Questions tagged [keyboard]
A physical device with buttons that allow characters to be entered
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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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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.
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Found a workaround iOS's dog-poop on-board keyboard [closed]
This isn't a question, just some advice for anyone struggling with this problem.
It's apparent that even with so much as a single GB of storage taken-up—in excess of the mandatory 10-20 GB's the OS ...
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French keyboard for MacBook
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Spanish language invasion - can I limit a language to one app only?
My kids are in a Spanish immersion program and I have started using Duolingo to learn the language myself so that I can help them and practice with them. The app recommended that I enable the Spanish ...
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MacOS Ventura - switched keys under Esc (|\) and next to left shift (<>) [closed]
I recently updated from my old 2015 Macbook which doesnt received Ventura, so I frustrated little bit later then others.
But guys, please, help me. I literally cannot work on this machine.
Using ...
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Excluding Emacs from Karabiner
So to ease my transition into the MacOS realm, I found and installed this amazing tool called Karabiner, importing specifically the rules named Windows shortcuts on macOS, as they seem the closest to ...
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Truly Windows keyboard behavior on a MacBook Pro
After almost 40 years of using Windows and various UNIX flavors, I finally landed a job in which my software development tool is a MacBook Pro.
I am very impressed by the superb craftmanship of this ...
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iPhone 14 Pro Max keyboard adding extra letter when typing
I just got a new iPhone 14 Pro Max and it has the iOS17 beta version installed. Whenever I type fast and send a message most of the times the last letter of the last word will be duplicated. (See the ...
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Keyboard shortcut for a particular keyboard key
Is there a possibility in macOS Catalina 10.15 to set a keyboard shortcut for a particular key, for example the "r" key?
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How to set up a shortcut for 2 finger trackpad scrolling?
I would like to set up a keyboard shortcut (say Command + Left Arrow and command + Right Arrow) to do the same thing as 2 finger Left/Right scrolling.
Or, map the mousewheel to this input.
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How to hide this bar in iPadOS, when using an external keyboard?
I have an iPad Air 5 and I use it with an external keyboard.
I want to hide this bar from showing up when I using the keyboard. Is this possible?
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Is there a way to jump within a word using option with arrow keys in iterm2
What is the issue?
I have been using the ⌥ + → & ⌥ + ← shortcuts to navigate between words, along with ⌘ + → & ⌘ + ← shortcuts to navigate to the end / beginning of the line in iTerm2. It ...
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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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Keyboard Setup Assistant triggered at every boot with Logitech MX Mechanical Mini
I recently purchased a Logitech MX Mechanical Mini keyboard. The keyboard has an "easy switch" feature so it can be paired with up to 3 devices and toggling between them is handled through a ...
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How to show keyboard shortcuts in menus?
I found that shortcuts for certain functions are shown on Windows right next to the name of the functions when we do right click or something, but not on MacOS, which can be time wasting when we have ...
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How can select application menu options by fuzzy search using my keyboard only?
When using Ubuntu, I appreciated the Head-Up Display functionality: Press a key combination and enter a search text for the menu item of the currently active application you wish to select.
Here's a ...
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How do I type the Telugu character ఎ?
I am trying to type the Telugu character ఎ on mac using the Telugu - QWERTY keyboard layout that ships with Mac.
Option + E gives me ఏ while Option + Shift + E gives ఐ. I tried several other ...
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Reveal app window from command line?
I'm trying to bring back up a minimized mpv window using a keyboard shortcut.
I use skhd to map keyboard shortcuts to various open commands, so I can quickly launch frequently used apps. This has the ...
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How to configure the word break on Intellij terminal for Opt+Backspace
When I press Opt+Backspace within Intellij (Goland) terminal using zsh in macOS, it deletes the words until it encounters a word separator like a period, space, comma, or a dash.
How do I configure it ...
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Running AppleScript to control the app Spectacle (Shift+Opt+right arrow) [duplicate]
I am trying to set up a shortcut to open two apps, then position them on-screen. There doesn't appear to be a way to run a Hotkey command within shortcuts. So I have opted to try my hand at ...
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How to hide the keyboard menu in macOS Ventura
How can I disable/hide/remove the shortcut to the keyboards?
I have only a single input method selected () and I don't need this menu as it takes away valuable real-estate before the icons hiding ...
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Command + Tilde the most recent active 2 windows [duplicate]
I am able to switch between windows of the same app with ⌘ Command~ shortcut, however it doesn't behave in the way I am used to. I am coming from Linux Ubuntu. Equivalent ⌘ Command~ shortcut there ...
