Reading the MacAddict forums, I came across a thread called OS X Key Mappings. In that thread, there's an email posted from Marcel Bresnick, the author of 'PrefEdit,' who also has written some OS X Server 1.x keyboard mapping hacks. Here's a snippet of his response on customizing the OS X keyboard maps:The keyboard layouts are stored in. Re: incorrect keyboard mapping in OSX 10.7 guest mupf3l May 14, 2014 11:40 PM ( in response to ssbsfnt ) I would like to join this thread. You can use these keyboard map files or add the key values to an existing map file. See Win32 Cut, Copy, and Paste Hotkeys for more information. Setting the 3270 Keyboard Layout Default. To make the 3270 keyboard layout defaults available, do the following: Click Preferences - Keyboard from the Edit menu. The Keyboard dialog box is displayed. Linux osx keyboard keyboard-layout. For each such pair, it tells the kernel keyboard driver to map the specified scancode to the specified keycode. Click the virtual keyboard below for the command you want; Click the upload button on top (make sure to check the box reboot after upload) Make sure to uncheck the Toggle Bootmapper box after the upload. Save/Load Your Key Map. After finishing your key map, click save.hex on the middle left as shown. You can also load your saved map by clicking.
Key binding allow you to swap around the action of keys (or key combinations) on the Mac keyboard.
The default key bindings for the Home and End keys in macOS are different to most other operating systems.
To remaps the key bindings of the current user, edit the default keybinding file:
~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict
If they are not already in place - just create the file & directory.
Do not edit the built-in /System/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict file, as that will affect all user accounts on the machine. The personalized bindings will take precedence so that is all you need to edit.
The sample file below includes some help text and the codes to set Home and End to Start/End of line:
This remapping works in most Mac apps (but some like BBEdit, XCode and Firefox do their own key handling) for the terminal app see below.
After editing the DefaultKeyBinding.dict file, you will need to restart the relevant application.
Home/End mapping via Jon Evans, Start/End mapping via osxnotes.net who have lots of other remapping suggestions.
Key mapping in system preferences:
The key remapping available in system preferences allows swapping the 4 keys: Caps Lock, Control, Option and Command . This is to support non-Apple keyboards which may have the keys in a slightly different place.
Apple > System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard > Modifier Keys
Terminal.app
Terminal.app does not respect the macOS Key Bindings, but you can set terminal-specific keybindings in the Terminal.app preferences:
Profile > Keyboard > then click + to add a keybinding
The shortcuts you'll need to add for Home and End (via evilissimo): Wolf run casino game.
ESC[H - For the Home key
ESC[F - For the End key
When you type these in (press the actual Esc key) they should appear as the following escape codes:
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Related macOS comands:
Keyboard Shortcuts - bash Terminal
Keyboard Shortcuts - macOS
Guide to customizing macOS key bindings with a .plist or .dict property list. - Jacob Rus
Text System Defaults and Key Bindings + Full list - Apple.com
Spectacle app - Shortcut keys for Maximise/Minimise.
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Finally I can reassign that dreadful Enter key on my MBP to nice and useful Option key! Thank you!
Tell me, how exactly am I supposed to remap the Caps Lock key to the Escape key using DoubleCommand? :P
Be warned that DoubleCommand issues a kernel panic on boot with the lastest Mac OS X 10.4.7 on Intel machines, at least on my two laptops
I found the utility to be extremely useful until I found myself without the capability of booting my Macbook :(
Awesome.
I'm sure that it drove you nuts, but it was fun to read.
Jackpot capital no deposit bonus codes. I'm glad to hear it. :)
of course, the use of Apple's Plist Editor (I think every MOXH.com reader should know it, othervise it comes with developer tools) will spare you time about the conversion and Terminal stuff!
BTW: Does anyone know is it possible to remap multimedia keys?
(extra buttons that are ment to control Explorer/Media Player/Clipboard on Windows)
These seem to be very different than usual keys (Ukelele keyboard remapper doesn't see them pressed)
Be warned that the code 16, when used as the destination of a mapping, actually causes a kernel panic on keypress -- as I've found out the hard way.This is an absolutely horrible april fools joke. A good joke doesn't crash a system, it pranks it. Search for 'cocoa text system' for a hint with lots of pranking capabilities. Remapping the shift button to number pad 0 or something might be pretty good. But a kernel panic button… that's just cruel, in the worst way.
I feel the same way. A good prank can be undone by the victim, but this kernel-panic inducer would be too cruel because it'd be so hard to troubleshoot. Analogy: it's ok to saran-wrap a coworker's cube, because she can unwrap it, but not ok to spray-paint her cube or fill it with concrete.
A good prank idea: Back in oS9 days, I snuck a pair of Applescripts onto a coworker's machine. One of them set the Date and Time options to announce the time [every 15 min. I think]. The other script detected when the first script was deleted, and restored it immediately. It took her a few hours, not that she tried that hard, but she eventually found 'em both. Now that's a prank, and I would only have done it to her or one other person, the only 2 users I knew who were savvy enough to know where to look for the prank's parts.
Incidentally, the latest DoubleCommand (at the link above) works perfectly for me on a Macbook Pro + 10.4.8.
why am i just now learning about this hint?
caps lock = esc
1. remap caps lock to help
2. quicksilver trigger this script:
tell app 'System Events' to key code 53
3. set 'hot key = help' and 'activate = on release'
Is there a way to make arbitrary keys behave as modifier keys? I'm left-handed and my setup doesn't really allow me to have a full-size external keyboard, so I'd like to buy a USB numeric keypad and assign the frequently used modifier keys (cmd, opt, ctrl, fn and shift) to the keys on the keypad.
I looked into DoubleCommand and fKeys and Keyboard Maestro, none of which fit the bill. Perhaps there's a clever hack that strings multiple things together for a solution?
Anyone?
I really need this, so sorry for opening an old post. Anyone have any instruction updates for 10.5.7 in simple easy to understand steps? I'm a terminal newbie but have Apple's Property List editor if that helps. The .global files (I have several) referred to in this hint show no signs of having a 'com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping key' entry on my system.
I just want to make my right option key act as the enter key which they removed from the newer laptops. Any help is really appreciated, Thanks.
- I created a new dead key map for 'keypad 0'.
- Then, for each key in the dead key map, I added  (ESC) plus the key itself
- For instance, the dead key for 'a' is configured as a (ESC + A)
I bought a new Apple keyboard which has an extra tilde key to the left of the z and before the shift key which is now much less wide than the standard shift key I'm used to. I'd like to remap the tilde key to the left of my Z to also function as a shift key. Is there any way I can do this? Current office version.
This still works with more recent OSX versions. There is no need to convert the plist to XML, just find the most recent ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.GlobalPreferences.*.plistOs X Keyboard Mapping Software
file, open it in the PropertyList Editor (double-click or call with open), find the section(s) com.apple.keyboard.modifiermapping.*Change Keyboard Mapping
(one for each keyboard), open the section, and copy/paste item entries, modifying as indicated in the hint. Save when finished.For me, I swap Caps Lock and Control, but wanted the right Control key (just left of the arrow keys) to retain functionality as a Control key. So I simply highlighted and deleted the Item mapping between them, and saved; worked perfectly after a logout. Tested on Snow Leopard.
