Keyboard shortcut keys

When I type something on the keyboard it does weird commands When I push the Command, shift, fn, option or control keys, it displays symbols on the screen in the top right corner and makes a cash register type noise? I have to push the key 3 times to make it go away? Is there anyway to shut this off? I'm sure one of my kids must have done some keyboard shortcut.

Look at System Preferences - Accessibility (Universal Access) - Keyboard - Sticky Keys...
I'd uncheck the box to turn it on with 5 presses of the shift key.

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BUG: KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS DO NOT ALWAYS ACTIVATE A SERVICE (A WORKFLOW)

BUG: KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS DO NOT ALWAYS ACTIVATE A SERVICE (A WORKFLOW)
When you assign a keyboard shortcut to a Service (such as a Service Workflow created in Automator) using the System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts, if that shortcut key combination includes the Command key, pressing that shortcut will always successfully activate the Service. No problem there.
However, shortcut key combinations that do not include the Command key (for example, the shortcut key combo Ctrl-Shift-D) WILL NOT activate the Service in any newly opened application, until you click on the Services Menu option in that application.
As soon as you click on the application's Services Menu, this seems to bind the shortcut key combo to the Service, and thereafter, that keyboard shortcut will activate the Service in that particular app. But if you then quit and reopen the app, you'll find the Service will once again lose its binding to the shortcut key combination and will thus fail to work again.
This means that shortcut key combinations such as Ctrl-D, Ctrl-Shift-D, F15, Alt-F15, etc are not really viable shortcuts for Services, because they will not work in any newly-opened application until you click on the Services Menu in that application.
This bug thus greatly limits the shortcuts that you can employ for Services, because you can only reliably use shortcut key combos that contain the Command key. This is a fault that Apple really needs to fix. This is a very old glitch: I notice it is present in Snow Leopard 10.6.8, as well as Yosemite 10.10.1.
This bug does not apply to application shortcuts, however, or to other shortcuts in the Shortcuts Preference Pane, just to Services shortcuts (including the Mac's default Services, or any Services you make yourself using Workflows on the Automator software).
To give some examples:
The following keyboard shortcuts for Services WILL NOT work until you click on the Services Menu in the application you are using (and they will cease working again when you quit and reopen the app):
Ctrl-X
Ctrl-Shift-X
Ctrl-Alt-X
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-X
Alt-X
Alt-Shift-X
F1, F2, F3, etc
So until Apple fixes this bug, the above type of key combinations, that do not contain the Command key, are best avoided as shortcuts for Services. It is particularly unfortunate that function keys F1 to F19 do not work reliably, as these would make great single-key shortcuts to Services.
However, the following sort of keyboard shortcuts for Services, all containing the Command key, once set up will always work without fail:
Command-Alt-X
Command-Ctrl-X
Command-Shift-X
Command-Ctrl-Shift-X
Command-Alt-Ctrl-Shift-X
Command-F1, Command-F2, Command-F3, etc
So all the above can be reliably used as shortcuts to Services.
Here X denotes keyboard keys such as A, B, C, 1, 2, 3, =, \, [, etc.
Note that even for keyboard shortcuts containing the Command key, you may very occasionally need to click the Services Menu to get them to work initially in an application (notably in the System Preferences application itself). But if this is necessary, it is just required once when they are first set up, and thereafter the shortcuts containing the Command key will always work without fail.
The above was tested on Yosemite 10.10.1, but most likely applies to other versions of OS X as well, as I believe this bug is an old one. This bug is definitely present in Snow Leopard 10.6.8, because I have observed this same fault in an old Mac I have that runs Snow Leopard.
I have reported this bug to Apple, so hopefully they will see my report and act upon it. However, it might be an idea if others also report this problem of Services shortcuts not working property, to ensure that Apple get the message. You can report a bug to Apple via their bug feedback page here.

Exactly where do you want to use a GO BACK "shortcut" in Bridge? Maybe I don't even understand what you mean by Go Back. Bridge is only a file browser, nothing more. It doesn't open, edit, manipulate or save files at all.
Are you simply referring to going back to view a folder that you viewed before?
Please don't take this a criticism. As someone who will gladly pay money not to have to learn any shortcuts at all, I'm just puzzled and curious, that's all.

Multicamera keyboard shortcut keys stopped working

PP 2014.0.1 release.
My keyboard shortcut keys (standard: 0,1,2) were working, but they stopped working mid-edit. Restarting the application did not fix this. Mouse works - but what a crappy way to select a camera.
Any suggestions?

To answer my own question:
I discovered that the Multicamera track in the timeline must be targeted (enabled in the track header in the timeline) or the keyboard shortcuts to select a camera do not work. (I don't know how my track became untargeted, but it did.)
Although I understand how a keyboard shortcut will change the current clip in the multicamera sequence to the associated camera, the keyboard shortcut is strongly associated as input to the multicamera window, not the timeline. After all, I click on a camera view in the Multicamera program monitor to select that camera. I don't click in the timeline to do that. So It's not at all obvious that the multicamera track must be targeted for camera selection to work.
I find it confusing.
Do other users consider this a bug or good design?

