[ashishn]

what is the key right to the right command button on my powerbook used for?

thanks,
ashish

[WJMoore]

Is that the Enter key?

[ashishn]

yes, it is behaving like Enter key.

why two keys?

How to simulate ALT key behaviour of Windows? Is there any place where keyboard usage is detailed?

[WJMoore]

Well if it is the Enter key then it works as follows: Almost all the time it's the same as the Return key but they can be recognised separately. Examples of such use are: In Proteus (IM client) you can set Return to insert a new line and Enter to send the message. Also in an Appleworks spreadsheet, Return will enter the value you have entered and progress to the cell below, but if you press Enter it will stay on the same cell.

It may be possible to modify the behaviour of this key. There is some software to do it but right now the name of it escapes me.

[ashishn]

Thanks.

Dont know hoe many secrets OS X has hidden !! Everyday is like a treasure hunt

[megasad]

Originally posted by ashishn:
How to simulate ALT key behaviour of Windows? Is there any place where keyboard usage is detailed?

In System Preferences, go to Keyboard & Mouse, Keyboard Shortcuts, and scroll down until you see Focus on Menu under Keyboard Navigation. By default, the key combination is Control-F2, but since you're using a PowerBook, and F2 turns the brightness up, I'd recommend changing it to something like Control-A (A for Apple Menu, that's why I do that).

This works kind of like ALT does in Windows, even so far as typing letters will take you to menu options that start with the same letter, though you'll have to use the arrow keys to go left and right between top level menus.

[Rickster]

Other Enter usefulness:

- In Script Editor, Return makes a new line as it does in most text contexts, but Enter is a shortcut for Check Syntax (aka compile).

- It's common practice in several apps that, if you have a dialog box with a default button (for which Return is usually the shortcut) but it has a text entry field that allows multiple lines of text, Return will make a new line in the text box and Enter will work as a shortcut for the default button.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by WJMoore:
It may be possible to modify the behaviour of this key. There is some software to do it but right now the name of it escapes me.

'tis called uControl.

Excellent at turning that utterly useless key into something useful.

[tooki]

Originally posted by ashishn:
Thanks.

Dont know hoe many secrets OS X has hidden !! Everyday is like a treasure hunt

Except that the distinction between Return and Enter has existed on the Mac since 1986!

tooki

[MartiNZ]

Originally posted by WJMoore:
Well if it is the Enter key then it works as follows: Almost all the time it's the same as the Return key but they can be recognised separately. Examples of such use are: In Proteus (IM client) you can set Return to insert a new line and Enter to send the message. Also in an Appleworks spreadsheet, Return will enter the value you have entered and progress to the cell below, but if you press Enter it will stay on the same cell.

If only Excel would understand Enter in the same way as AppleWorks in that respect!

And if only Word would understand it as something other than a square!