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    Page-Up/Down, End/Home keys?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Malgrave, Mar 26, 2012.

  1. Malgrave

    Malgrave Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, this is a real newb question. On my PC, I'm a huge user of keyboard navigation, particularly page-up and down, and the home/end keys to move to the start/end of a line. (Not to mention ctrl-arrow keys to word-forward and back.) For certain kinds of navigation, this is enormously faster than moving your hand over to the mouse and back.

    When I look at a Mac keyboard, none of these keys even exist.

    Do y'all have some other way of quickly navigating around?
     
    Malgrave, Mar 26, 2012
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  2. shurcooL

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    Cmd+Left Arrow = Home
    Cmd+Right = End
    Fn+Up = Page Up
    Fn+Down = Page Down

    Alt+Left = Jumps to previous word
    Alt+Right = Jumps to next word

    Cmd+Up = Go to top
    Cmd+Down = Go to bottom

    There's more.

    That said, I find having dedicated Home/End/PgUp/PgDown keys on my Windows development desktop machine much more convenient.
     
    shurcooL, Mar 27, 2012
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  3. Malgrave

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    Yeah, dedicated keys are better, but I can live with that.

    Seems like Mac keyboards have gotten strange since I last had one... Cmd, Fn and Alt modifiers? :grin:
     
    Malgrave, Mar 27, 2012
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    Yeah, you'll mostly have to use two hands now. But three finger swipe helps some (for "back" and "Forward"). Actually, Home, End, PgUp/PgDown-keys might be a strong enough reason for me to go back to a regular PC for my portable needs.
     
    Ollollo, Mar 27, 2012
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  5. Ollollo

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    And dont forget ctrl :D
     
    Ollollo, Mar 27, 2012
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