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I've been waiting for this keyboard. Unfortunately the same nitpicks I have with the bluetooth version remain: * Function key!? Oh how I wish we could banish t
by thenduks 18y ago
I've been waiting for this keyboard. Unfortunately the same nitpicks I have with the bluetooth version remain:
* Function key!? Oh how I wish we could banish the function key, or at least move it out of the spot where control belongs.
* Control! It's in the wrong place because of the damn function key!
* Why do we need the right option key? Wouldn't forward delete be more useful there? I know I can just type Ctrl+D to forward delete... but control is in the wrong place!
I suppose I'll still get one, remap caps lock (even more useless than function!) to control and get used to it. The form factor will be worth my trouble, I think.
- lsb 18y agoEasy. Control is wherever you want it. The physical key it should correspond to is Caps Lock, and it's all in software, so here we go: Apple Menu, System Preferences, Keyboard&Mouse, then (all the way at the bottom of the window) Modifier Keys. "For each modifier key listed below, choose the action you want it to perform from the pop-up menu." Caps Lock key, just map that to Control. Done.
- rbanffy 18y agoControl in the Place God Intended. Now I want a version with "BELL" written on top of the G key.
- thenduks 18y agoIndeed I'm well aware of how to remap it, but I'd just prefer it in the correct place. By correct I of course mean the place where my muscle memory has zero work to do to hit it.
- thenduks 18y agoOne very nice thing about this that I wasn't aware of before is that following this procedure disables the little green light in the caps lock key... BONUS!
- weaksauce 18y agoYou could also use the fn key to forward delete. fn+delete will do what you want.
- thenduks 18y agoSo I need 2 hands to forward delete? I know all about this, but it doesn't help. I usually end up using ctrl-d instead -- but guess what -- control is in the wrong place! Arg!
- catch23 18y agoWhy do you use your control key down there? It's hard for any finger to reach it... you should be using the control key where the caps lock key is, your hands will thank you for it.
- thenduks 18y agoNah I find it easy to hit control in the bottom left. Almost everything uses command anyway, it's just that in those times when I do need to hit control I always hit function instead :/
- ibsulon 18y agoThe function key is completely on the wrong side of the keyboard! I can't believe i can't page down with a single hand. (And no, scrolling down is not the same - it slows me down quite a bit when I have to track where to continue reading.)
- thenduks 18y agoAgreed. I can pass on the function key entirely myself. If you want to page down with one hand, try space? Doesn't work everywhere though :/