Keyboard 'home' and 'end' keys not functional...?

[fiveightandten]

I have a mini 1.42, running 10.4.9...brand new Apple keyboard, and my "home" and "end" keys aren't functioning. Same thing, no matter what application I have open. They don't do anything.

Any ideas?

-Nick

 

[mynameis]

Use this:
http://evansweb.info/articles/2005/03/24/mac-os-x-and-home-end-keys

 

[fiveightandten]

Use this:
http://evansweb.info/articles/2005/03/24/mac-os-x-and-home-end-keys

Thanks for the reply. So this is normal operation for OSX? Wierd.

My machine didn't have a "KeyBindings" directory in the library. There's "Keyboard Layouts" and "Keychains". But that's it.

I created one as it instructed in that article, and created a filed and named it "DefaultKeyBinding.dict." and cut and pasted that code in there character for character, then saved it, and rebooted. No difference at all.

Pardon the noob question, but am I doing this right? I made a new .txt file and used that to cut and paste the code. Then I got rid of the .txt extension and made sure the file was named "DefaultKeyBinding.dict." and dragged it into the directory I made.

Any ideas? I appreciate the help. I'm so used to using the HOME and END keys, this would be great to have that issue fixed. Why are they on the keyboard anyways?

-Nick

 

[mynameis]

So this is normal operation for OSX? Wierd.

Yup, it is working normal.

My machine didn't have a "KeyBindings" directory in the library. There's "Keyboard Layouts" and "Keychains". But that's it.

You probably are looking in the root directory "/", but you should be looking in your account's home directory. The '~' stands for your home directory, for example mine is /Users/michaelclark.

Just move the file you created to the correct directory then reboot.

 

[fiveightandten]

You probably are looking in the root directory "/", but you should be looking in your account's home directory. The '~' stands for your home directory, for example mine is /Users/michaelclark.

Just move the file you created to the correct directory then reboot.

Seems like the same deal in there. There was no folder named "KeyBindings", so I dragged the one I created into there.

Now I have a folder named "KeyBindings" in Macintosh HD/users/Nick/Library/

And the file in there is "DefaultKeyBinding.dict.", with that code cut and pasted into it.

Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong. Thanks again for the help, BTW.

-Nick

 

[dtravis7]

Use this:
http://evansweb.info/articles/2005/03/24/mac-os-x-and-home-end-keys

Rep to you mynameis! Good find for people who are used to the keys the windows way. Comes in handy sometimes. Easy to change back if needed.

Thanks for the info. Good job.


fiveightandten, be sure you reboot your machine. Tried it here and it works perfectly but you have to reboot.

 

[mynameis]

Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong. Thanks again for the help, BTW.

I am not sure either, try downloading and using the .dict file that I am using from Here.