Form Builder 6.0.8 (Solaris) Keyboard Shortcut Keys

I am having no luck getting the keyboard shortcut keys to work inside Form Builder (e.g. Ctrl+j for connect)
or during run time (e.g. Alt+11 for Execute Query).

Roar,
the order of blocks does only influence the navigation but not the visibility. However, if the button bar is on a canvas that doesn't show if the focus isn't in it then having teh button block on top makes sure the focus is set there. Are the push bottons on a separate canvas or are they on the same canvas as your data ? If not, then how do you ensure that the stacked canvas gets displayed ? Anyway, running the Form from teh builder uses teh same client/server runtime that is used when running your application stand alone. So it must be something within teh navigation (I am guessing).
Fran

Default Keyboard Shortcut Keys incorrect

I have recently noticed that my keyboard shortcut keys are no longer set to their defaults (F4 for dashboard, F11 for volume down, etc.). Even after hitting Restore Defaults on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab under Keyboard and Mouse, the keys are not correctly set (F12 is for dashboard now and the others are likewise reset to another key).
I have no idea what has caused this change and would just like the default settings restored as it seems even with double-clicking the shortcut and holding down a new key (as per the instructions on the Keyboard and Mouse settings) I cannot restore them to their original functions.

girlchris wrote:
I have recently noticed that my keyboard shortcut keys are no longer set to their defaults (F4 for dashboard, F11 for volume down, etc.). Even after hitting Restore Defaults on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab under Keyboard and Mouse, the keys are not correctly set (F12 is for dashboard now and the others are likewise reset to another key).
I have no idea what has caused this change and would just like the default settings restored as it seems even with double-clicking the shortcut and holding down a new key (as per the instructions on the Keyboard and Mouse settings) I cannot restore them to their original functions.
Welcome to Apple Discussions:
In System Preferences->Keyboard & Mouse->Keyboard, be sure the checkbox is checked (or unchecked, depending on how you use the function keys).

All keyboard shortcut keys not functioning

I'm sorry if this is the wrong place for this...
I have installed OSX 10.6, everything runs great...but I cannot use any shortcut keys, not even the simple select and copy functions work. I can still do these things through the edit menu, but it's a pain!
I have checked the keyboard information under systems preferences and everything seems normal.
Any help and or advice greatly appreciated!

You may have more luck getting a response in the Using Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard forum.

Itune keyboard shortcut keys

Hi,
Is it possible to set the universal F7(Previous) F8(Play Pause) F9(Next)
for Itune just as the newer model for ibook g4?

You could take a look at Spark: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22675
It allows you to set shortcuts for various programs, including iTunes. I believe you need to use a two-key combination, but it works marvelously.
If you need more help, let me know!
~Lyssa

How to grab global shortcuts keys in a java application?

Hi!
Does anybody know if it's possible to get the focus to a Java application, when it is not selected, using a keyboard shortcut key?
I've written a java application that provides shortcuts keys (like CTRL-M...) for accessing to some operations. For using those keys combinations my application has to be focused between the other opened applications on the operating system (Linux 7.3), as it should be in a normal behaviour... but, I would need that the operation associated to the shortcut key could be executed even if another application had the focus...
Is it possible? How this could be done?
Thanks in advance four your interest and your answers.

Unfortunately shortcuts will work only if your app is focused.
Denis

How to enable keyboard shortcuts for configuration entry point?

Hello All,
In my process model, I have a configuration entry point sequence (sequence). I can able to select the corresponding entry from the menu bar ie. configure --> options (for eg). Now I need to have a keyboard shortcut for the same. In my case if I press (for eg) ctrl+w, the configuration entry point sequence must be called.
Note - I have to do this using .NET programmatically.
Is there any way I can incorporate this mechanism...?
Thanks
Arun

Hello Arun,
At this time there is not anyway to customize the keyboard shortcut keys for menu items you add to the TestStand sequence editor. R&D is looking into implementing this in a future version of TestStand. I'll pass along your feedback to them, and let them know there are others interrested in this feature.
Kristen
National Instruments

Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

Edge Code seems pretty useless if it doesn't support standard Mac keyboard shortcuts and conventions. For instance, Command-e is supposed to load the selected text into the system-wide "find", so that any subsequent Command-g will "Find Again" that text in any Cocoa-based app that supports searchable text (such as Mail, BBEdit, Safari, iBooks (somewhat), Notes, etc. In Edge Code Preview, command-e does something else entirely.
Plus, drag and drop of text is not even supported. Come on, seriously?!?
Basically, this is like using a software program from before OS7, in the late 90s.

