
TextEdit or textareas in Safari (note that it does not affect FireFox or any other browser). Here you can remap the actions that move your cursor around in any native text widget such as Yay! But this alone still leaves a lot to be desired. This is the easiest part, and it gets you some pretty solid progress. Then make the command key the control key, and vice versa.Click: apple icon -> System Preferences… -> keyboard and mouse -> Modifier Keys….So how do we fix this mac brokeassness? My approach was to essentially swap the command andĬontrol keys, then fix bindings here and there until I no longer got frustrated. Moves you to the end of the file, WTF?! Option+right moves you to the next word, WTF?!Ĭtrl+arrows just make a bonk noise, WTF?! And on top of that, I couldn’t use my pinky to handle

Command+right moves you to the end of the line, WTF?! The end key (when you find it) I tried this configuration for a couple weeks and almost wentĬrazy.

Here is my gripe: the control, option, and command keys do the same work as theĬontrol key on other systems.

When I use the computer, the majority of my time is spent moving around in some text editor with I’ve ever owned, it is not without flaws: the command and option keys. The folks at the newish job got me a shiny new macbook. Up until recently, I have been writing code on windows and linux machines.
