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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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Option + Z keystroke does not insert the ohm symbol/omega (Ω)
Every article that I can find on web suggests the keystroke Option + z to insert that Ω symbol on a Mac. However, on my Mac, when I press that combination, I get the ˀ character. I followed the ...
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Disable Cmd Shift Q for cs go, cannot select it in keyboard pref
How can i disbable Command + Shift + Q for cs go, i can't figure it out. I use it for slow walking, ducking and moving around.
I'm using macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
I already tried this solution: ...
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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.
Why?...
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Caps to Shift Lock
It would be awesome if the caps key could change the numbers to symbols as well. For instance, with caps on, it would be nice if pressing "4" would produce "$". Is there an easy way to do this on ...
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Disable caps lock key [duplicate]
I have a new MacBook Air and I keep bumping the caps lock key. As you can imagine this is really frustrating.
Is there a way to totally disable the caps lock key without having to install software ...
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How would I use Karabiner elements: to remap the brace key on macOS?
I'm used to program in linux whereas left ALT+8 and ALT+9 show { and } (it layout).
Now I need to press "shift" + "option" + "è" and "shift" + "option" + "+" to have it done.
How can I remap the ...
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Command, tab, and mouse click not working, rest of keyboard and mouse movement still works
A few days ago I posted about how my macbook pro had a glitch where everything except the volume, brightness, and mouse movement stopped working.
I am now having a similar but very distinct problem ...
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Contextual key mappings in PyCharm on macOS
For years I've been using a keymap (IIRC carried over from Visual Studio circa 2005) where F5 is the same key for "debug..." and "resume program". However while setting up my ...
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Open or activate an application in specific shortcut [duplicate]
I'd like to bind certain keyboard shortcuts to certain applications, and have it open and be visible when it is pressed.
For example, I want to have the Things app open (if not already open) and be ...
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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
and
ＡＢＣＤＥＦＧＨＩＪＫＬＭＮＯＰＱＲＳＴＵＶＷＸＹＺ
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０１２３４５６７８９
or even
！＃＄＆＊＋－＜＝＞？＠［＼］＾＿｛｜｝～｟｠￠￡￢￣￤￥￦
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How do I make `Cmd` as `Meta` instead of `Option/Alt` key on `emacs` runs on terminal(with `-nw` option)
A lot of questions and articles about this but I can't find a one that works on my system.
Modifying emacs configuration looks working on other people's but it doesn't work for me.
like this
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Modifier keys... don't show the "Select keyboard" option
I'm using keyboard KeyCool 84 with Bluetooth version 4.0. When I use a cable to connect with my Mac (running macOS Mojave 10.14.5), I can use the modifier key function with an option to Select ...
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Map Control+Delete to Forward Delete
I use a wireless Apple keyboard at home and a wired (full sized) one at work. Now I constantly get confused when I want to do a forward delete, since I'm used to the fn+delete combination.
Is it ...
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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 override default `Modifier key + Click on app icon in Dock` behaviour on macOS?
For example, by default Option(Alt) + Click on application icon in Dock hides all windows of currently active application. And Option(Alt) + Cmd + Click hides all applications, except for one which's ...
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Key binding in iTerm2
I am trying to bind a shortcut to perform cut command in iTerm2. Obviously, cut is bound to Cmd + x, but I would also like it to be bound to Ctrl + w.
I did this easily for paste by going to iTerm2 → ...
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How can I have unlimited keyboard shortcuts?
There's only so many keys in a keyboard, I want limitless
possibilities with key bindings by being able to bind key sequences
to actions.
How can I bind an action to an extended shortcut?
Let's say
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Manually set iTunes play/pause button
I'm using an old Apple USB keyboard(it came with the iMac G5) with my Mac. I'd like to bind F16 to play/pause iTunes, like F8 key on the MacBooks. Right now the key does nothing.
I'm OK with 3rd ...
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Changing Adaptive Undo Shortcut in System Preferences
I am aware that one can go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts, and easily change any menu bar shortcut, like Undo, for all applications. This used to work great for me! However this no ...
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Map keyboard key to mouse click in a certain position
I want to map my keyboard's arrow buttons to mouse left clicks (mouse down/up) at specific areas of my screen.
For example:
left arrow key ---(map to)--> mouse left click at position W: 120px | H: ...
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Which one is the delete button on an Apple keyboard?
I use the cmdbackspace shortcut but in some applications fnbackspace seems to work as well. So which one it the delete hotkey in OS X El Capitan?
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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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Command and Option keys on Windows keyboard
I am using an external keyboard which is a Windows keyboard. I am not able to use copy and paste command with ctrl and there is no command key or the option key in this keyboard. What is the shorcut ...
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Why is there an emacs keybinding for character transpose?
There is a special keybinding for transposing two characters in a text field: ctrl-t. Is this functionality really that useful to deserve a keybinding? I want to know what I am missing by not using it....