Thanks for the explanation. I wasn't aware of that functionality. Sounds interesting.
> if you don't even support the standard Command-E
It's supported. It's just a different keyboard shortcut key: Cmd-Shift-B
No, Cmd-Shift-B just seems to be "Find Again whatever is currently selected". It doesn't change what I am finding in other apps, and "Command-G" doesn't find-again what I selected and did Command-E on in other apps. That is slightly similar, within its own silo, but is far from supporting "the standard Command-E".
> regular expression "grep" searches, searching with or without case sensitivity
Both supported in Brackets.
OK, I didn't recognize that in the UI until now, and it's weird to have to use a different command to get to "Replace", but I'll give you this one.
> changing the case of the selection, viewing invisible character
Supported as Extensions
> finding and changing differences in 2 side-by-side files one line at a time
Brackets does not yet have "diff" support, but that's better handled as an extension, anyway.
I disagree, but I guess being able to cobble together fuller functionality from a bunch of independently written extension modules is better than nothing. Are you going to build in a way to browse the catalog of extensions?
Thanks for your feedback. Yes, there's a lot more we want to implement in Brackets. Stay tuned.
OK

Shortcut keys not working on PS CS6

HI, i have been having a problem with shortcut keys on Photoshop CS6 on Mac retina display.
Everything works fine but often, randomnly, the keyboard shortcut keys don't work. I would have to quit PS and reset the PS by pressing shift+option+command key when opening the program.
Does anyone knows what's wrong?
[moved from DISU forum]

Which shortcuts?
F3, F4, F11?

Creating a keyboard shortcut for a director movie button

Hi, I am relatively new to director,
I have created a director movie which I currently control
with a number of onscreen buttons. Each button runs several
different behaviours when the button is pressed. I was wanting to
know if there was a simple script I could create, that would map a
keyboard shortcut key to some of these buttons. For example, if I
pressed the "a" key, it would call mouseDown(The sprite number of
the button associated with the "a" key). without me actually moving
the mouse into the button or clicking on it.
Thanks,
-Matt

You could try playing with 'the keyDownScript' or 'the
keyUpScript'.
For example:
on prepareMovie
the keyDownScript = "mCheckKeys"
end
on mCheckKeys
if the controlDown then
case (the key) of
"a": sendSprite(1, #mouseDown)
"b":...
end case
end if
end

Shortcut keys for iconic buttons

Hi.
I am using iconic buttons in my forms, but it is not accessed through keyboard shortcut keys,
Plz tell me any suggestion regarding this problem.
Regards!
Edited by: user10428735 on Nov 28, 2008 10:14 PM

How are you setting the Access key to the buttons, are you using "&" in the label or using the Access Key property??
I have tested in 10g and it works when you set the "Access Key" and not working when using "&" in the label, which I find it logical.
For the workaround, yes you can set the hidden buttons with Height and Width = to 0 ,. X, Y coordinates to 0 as well and Mouse/Keyboard Navigable property to False.
Tony

Default Keyboard Shortcut Overridden

I just bought a new iMac, and was hoping the upgrade would resolve an issue I was having on my iBook. Unfortunately I used the Migration Assistant against my (initially) better judgement and copied the problem over as well. At some point I managed to override the default action of Command+N so that now it skips to the next track in iTunes. I can not for the life of me figure out what program is doing it though. I've checked QuickSilver and Sizzling Keys and nether of them are setting the action. I've also tried going into System Preferences and resetting the default keyboard shortcuts all to no avail. Does anyone have any ideas where I can look or what else I can try to restore the default action?
Thanks for any suggestions!
Caleb

girlchris wrote:
I have recently noticed that my keyboard shortcut keys are no longer set to their defaults (F4 for dashboard, F11 for volume down, etc.). Even after hitting Restore Defaults on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab under Keyboard and Mouse, the keys are not correctly set (F12 is for dashboard now and the others are likewise reset to another key).
I have no idea what has caused this change and would just like the default settings restored as it seems even with double-clicking the shortcut and holding down a new key (as per the instructions on the Keyboard and Mouse settings) I cannot restore them to their original functions.
Welcome to Apple Discussions:
In System Preferences->Keyboard & Mouse->Keyboard, be sure the checkbox is checked (or unchecked, depending on how you use the function keys).

Captivate 6 - I cannot confirm popup messages using mouse. Must use keyboard shortcuts. Why?

When a confirmation window appears, I cannot use the mouse to click on Ok, Cancel, Yes, No, Save. I must use the keyboard shortcut key, such as Enter, Y, N, S, C. This is extremely frustrating. Is there an update available that corrects this problem?
Thank you,
AT&T Captivator

Hi tjatt,
Is your default text size in windows is Larger -150%? Can you make it smaller - 100% or medium -125% and restart machine? Check whether you can use mouse for confimation windows?
Text size can be found at Windows Start --> Control Panel -->Appearance and Personalization --> Display
Thanks,
Sankaram.

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