Apple PRO keyboard

[Bertje]

Hi all,

After being a linux-user for years, I fell for the Mac Mini. I'm still using my good-old three button mouse, but I've invested in a shiny white apple pro keyboard. Some things confuse me though, there are about five keys off which I don't know the function.

Next to help and delete there are these arrow keys. I thought it could be:

help - home - pageup
delete - end - pagedown

but in the box where I'm writing this text (firefox) none of these keys seems functional. I'm using option-arrow for the same functions...

Then there is also the rectangle-with-a-cross key under the volume-down key. Again no idea what this does.

And under delete there is this arrow-with-an-X-inside symbol. Is this just the symbol for 'delete'


Second question:
I've already found the character map and how it nicely changes when you press the option/alt/shift keys. But I wonder if there's any printable character map to be found on the Internet.

Thanks,
Bert

 

[Satcomer]

After being a linux-user for years, I fell for the Mac Mini. I'm still using my

Next to help and delete there are these arrow keys. I thought it could be:

help - home - pageup
delete - end - pagedown

It's because Firefox was written in Java. the keys work in applications specifically written for OS X (Apple Cocoa)

Then there is also the rectangle-with-a-cross key under the volume-down key. Again no idea what this does.

Eject

And under delete there is this arrow-with-an-X-inside symbol. Is this just the symbol for 'delete'

Yep.

Second question:
I've already found the character map and how it nicely changes when you press the option/alt/shift keys. But I wonder if there's any printable character map to be found on the Internet.

Try KeyKaps.

Also is this your keyboard?

 

[Bertje]

Thanks for your help! And the keyboard you're pointing to is indeed the one I have (allthough I have the USB version)

One more thing though,

Then there is also the rectangle-with-a-cross key under the volume-down key. Again no idea what this does.


Eject

The efect button is to the right of the 'mute' button. This one below the 'volume down' button is still something else.