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Sublime Text is autocorrecting “^”
I use Sublime Text 3 for my LaTeX coding. Whenever I try to type something with a carat such as e^{x+2} it autocorrects it to e{{x+2}}. The autocorrect occurs right after typing the first curly brace ...
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Can't paste Emojis when using Ukelele custom keyboard
Using Ukelele I generated a Windows QWERTY layout which I'm used to coz I'm switching between Windows and macOS. Here's the layout for inspection if necessary: https://www.dropbox.com/s/...
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How do you use Karabiner with a wacom pen tablet?
I can see that it is possible to check the checkbox next to PTK-640 (tablet) in the devices tab of Karabiner preferences. I then tried to map the on-screen 'radial' menus that the wacom tablet will ...
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Workaround for command + tab issue on Messages, Notes, etc
I'm having this issue where certain apps (Messages, Notes) aren't brought to the screen when I command + tab over to them. One solution is to press option at the same time, as said in the link. But ...
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Binding modifier key to mouse button 4 using KeyRemap4MacBook
I'm wanting to do this so when I'm gaming I can use the mouse button as my modifier "shift" key instead of having to actually hit ⇧+1 or ⇧+2. This will prevent me from having to take my fingers off of ...
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How to get external Apple keyboard to accept modifier key input from Macbook's internal keyboard (and vice-versa)?
I just bought an older Apple keyboard, with the idea that I could use it in conjunction with my internal Macbook Pro keyboard as a substitute for buying a keyboard that's capable of splitting into two ...
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Unicode escape is ctrl+[ , why does this work in terminal or vim, but not safari or other parts of OS?
When i'm working in VIM i'll often times use ctrl+[ to exit insert mode. But if i need to press escape in other parts of the OS ctrl+[ does not act the same way as escape.
For example if search a ...
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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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Caps lock key to behave like non-toggle modifier
Is it possible to make the caps lock key behave like a normal modifier, and not as a toggle switch?
I have a custom keyboard layout which allows me to use the caps lock key to type Greek symbols. (It‘...
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Remap Mac Keys - Terminal
I'm a newcomer here (you can tell by my question).
To remap a key, do I just replace the two hexadecimal values for the key I wants to be changed and use the entire string in Terminal?
0x63 for ...
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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 to map "Spacebar + 1" to "⌃1" on Karabiner Elements?
I'm looking for a way to remap Spacebar as a modifier for only the number row. For example, Spacebar + 0 = ⌃0, but for anything else Spacebar is just Spacebar.
I found this post which does what I I ...
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I cannot type the letter "c" on my iMac G5
I have an iMac G5 running Mac OS X 10.5.8. Unfortunately I cannot type c. I have tried both wired and wireless keyboard, and both bluetooth and USB-dongle wireless. Even over VNC from my (somewhat ...
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Trademark and other characters not working since Mojave update
Prior to the Mojave update, I could type Shift+Alt+2 to produce a trademark symbol (tm superscript). This, and others (Shift+Alt+{1-6,q,p,h,j,k,l,n,m,§}) do not work any more.
Is this intentional? If ...
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Remapping command Q to another shortcut for quitting apps
This has been an ongoing frustration for me, and I think for a lot of people in the community who use the keyboard a lot. Shortcuts like Command + TAB and Command + W are an everyday stroke for lots ...
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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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Putting display to sleep using windows keyboard
Is there some key combination to put the display on a mac to sleep using a windows keyboard, or somewhere where I can change the default key combinations?
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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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How can I remap arrows keys to other short cut? [duplicate]
I am a programmer, I need to use arrows keys a lot, so can I remap these keys to other keys?
I have downloaded the karabiner, however, I cannot define the complex modifications rules myself, ...
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Different key-maps/bindings for in-built keyboard and Bluetooth keyboard
I oft have to use a Windows keyboard with my Macbook. I have two different profiles in Karabiner, but I don't want to have to keep switching between them.
How can I have different profiles apply to ...
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Quick typing not possible after key remap
I followed the tips in this thread. The TN2450 remaps the keys correctly, but a new problem has surfaced: The keys do not register when pressing more of them at the same time. Example: If typing the ...
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Does remapping modifier keys affect special boots?
I'm running Catalina 10.15.5. In the keyboard preferences there is the option to remap modifier keys, which I've done. My question is, do these remappings apply when using the remapped keys for ...
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How do I remap function modifier combinations?
I would like to remap the key binding Shift+Option+7 (⇧⌥ 7) for the backward-slash \ to something much simpler like Option+. (⌥ .) perhaps using a command line tool like hdiutil.
The answer to "How ...
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How to bind Alt-p to up arrow instead of π
Mac binds alt-p and alt-n to π and ˜. How to make it behave as up and down arrow?
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How to disable middle click? [duplicate]
Middle click to paste is making scrolling impossible in Terminal on my thinkpad keyboard because of middle click pasting.
I'd prefer to just disable it on that app, but globally would be fine.
I ...
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