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#24 Right Option as Function key

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nobody
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2013-01-02
2007-12-13
Anonymous
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Please allow me to set the right Option key to work as a Function key.

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  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    Seconded! I just moved from a MacBook Pro, where I used the 'Enter-as-Function' setting to enable one-handed PgUp/PgDn, to a MacBook, which has the right Option key in that same spot. I would love to recover my one-handed PgUp/PgDn. Thanks!

     
  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    Thirded!

    I just got a new macbook, and the enter key in the lower-right corner has been replaced by an option key. I had mapped that enter key to be a control key, so that in emacs/Xcode/safari, I could hit control with my right hand and "a" or "e" with my left hand to get to the beginning or end of a line. Now I'm just inserting random a's and e's into all my windows.

    I tried swapping option and control, but now I'm hitting the wrong keys with my left hand.

    I guess what I'm looking for is a way to map that right option key to control -- but it would probably be useful to map that right option key to anything (someone else was looking for a way to make it an enter key like the older macbooks).

    Thanks for an awesome program!

    Andrew

     
  • Nobody/Anonymous

    The sole thing I used DoubleCommand for on my old iBook was to remap the old right lower enter key to a fn key to enable one-handed page up/page down/home/end in most programs. Don't see a way to use the new right option key (why did they change it?) as a fn key, though it can be remapped to other things. Would love my one-handed up/down/home/end functionality back. Thanks!

     
  • Nobody/Anonymous

    Yes i love this feature, PLEASE bring it back

     
  • Mark Rejhon

    Mark Rejhon - 2011-03-13

    I would like this feature too. My Macbook Air has a right-hand Option key that I'd like to behave as a Fn key, so I can have one-handed Home/End/PgUp/PgDn/Delete

     

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