This tutorial will fix several non-standard key mappings on the Mac. The fixes are listed below.
- Home key behavior
- End key behavior
- Page Up behavior
- Page Down behavior
- Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo, Redo, and Save Keyboard shortcuts
First you will need to create a file named ~/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict
On my system the full path name to the file is /Users/jon/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict
If you do not know how to create this file, run the following commands from the console. All commands are case-sensitive!
cd ~
cd Library
mkdir KeyBindings
cd KeyBindings
nano DefaultKeyBinding.dict
Once you have DefaultKeyBindings.dict open in nano, copy & paste the following in it.
{
/* home */
"\\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLine:";
"$\\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:";
/* end */
"\\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLine:";
"$\\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:";
/* page up/down */
"\\UF72C" = "pageUp:";
"\\UF72D" = "pageDown:";
/* use the flippin control key */
"^a" = "selectAll:"; /* C-a Select all */
"^x" = "cut:"; /* C-x Cut */
"^c" = "copy:"; /* C-c Copy */
"^v" = "paste:"; /* C-v Paste */
"^z" = "undo:"; /* C-z Undo */
"^y" = "redo:"; /* C-y Redo */
"^s" = "save:"; /* C-s Save */
}
Now, press Control+o to save, then Control+x to exit.
Log out and then log back in for your new settings to appear.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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