Tuesday, August 18, 2009

In OSX land, not all keyboard shortcuts are equal...

I think I'm giving up on using command key as the shortcut - it's just too awkward to use everyday. So I've ended up overriding a lot of shortcuts using control- combo. ^-C ^-V ^-X ^-T ^-N all know works as everywhere else, and with caps lock mapped to control, my thumb doesn't have to bend to press command and something else.

However, one inconsistency in Safari and Chrome still bugs me. I've remapped tab movements to be control-up/down both for Chrome and Safari. The problem is, in Safari, if the focus is in a text box inside a page, the new shortcuts don't work. What's funny is that the original shortcuts (control-tab and shift-control-tab) work fine even when the focus is in a text area.

*sigh*

So, on Mac, not all keyboard shortcuts are equal :(

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