in my Dell laptop, the Fx keys are already assigned to some shortcuts like brightness, Speaker-volume-Up, Speaker-volume-Down, etc. When I do code-debugging in Visual-studio, for Step-over break-point for example, I want to use these Fx keys like in regular keyboards. How do I achive this?
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For some reason the "ctrl+right" / "ctrl+left" keybindings does not work for me in visual studio code. I took a screenshot of my keybindings.json and the Keyboard Shortcuts Troubleshooting:
I've tried the same mapping without the "when" condition or different value but it didn't seem to do anything.
If I change the keybinding to other keybinding like "ctrl+shift+right" or "cmd+right" then keybinding activates. The output here suggests that the keybinding is not found by VS code.
Is there something special about Ctrl+Right/Ctrl+Left key combo?
I am using macOS Big Sur. I didn't touch any default system keybinding. I googled around for mac OS system keybinding but nothing came up under the "ctrl+right"/"ctrl+left" combo.
Before I switch over to VS code I was using Webstorm, which had this keybinding for many years. I never had any problem with it.
I'd appreciate any help or info.
Ctrl+Left/Right maps to desktop switching in macOS by default. So you need to go to Keyboard > Shortcuts in the System Preferences and remove Ctrl+Left/Right from Mission control
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How can I make ctrl+right/left arrow stop changing Desktops in Lion?
Whenever I use the arrow keys inside a TMemo and some other controls, on the MAC it plays the error sound (like there is nothing in an edit control and you press backspace).
I am certain this is a delphi bug.
Is there any solution beside telling my customer to set the volume to 0 to stop this behavior? It does this when using arrow keys, backspace, del and many other keys. It does this only on MAC OSX, not on Windows target.
For those who remember (or still use) Windows XP, you might remember that you could launch the start bar with your Windows key on your keyboard and then hit the letter of the program/folder/file you wanted and as long as there wasn't another program/folder/file on the start bar starting with the same letter, it'd launch right away.
e.g. If you wanted to open excel, you'd hit the windows key and press the letter "e" and excel would launch.
So, for those who do remember that feature, I'm wondering, is there any way to get that functionality back in Windows 8.1? Right now, what happens is that when you hit the windows key, Metro pops up (which is fine) but if you type "e", for example, windows will automatically start searching instead of just launching Excel (or whatever letter you've typed).
I'd rather keep the interface as it is and, if possible, prefer not to install any 3rd party software (unless there's no other go). My preference is to be able to utilize the OS to get that option (if available), even if that includes going through regedit.
Just a note, I am already aware that 8.1 and XP are completely different architectures and I also realize that automatic searching does have its benefits but I prefer that specific XP functionality so it'd be great if I could get it back in 8.1.
Thanks in advance for your help.
This isn't the exact thing that I'm looking for but I've found somewhat of a workaround. You can create global keyboard shortcuts and thereby circumvent the metro/start screen altogether.
To do so, create a shortcut of the program/folder/file you want to easily access (the shortcut can be placed anywhere). Then, go to the properties of the shortcut and go to the shortcut tab where you can enter a global shortcut key (about half way down the box).
Of course, there are limitations to this because there are only a few keys (key combinations) free that you can use globally whereas with the XP method I was looking for, you could essentially have up to 36 different items you can access with just two keystrokes (26 letters, 10 numbers - not sure if other characters worked).
If anyone has figured out the XP method, though, that would be great.
I am new to Mac and found that the only convenient keyboard for me is a Windows full keys keyboard without the numeric pad (MS gaming keyboard). Would it be possible to make the Home and End keys behaving exactly as in Windows?
KeyRemap4MacBook worked fine for me. One needs to choose "For PC users", then use PC style Home/End, then reload XML
Problem: I am using Windows as a guest operating system in a Virtual Machine and a funky keyboard setup. I need a way to be able to troubleshoot cases when keyboard hotkey combinations are not functioning properly.
Question: Does anyone know of a program that quickly and easily displays on the screen what keypress windows thinks it got whenever I press a key or key combination on the installed keyboard?
Keyboard Jedi looks like it will do what you're after.