Lt Major Burns
"Dicky" Charlteston-Burns
dmetzcher said:
they aren't actually home or end keys. to navigate around a paragraph, use the arrow keys in conjunction with alt (option) and apple (command) keys
Frustrations with OS X
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they aren't actually home or end keys. to navigate around a paragraph, use the arrow keys in conjunction with alt (option) and apple (command) keys
dmetzcher said:
... I've set it to a keyboard combo (Cmd-Shift-F12 for me) and set it so it does _not_ pop up when I hit screen edges, because that'd get on my nerves. But with the keyboard-combo, it's always there when I need it.(Just noticed that this is my 8'000th post. Maybe I should go a bit slower now.)
dmetzcher
Metzcher.com
What are the home and end keys on the keyboard for then? I never use the keyboard, so I can't say that I've tested this much (so one would ask the question: "Why did you ever buy it in the first place?" to which I don't really have an answer except that I thought I'd use it more).Lt Major Burns said:
Lt Major Burns
"Dicky" Charlteston-Burns
are you talking abvout the mac keyboard or a pc one?
the mac one doesn't pretend to have home or end keys, it just has extra arrow keys that pretend to do something. you can however bind them to do what ever you want with them
the mac one doesn't pretend to have home or end keys, it just has extra arrow keys that pretend to do something. you can however bind them to do what ever you want with them
texanpenguin
Registered Penguin
Home and End work fine, though they refer usually to the beginning of the document/page and end of the document/page, rather than the Windows technique of beginning of line, end of line.
On a Mac, do the following:
When you would have pressed "Home"/"End" on a PC:
• In single-line text boxes like Google Search for instance, press the up arrow or down arrow. These can be used in conjunction with the Shift key for text selection.
• In multi-line text areas, like the post entry field here at MacOSX.com or in TextEdit, hold Command (that's the Apple key), and the left or right arrow. Once again, these can be used with the Shift key for text selection.
When you would have pressed Ctrl+Left or Ctrl+Right on a PC:
• Hold Option and press left or right. Again, hold shift for selection.
When you would have pressed Page Up or Page Down on a PC:
• Press Page Up or Page Down on a Mac. You can also get the same functionality with Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down
To skip to the beginning or end of a document on a Mac, you can use Home and End, or Cmd+Up and Cmd+Down respectively.
On a Mac, do the following:
When you would have pressed "Home"/"End" on a PC:
• In single-line text boxes like Google Search for instance, press the up arrow or down arrow. These can be used in conjunction with the Shift key for text selection.
• In multi-line text areas, like the post entry field here at MacOSX.com or in TextEdit, hold Command (that's the Apple key), and the left or right arrow. Once again, these can be used with the Shift key for text selection.
When you would have pressed Ctrl+Left or Ctrl+Right on a PC:
• Hold Option and press left or right. Again, hold shift for selection.
When you would have pressed Page Up or Page Down on a PC:
• Press Page Up or Page Down on a Mac
. You can also get the same functionality with Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+DownTo skip to the beginning or end of a document on a Mac, you can use Home and End, or Cmd+Up and Cmd+Down respectively.