type, it takes a lot of milliseconds for the key presses to register on the screen. This affects web browsing, coding (e.g. Sublime Text), and ...
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Can't paste whole copied text in terminal
When I try to paste a long text/code in any editor in Terminal or Iterm2, only part of the text is pasted.
For example, as you can see below, I just generated a wall of text with 3000 words and copied ...
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Delayed focus when switching workspaces (lost keystrokes)
I'm using macOS 13.6 on a 2023 MacBook Pro with an M2 chip. When I switch workspaces (using the Ctrl+← / →), there is a delay of probably several hundred milliseconds (or maybe even a second) before a ...
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Is it possible to close a script with a keypress?
In AutoHotKey, using the keyword "ExitApp" can allow the user to stop a script with a keypress. For example, Esc::ExitApp can stop a script by pressing "esc".
Now, with a ...
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How to create a keyboard macro for cycling through applications, on Kinetic Advantage360 keyboard [duplicate]
I own a Kinetic Advantage360 keyboard with macro recording capabilities. This allows me to create sequences of key presses bound to the keyboard's special macro keys.
My goal is to create a keyboard ...
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How do I get the calculator button on a Microsoft Sculpt keyboard working?
I'm on a MacBook Pro using Microsoft's Ergonomic Sculpt Desktop (i.e. keyboard, mouse, and number pad). The Number Pad looks like this and as you can see has a Calculator button. Unfortunately, on ...
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Macbook keyboard and trackpad behaving strangely - vowels don't work?
The keyboard and trackpad of my early 2015 Macbook Retina started behaving strangely. Keyboard is replaced two years ago and should work fine. This all seems like a software problem.
Trackpad
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How can I map Command to Meta, except for Command-Tab and only in iTerm
There are a lot of tutorials for mapping the Option key (⌥) to Meta in iTerm, e.g. here, here and here to enable readline navigation and editing (M-b to move the cursor back a word, etc.).
What I'm ...
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French keyboard for MacBook [closed]
I haven’t been able to get a French keyboard in Australia and I’m now in Singapore. Other than the US or Europe, is there anywhere I can get a MacBook with a French physical keyboard in the region? ...
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Move dock between displays keyboard shortcut (or keep on both displays)
I would like to move my dock via keyboard shortcut between displays. When I connect my second display (which I use as my active display) and try to use the pad to 'learn' this new display is the main ...
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How to duplicate tab via keyboard only in Google Chrome?
Is there a way to duplicate a Chrome tab in MacOS via keyboard only?
Showing the menu option to do this.
There are a lot of keyboard shortcut like cmd + T, cmd+ Shift + T, is there a way to duplicate ...
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Switch input method based on device connected using Karabiner
Can someone please explain to me very simply how to switch input methods in Karabiner when I connect a Dell PC keyboard to my mac?
I want to be able to use the "British PC" input method when ...
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Trying to disable the Macbook Pro's internal keyboard. None of the old ways work
I want to be able to disable the internal keyboard of my macbook using the terminal.
As suggested multiple times on stackexchange (like here). I have tried disabling the kext by doing kextunload /...
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Switching Spaces with 3-finger swipe, focus is still on the previous Space
I recently upgraded my 2018 MacBook Pro running Mojave to a 2023 MacBook Pro running Ventura. Since the upgrade, I've noticed some differences in behavior that weren't present before.
My primary ...
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Karabiner: Map Ctrl+Click to Cmd+Click (for IntelliJ IDEA only)
I am trying to use Karabiner-Elements to map Ctrl+Click to Cmd+Click -- for IntelliJ IDEA only.
I came up with this JSON rule, which seems valid and correct:
{
"description": "Ctrl+...
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Having SpaceFn and normal space with Karabiner?
I got SpaceFn to work by following this rule: "Space enables SpaceFN mode (see: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=51069.0)". But I also want to assign normal space bar to another key (for ...
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How to disable keyboard accents on quote (apostrophe) key
I'm Latvian so I'm using the Latvian keyboard layout.
The thing is that the ' (single quote key) was built a long time ago when computers didn't have native Latvian keyboard support.
Modern layouts ...
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How to remap windows extended numeric keyboard for M2 Macbook
I have remapped most of the keys to get them to work like a normal Windows keyboard using Karabiner. However, the numeric keyboard (right-hand side of the full keyboard) isn't being fully recognized ...
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Mac OSX not automatically remapping Windows key to Cmd
I'm currently using a Cooler Master Quickfire Ultimate keyboard that works perfect with Windows 7. However, whenever I have it plugged into my Macbook pro (running OSX 10.9.5),
the default mappings ...
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Nordic keyboard " < " key switched to " ' "
I started my mac today at work and I got a message saying the mac could not recognize my keyboard. I then had to do a short wizard by typing the key next to shift.
When I then tried to use the ...
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MacBook map Windows keyboard Fn key
I am using a 4TECH Windows keyboard with US English layout (picture). I want to map the Fn key to Option key. My Mac doesn't recognise that key - it simply doesn't do anything. Is there a way to fix ...
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Does macOS use different layout for shortcuts?
I'm a new Mac user, so please have mercy.
I have 2 keyboard layouts configured: Dvorak and US International.
My issue is the following: when the Dvorak keyboard is selected, all shortcuts seem to use ...
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What iOS / iPhone system keyboard has search functionality like the emoji keyboard?
Is there a system keyboard for iPhone (iOS) or iPad (iPad OS) that has search functionality, just like the system emoji keyboard has?
(Search functionality in the actual system keyboard, not in some ...
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System-wide plaintext paste command override
Command-Option-Shift-V is the command used for plaintext paste (after a copy or cut operation). However, for my purpose, I almost never require the source formatting.
Is there a way to switch this ...
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How to access shortcuts for Forward and Backwards in PhpStorm when using a German keyboard on a Mac
I have recently switched from a PC to a Mac. I'm working a lot in PhpStorm and there use the keyboard shortcuts for Forward and Backwards, which on Windows are Ctrl+Alt+←/→.
Now I read that this is on ...
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Multiple Macbook Pros with one monitor
I have two MacBook Pros (one for work; one personal) that I want to connect to one monitor, one keyboard, and one mouse, and be able to switch between the two easily. Typically I'd opt to purchase a ...
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Shortcut for vowels with accents from Spanish using US keyboard layout
I write regularly in both Spanish and English, and I have a US keyboard layout. I'm aware that one of the key combinations for generating vowels with accents (á, é, í, ó, ú) is: Opt. + e + the desired ...
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Can I use my Mac keyboard as input to another Apple device?
Is it possible to use the native keyboard on one Mac, to control the keyboard input of another Apple device, especially another Mac?
And so doing, without having to completely redirect the input ...
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Put iMac display to sleep using Magic Keyboard with Lock Key
I've just upgraded to the 2021 Magic Keyboard with Lock Key (A2450). I used to be able to put my iMac's display to sleep using the Control–Shift–Media Eject shortcut. But now I have a Lock key instead ...
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Cut files in ForkLift 2
I decided to give ForkLift 2 a try, since it is currently on sale in MAS. I've been using XtraFinder to enable normal (Cmd+X) file cut operation in Finder.
Now that I'm trying to move to ForkLift I ...
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What's wrong with my wireless keyboard if some keys doesn't work properly (can't press down) but getting better some hours later?
I brought a Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad in early 2019. Recently the left-shift left-contrl space keys work very weird. When I press them, they react very "weakly and slowly", it's ...
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