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Copy paste with mupdf in MacOS
I would like to copy paste with mupdf in MacOS. I can successfully highlight text by using the CTRL button and the mouse button. But I cannot copy the highlighted text.
I tried the following in (found ...
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Bind backslash \ to forward delete using karabiner with DefaultKeyBinding.dict?
This is pretty beyond me but hoping someone can help.
I typically change the Fn (or now Globe) modifier key to Ctrl in settings as this is my childhood on windows computers muscle memory at play.
I ...
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On three-finger-swipe down: execute custom command or keyboard stroke
macOS has built-in funcitonality to drag stuff around with three-finger gestures, but I want the gesture to close the current window.
I had BetterTouchTool configured to send CMD-W keystroke on my old ...
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How to disable Option+F14 keyboard shortcut that, by default, opens the Displays System Settings?
I found https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21878482/what-do-the-parameter-values-in-applesymbolichotkeys-plist-dict-represent but haven't been able to find descriptions of the action ids, at least ...
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Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (A1843): Bluetooth not working anymore
I have a Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (A1843, version 1.6.0 according to the information in the Bluetooth settings), which I used wirelessly on several Macs without any problems, until from one ...
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Firefox : Disabling "Command"+Digit shortcut
I found out, that Firefox reacts on the key combination command + n, where n is a digit, to switch to the n-th open tab.
I wonder whether this can be turned off for Firefox at least. I found the same ...
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Permissions to edit files on Montery in /System/Library/Input Methods/PressAndHold.app
I’m on a macOS Montery and I’m trying to add Romanian characters to the press and hold picker.
I found the file in which to add these characters:
/System/Library/Input Methods/PressAndHold.app/...
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Using Karabiner to modify keyboard keys
I have two bluetooth keyboards that I use with my MacBookPro - Apple's Magic Keyboard with Number Pad and the Rii RK801 Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard. The issue that I have is that the Home and End keys ...
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How can I set default keyboard layout for new apps/windows?
I have two keyboard layouts, English and Russian. When I open a new app or a new window within an app by default my keyboard layout is set to Russian until I change it. But I would like it to be set ...
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Ctrl-F8 on Mac focuses on the right-side of the menu bar but doesn't do anything more than that
I just realized that when I press Ctrl-F8 (or Ctrl-Fn-f8), I focuses on the right side of the menu bar that controls/shows things like Wifi, battery, bluetooth, etc. However, when I press enter or ...
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Assigning a "Skip Word" Shortcut in OS Ventura
This is my first Mac, and there have been quite a few positives since converting. However, one thing that has been bothering me comes when typing. In short,
How do I reassign option+ -> to control +...
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Spacebar for PLAY/STOP in Quicktime not working in Ventura M1, MacBookAir
In Ventura M1 MacBookAir the spacebar does not work. I often use Quicktime to quickly edit videos, and this feature is very important. I can't seem to find how to assign a key shortcut to this ...
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Entering emoji on Mac with keyboard only
I know that there is a keyboard shortcut to bring up the special characters and emoji dialog. (On my Mac you just press the function key once, but I think by default it's ctrl-cmd-space.)
However, you ...
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Scrolling safari page with control-n and control-p
I used to be able to scroll the page in safari using control-n and control-p shortcuts. I've recently noticed that these shortcuts no longer work. Is this feature no longer exists, or could it be ...
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How to reset Apple Magic Keyboard to factory defaults
I have an Apple Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad. And after last update of my iMac 2017 27" to Ventura 13.4.1 (c) the number keys on the second from top row of the keyboard have stopped working....
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Multiple clipboards: How can I copy to clipboard 1 with Ctrl+Shift+1 and paste with Ctrl+1, etc?
I want to be able to do the following:
Select text (e.g., example text one)
Hit Ctrl+Shift+1
Select text 2 (e.g., example text two)
Hit Ctrl+Shift+2
Hit Ctrl+1 and paste example text one
Hit Ctrl+2 ...
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System-wide Emacs-style shortcut for Page Up
macOS supports some Emacs-style shortcuts in all regular text fields. They are very efficient for moving around without reaching for inconveniently located arrow keys.
Among those shortcuts, there’s ...
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Key pressing is not perfectly working in remote desktop
I'm currently using RCdesktop Application on my iPad to access my desktop.
My desktop is based on Windows where everything works fine.
But repeatedly pressing the button input is recognized as a ...
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F11 key does not work as function key in MacBook Pro 14"
I have a MacBook Pro 14" M2 Pro Chip. I have noticed that the F11 key has volume low and when I press it without the fn key, it works normally (it lowers the volume as expected). However, when I ...
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