Better Keyboard Support in MacOS
Keys
- Caps Lock ⇪
- Cmd ⌘
- Ctrl ⌃
- Fn
- Opt (or Alt) ⌥
- Shift ⇧
Pre-existing Accelerators
Standard Mac keyboard shortcuts, here are few:
| Shortcut | Document Function |
|---|---|
| ⌘ + N | New |
| ⌘ + O | Open |
| ⌘ + P | |
| ⌘ + S | Save |
| Shortcut | Edit Function |
|---|---|
| ⌘ + Z | Undo |
| ⌘ + Shift + Z | Redo |
| ⌘ + X | Cut |
| ⌘ + C | Copy |
| ⌘ + V | Paste |
| ⌘ + A | Select All |
| Shortcut | Find Function |
|---|---|
| ⌘ + F | Find items in a document or open a Find window. |
| ⌘ + G | Find next |
| ⌘ + Shift + G | Find the previous |
| Shortcut | Window Function |
|---|---|
| ⌘ + H | Hide the windows of the front app |
| ⌘ + Opt + H | View the front app but hide all other apps |
| ⌘ + M | Minimize the front window to the Dock |
| ⌘ + Opt + M | Minimize all windows of the front app |
| ⌘ + T | Open a new tab |
| ⌘ + W | Close the front window |
| ⌘ + Opt + W | Close all windows of the app |
| ⌘ + Ctrl + F | Full screen |
| Shortcut | Application Function |
|---|---|
| ⌘ + Q | Quit an app |
| ⌘ + Opt + Esc | Force quit an app |
| Shortcut | Application/Finder Function |
|---|---|
| ⌘ + Space | Show or hide the Spotlight search field |
| ⌘ + Opt + Space | Spotlight search from Finder |
| ⌘ + Ctrl + Space | Show the Character Viewer, to pick emoji and other symbols |
| Space | Use Quick Look to preview the selected item |
| ⌘ + Tab | Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps |
| ⌘ + Shift + 3 | Take a screenshot |
| ⌘ + Shift + 4 | Take a screenshot |
| ⌘ + Shift + 5 | Take a screenshot or make a screen recording |
| ⌘ + Shift + N | Create a new folder in the Finder |
| ⌘ + , | Open preferences for the front app |
| ⌘ + Opt + D | Hide and unhide the Dock |
| Ctrl + ↑ | Show Mission Control |
To customize: how to keep track of keyboard shortcuts
Custom System-wide Keyboard Accelerators - BAD IDEA
I experimented with system-wide accelerators for:
| Shortcut | Function |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + X | Cut |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
This proved to be a BAD idea. Instead of defining accelerators in multiple places, do it in karabiner only - see below.
Proper Keyboard Support
Differentiate Let/Right Ctrl, Swap Ctrl and CapsLock, support for Home/End, etc:
Tile Windows using Keyboard only
Use:
Terminal Emulator
I use iTerm2.