communicationolz.blogg.se - Macos full screen shortcut

If you don't like LaunchPad and are getting a new MacBook Air, you will find this especially handy. Use FunctionFlip to make just the Dashboard key work as a normal F4 key, then assign F4 to the full-screen commands as detailed above. For example, let's say you want to keep your media keys working as-is, but don't use the Dashboard key (F4). You can even use FunctionFlip, a free preference pane, to take any of the existing media/system keys on an Apple keyboard and change their default function back to an F-key… just for that key. You could even simply flip-flop and make CTRL-CMD-F the command for Search/Find if desired).Īs alternatives, you could always assign the Full Screen commands to an unused Function key for simple one-key presses also.

Consider using another letter to re-bind the Search/Find commands, or use something else for full-screen. (EDIT: as before, I forgot CMD-S is used a lot in apps to "Save" files. You should be able to change it back though using the same steps above, but specify that app rather than "all" apps. Please note that if you have an app that was using CMD-S for any reason, this will override that. Once done, you are set! You now have a more intuitive and easier to use 2-key combo for entering full-screen while still retaining a 2-key combo for finding/searching, and still using a letter that is easily associated with those features.

Repeat once again and add Find… (include the periods!) and assign CMD-S.

Repeat the above and add Exit Full Screen and again assign CMD-F to that.

In the drop-down box, make sure "All Applications" is selected, then add Enter Full Screen and assign CMD-F to that.

Go down to Application Shortcuts on the left, click the + sign.

Open System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts.

So keep that in mind, and adapt the ensuing instructions as you see fit). (EDIT: Like the complete knucklehead that I can be, I forgot that CMD-S is frequently used in many apps to "Save" a file. So in thinking of "Find" as "Search", and logically associating "S" with that function, and "F" for "Full-screen", I have my solution! What doesn't appear to be frequently used is CMD-S. Well depending on the app, "Search" is used interchangeably with "Find", and both are generally bound to CMD-F. I'd rather use CMD-F, but that's bound to "Find". In general, I just dislike using 3-key combos, but almost always prefer a keyboard combo over clicking a button on-screen. One thing I don't like though is using the default key combo CTRL-CMD-F to toggle it on/off.

I'm slowly getting to like the full-screen mode for apps in Lion… something I didn't expect to happen.