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How to lookup keybinding translation across input sources
I have an application that binds a menu item to trigger on ⌘]. When I set the US input source, I press ⌘] in order to trigger that item. However, when I switch the input source to QWERTZ (German), the ...
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Keyboard Utility: Customize Logitec MX Keys backlight without the Options+ app
Using Logitec MX Keyboard without Logitech's Options+ app. It works fine, but I can't control backlight on-duration.
There are key-mapping utilities, but I can't find one for backlight control. There ...
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Change width reserved for stage manager when using the the Sequoia tiling keys?
MacOS Sequoia introduced the tiling keys (i.e., ctrl-option-left to place the current window on the left side of the screen). This helpfully leaves space for the stage manager.
For my taste, this ...
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How to tell iterm2 to use emacs mode, not vi mode
I've recently switched from Hyper terminal (no longer maintained) to iterm2.
I'm surprised that iterm2 seems to be using vi mode: instead of going to start and end of line when I press ctrl+a/ctrl+e ...
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Change key bindings in Apple Mail
Is there a way to change (actually, remove) key bindings in Apple Mail?
I sometimes find myself switching between tasks and impatiently backspacing over some word in an editor - only to find that I've ...
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Why does the necessary key combination to zoom in/out change while using Apple Maps?
When using Maps on my iMac, I'm able to zoom in/out using only +/- when I first open the app. However, after requesting directions to a location, I need to use CMD-(+/-) to zoom in/out, even after I ...
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Definitive way to enable ESC-key-like functionality for Obsidian on iPhone
Has anyone provided a good solution to the lack of an escape key on iPhone yet, for vim mode? I feel like this needs a definitive solution, and I’d be willing to work on it if nobody has, yet.
Not an ...
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Trying to remap Cmd+W to Cmd+H using Karabiner-Elements
I'm using Karabiner-Elements to remap Cmd+W to Cmd+H. (This helps prevent me from closing a window so that when I switch to the app using Cmd+Tab, the window will appear, which only happens for open ...
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Terminal: To make Option-Control keyboard shortcut work
I use the fish shell, and I added a function that expands variables like it works by default in Zsh. That is, I can type e.g. $PWD, press the keyboard shortcut, and it will be expanded to the current ...
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DefaultKeyBinding.dict no longer remaps ctl+arrow windows shortcuts after MacOS update
On my macbook I use DefaultKeyBinding.dict to remap about 12 keys to what they would be in Windows. However, after my update to MacOS Ventura, the remappings for moveWordLeft and moveWordRight stopped ...
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How can I restore Command+Left arrow in macOS?
I mapped Cmd+← to a new shortcut in the Keyboard Shortcuts area of System Settings, and now I can't figure out how to set it back to "go back to the start of the line." I have tried:
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key combo then shift+enter started launching apps recently
I noticed in the past week that some random key combos started launching Apple apps (like the App Store, iMovie, and GarageBand) and it's really annoying. After experimenting I figured out that ...
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How to use Shortcuts app to mute/unmute MS Teams from anywhere (globally)?
The standard keybinding for MS Teams mute toggle is ⌘ShiftM. However, it only works if Teams is the current focussed application. So when I'm working on a document or typing notes in another app, I ...
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Make backslash \ in terminal (Danish keyboard)
I am using a Danish keyboard language and Danish keyboard layout. When typing in my browser or other applications on my computer, I can make a backslash. In my case I use the combination shift + ...
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How should I adapt my software's keyboard shortcuts for macOS users (e.g. when to use Cmd instead of Ctrl)?
I'm not familiar with macOS at all. Nevertheless, when designing cross-platform software features, one needs to be aware of such small differences. I've seen a lot of keybindings which are usually ...
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MacOS Music script does not work triggered inside app
For years, I've been using a really simple AppleScript to reset Music's AirPlay device back to my computer. I trigger it using a keyboard shortcut Command + E and the script doesn’t run. Same if I use ...
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How can I add a keyboard shortcut for a nested menu item?
It used to be possible (on macOS 10.14 below at least), to set up a keyboard shortcut to open up a specific terminal profile:
Unfortunately, on macOS 12 and later (at least, I never ran 10.15 or 11), ...
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How can I change/remove the shortcut fn+C for opening the Control Centre
Since I upgraded to macOS Monterey, fn + C (i.e. the fn key + the C key) opens the Control Centre in the Menu Bar.
How can I change or even remove this shortcut?
Same question for the shortcut fn + A.
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How can I assign a shortcut in Karabiner-Elements to open VS Code?
I am new to Karabiner-Elements and I am trying to find a way to assign a shortcut to open VS Code.
I would like to press Left Command and Right Command at the same time then leave it then press V to ...
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Phantom `play_pause` keypress events
I have been experiencing these phantom keystrokes where any app related to media (vlc, music, youtube) constantly plays and pauses or even re-opens after closed. only the foreground app is affected.
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Remap two-finger trackpad scrolling to right click hold plus scrolling for a video game
I am playing World of Warcraft on the trackpad, and there are two important actions:
a) Cursor movement: 1-finger movement.
b) Camera movement: 1-finger movement while holding right click.
It works ...
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Keyboard shortcut to browse Time Machine file versions
In some apps, e.g. Keynote and TextEdit, there is a built-in option to browse previous versions of a file using Time Machinve: File > Revert To > Browse All Versions.
Is there a way to browse ...
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How to map the macOS Clear key to NumLock with iTerm2?
I tried, but failed, mapping macOS Clear key to Numlock functionality in latest iTerm2 (Build 3.4.23) on macOS Sonoma.
I did not see any relevant setting in iTerm2 Preference dialogs:
iTerm2 ...
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Terminal Profiles Keyboard Action
Where can I find detailed technical documentation describing what the elements of the GUI found in Terminal.app -> Settings -> Profiles -> keyboard?
