Reprograming Keys

spilio · spilio #1 (**permalink**)

11-19-2007, 01:28 PM

Hi all,

Recent switcher here...

Is there any way to reprogram keys? For example, on my USB keyboard, Home and End don't move the cursor to the beginning or ending of a line (except in Adium). And Shift+End/Shift+Home to highlight a line.

I tried looking in the Keyboard and Mouse section of System Preferences, but couldn't find anything that would help me (or I don't know the correct verbage to make it work)...

I do a lot of typing in my job, and this one particular thing is making the transition to Mac agonizing... Any ideas you guys might have would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

J

PS: My delete key also doesn't work if I hold it down... Only works when I constantly press it. Any way to change that too?

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

11-19-2007, 03:45 PM

If its a Microsoft keyboard you can change everything when you install their Intelliport drivers

I cannot find anything that will easily help you, but someone else does share your frustration and has found alternative shortcuts that OS X uses

http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archive...xt_naviga.html

vank66 · vank66 #3 (**permalink**)

11-19-2007, 07:06 PM

Check out KeyFinder, a freebie that does that. Van

giulio · giulio #4 (**permalink**)

11-19-2007, 07:09 PM

Command-right = go to end of line
Command-left = take a guess

Option-right (or left) skips words

Hold down shift with any of the above to select the tween.

spilio · spilio #5 (**permalink**)

11-20-2007, 08:52 AM

Thanks everybody for the Mac tips and program ideas.

I'll start trying them out to see what works best for me.

J

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spilio #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 30, 2007 Location: Ivanovo, Russia Posts: 169 Mac Specs: 2.16GHz Macbook Pro, 2GB RAM, OSX v10.5	11-19-2007, 01:28 PM Hi all, Recent switcher here... Is there any way to reprogram keys? For example, on my USB keyboard, Home and End don't move the cursor to the beginning or ending of a line (except in Adium). And Shift+End/Shift+Home to highlight a line. I tried looking in the Keyboard and Mouse section of System Preferences, but couldn't find anything that would help me (or I don't know the correct verbage to make it work)... I do a lot of typing in my job, and this one particular thing is making the transition to Mac agonizing... Any ideas you guys might have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! J PS: My delete key also doesn't work if I hold it down... Only works when I constantly press it. Any way to change that too?
	QUOTE Thanks

louishen #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,653 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	11-19-2007, 03:45 PM If its a Microsoft keyboard you can change everything when you install their Intelliport drivers I cannot find anything that will easily help you, but someone else does share your frustration and has found alternative shortcuts that OS X uses http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archive...xt_naviga.html
	QUOTE Thanks

giulio #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2007 Location: NY USA Posts: 1,813 Mac Specs: iMac 5.1 \| iMac 7.1 \| iPod Touch \| iPod Nano	11-19-2007, 07:09 PM Command-right = go to end of line Command-left = take a guess Option-right (or left) skips words Hold down shift with any of the above to select the tween.
	QUOTE Thanks

spilio #5 (permalink)
Member Since: May 30, 2007 Location: Ivanovo, Russia Posts: 169 Mac Specs: 2.16GHz Macbook Pro, 2GB RAM, OSX v10.5	11-20-2007, 08:52 AM Thanks everybody for the Mac tips and program ideas. I'll start trying them out to see what works best for me. J
	QUOTE Thanks

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