The documentation that pops up when the ? ...
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Disable Option+Key=Symbol behavior of arbitrary keyboard layout in MacOS
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I'm looking for a way to disable the Option + Key = Symbol behaviour of most keyboard layouts (like US and dvorak), but still allow the application to capture those keypresses.
Ideal solution
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How do I set CMD+TAB to show Mission Control
I dislike the cmd + tab app switcher, since I can't switch between apps for my needs.
I prefer Mission Control for this.
Is it possible to re-map cmd + tab to show Mission Control on macOS?
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How to Enable iTerm Profile Shortcut Key cmd-ctrl-d key by Disabling Dictionary Lookup in macOS for iTerm?
I've been trying to set up a specific shortcut key (cmd-control-d) in iTerm to trigger a profile action. However, this shortcut conflicts with macOS's default dictionary lookup feature. I'm looking ...
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Copy and Paste Lines in Nano on MacOS
I am on ARM-based MacOS Sonoma 14.
For some reason, I have no luck with the 'copy' step from this answer to the same question on OS X. I have tried both with and without the 'use Option as Meta key' ...
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Can I accomplish similar functionality to Windows Auto Hot Key (AHK) on macOS Sonoma?
I switched recently to an Macbook Pro with an M3 Pro chip after using Windows for a lifetime. I am trying to make a a shortcut which can trigger many different actions and in my case all the actions ...
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Curly brackets with german keyboard
Having a usb keyboard in german language connected to the MacBook.
Curly brackets are on Alt+Gr+7 / Alt+Gr+0 on German keyboards, but pressing these keys gives me different characters.
So how can I ...
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Can't remap plus minus (±) sign to tilde sign (~)
Until the last update to Sonoma 14.2 (23C64) I used the following script to remap the absolutely USLESS ± sign to the FREQUENTLY used in nearly ALL of the programming languages ~:
UserKeyMapping:(
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MacBook Pro: Using Fn key to select the next input sources
On my MacBook Pro running Monterey, "control-Space" is assigned to "switch to next input source" (I think this is the default).
When I connect an external Mac keyboard to my ...
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How to remap a option + i to give me ^, for then to press a vowel to use the accent in Karabiner
I recently changed the keyboard input to ABC - Extended because the normal one wouldn't let me type accents when the caps lock was on. Almost all of the are normal, but there are one there isn't. When ...
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Is there a desktop manager/overlay that improves use of keyboard navigation?
For my current job I have to work with an Apple MacBook. The first thing I notice is the high reliance on the mouse. Which is quite slow/painful for me, knowing I need to be careful not to get more ...
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Show the shortcuts when hovering over Microsoft Word icons
I am a fervent keyboardist: how can we find out the shortcuts for these icons? They used to be displayed when you hovered over them, but no more.
This is Microsoft Word for Mac version 16.79
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MacBook Pro password contains #\~- symbols how do i get this correct
I have just purchased a new MacBook Pro and having a lot of difficulty trying to log in, the keyboard has been set to British and my password contains the following characters
# I press the following ...
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How do I add, change or remove a key command (shortcut) from a menu item?
How do I add, change or remove a key command from an application's menu, or contextual menu, without any third party application?
Can I use something other than Cmd ⌘ with my trigger?
What if a menu ...
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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.
How to do ...
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Mimic Terminal.app behavior in iTerm2 for option-arrow keys (left and right)
This is probably related to this question:
How do I do Home and End in iterm2?
but fiddling with the iTerm2 key mappings (both general and per-profile) to un-map option plus the left and right arrow ...
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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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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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How can I use readline instead of editline in the Python REPL and other programs?
I prefer to use readline instead of editline in the Python REPL and MySQL for example. These programs are compiled with editline support as provided by Apple or Homebrew. How can I make them work with ...
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Show key bindings in editline
In the man page for .editrc a command is shown for listing key bindings for editline. Editline is a library that is used in Python and MySQL, etc., in MacOS for command line editing.
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Can the mapping of the function keys change on a per-app basis on windows [duplicate]
I would like to know if there is a third party application or other automation that can remap the keyboard based on the current application.
For example in terminal or you favourite IDE you want to ...
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How to enter Hungarian characters ő (long ö) and ű (long ü) on a Mac with German keyboard layout?
I found that I can write characters with single acute accent, but there is no double acute accent present on my German keyboard. What is the simplest and shortest workaround to enter ő (long ö) and ű (...
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Switching Tilde (~) and plus-minus (±) when using an external keyboard over a USB receiver
I have a MB Pro 2021, with an ISO keyboard layout. I wanted to swap between the (~) and plus-minus (±) keys. I already tried the option in Tilde (~) and plus-minus (±) in wrong place on keyboard, ...
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How can I remap End/Home keys in Keynote?
I use an external keyboard, and I'm used to using End/Home to move to the end/start of the line, respectively.
However, when typing text in Keynotes, pressing End/Home moves me to the last/first slide,...
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Reprogram / Remap a Button on Apple Keyboard to send a sequence of keystrokes [duplicate]
I am seeking help with my iMac.
I am an independent Nasdaq day-trader using Trading View as an analytical platform on a daily basis. If it is possible, I would like to reprogram the Fn
button (or any ...
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Simulating trackpad three/four-finger down using Hammerspoon or Karabiner-Elements
I am trying to simulate a three-finger (four-finger if the three-finger drag is enabled) trackpad swipe gesture using either Hammerspoon or Karabiner-Elements on macOS. The goal is to simulate the ...
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How to bind one key to press multiple keys with karabiner elements
I've been trying to bind my X button to do left click, A, and W for the past few days. I've tried using all sorts of attempts and changing code of other's JSON files multiple times, but it hasn't been ...
