On a Mac keyboard without a numeric keypad, K, U, 8, and O keys will move the cursor down, left, up, and right respectively. While the J,7,9, and L keys will move the cursor diagonally; To click anything, press 5 on the numeric keypad. On the standard keyboard, you need to press 'I'.
- Sounds like it is not working, since he says 'My Macbook Air (A1466) has lost functionality to the down arrow key' by Reece @iceplow - It looks like the keycap lost the clips to hook onto the scissor mech, If depressing on the rubber the action works then thats whats needed.
- Push Command+Control+Spacebar to bring up the Character Palette. There is a collection of arrows to choose from. You can copy-and-paste, or just double-click to 'type' that character. Keep in mind, these symbols are Unicode characters.
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Good hint and all, but the scenario you bring us into, begs the question. He has enough money to buy a MBP, but not enough to get a new keyboard when he spills his beer on his keyboard? (remember folks, don't drink and drive, accidents cause hardware failure)
Hey, accidents happen! Apple asked for something in the order of $1,200 to fix it which is a silly amount for a key. One can possibly get a keyboard for cheap and replace it at home with some effort (I don't think the MBP keyboard is as easy to swap as older models) but in the meantime.. the keyboard viewer works.
That does not make sense.
I just had my keyboard replaced on my MacBook Pro, and it cost ~ $160: about half for labor and half for the keyboard. Apple safari website.
Once you say it was a liquid that spilled on it, they balk and say it needs a level 4 repair which is $1280. I am sure he could try to go to another apple store and hide the liquid spill from them and get the $160 repair.
They told my friend that because the damage involves a liquid spill it will cost more. Perhaps Apple assumes the responsibility of checking the laptop for further liquid damage when they quote that price (what if the key is dead because some other internal connection is messed up for example). Either way, while one ponders all this and compares prices, one can still have the function of the key via Keyboard Viewer. Let's move away from the particular cirumstance, I'm already going to get hell from my friend for mentioning the beer! Focus on the hint. What if you're on a desert island and one of your keys dies? Remember to use your buddy the Keyboard Viewer. It won't revolutionize your Mac experience but it'll keep you going. Thanks for the price quote though, hopefully if he stays quiet on how the key died he can get a cheaper replacement like you did. Shhhh..
You can use a free Hotkey app like Spark (3.0b9) to do this.Open Keyboard Viewer.
Open Spark.
- In Spark:
Double click the Text/Keyboard Hotkey group to start a new Hotkey.
Click the Keystroke tab.
Give it a name:Down Arrow
Give it a Short cut
| Click here to return to the 'Use Keyboard Viewer to work around broken keys' hint |
Good hint and all, but the scenario you bring us into, begs the question. He has enough money to buy a MBP, but not enough to get a new keyboard when he spills his beer on his keyboard? (remember folks, don't drink and drive, accidents cause hardware failure)
Hey, accidents happen! Apple asked for something in the order of $1,200 to fix it which is a silly amount for a key. One can possibly get a keyboard for cheap and replace it at home with some effort (I don't think the MBP keyboard is as easy to swap as older models) but in the meantime.. the keyboard viewer works.
That does not make sense.
I just had my keyboard replaced on my MacBook Pro, and it cost ~ $160: about half for labor and half for the keyboard. Apple safari website.
Once you say it was a liquid that spilled on it, they balk and say it needs a level 4 repair which is $1280. I am sure he could try to go to another apple store and hide the liquid spill from them and get the $160 repair.
They told my friend that because the damage involves a liquid spill it will cost more. Perhaps Apple assumes the responsibility of checking the laptop for further liquid damage when they quote that price (what if the key is dead because some other internal connection is messed up for example). Either way, while one ponders all this and compares prices, one can still have the function of the key via Keyboard Viewer. Let's move away from the particular cirumstance, I'm already going to get hell from my friend for mentioning the beer! Focus on the hint. What if you're on a desert island and one of your keys dies? Remember to use your buddy the Keyboard Viewer. It won't revolutionize your Mac experience but it'll keep you going. Thanks for the price quote though, hopefully if he stays quiet on how the key died he can get a cheaper replacement like you did. Shhhh..
You can use a free Hotkey app like Spark (3.0b9) to do this.Open Keyboard Viewer.
Open Spark.
- In Spark:
Double click the Text/Keyboard Hotkey group to start a new Hotkey.
Click the Keystroke tab.
Give it a name:Down Arrow
Give it a Short cut: in this case crt+shift+up arrow(or what ever you want)
Click the Record Button.
- In Keyboard Viewer.
Click the: Down Arrow Button.
- In Spark
You will see the arrow icon appear in the Recording.
Click:stop
Click create.
Your done
Quit Spark
Close the Keyboard Viewer.
Keyboard Arrow Symbol
Try out your HotKey.
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mh
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22675
Up Arrow On Mac Keyboard
P.SUp Arrow Symbol Mac
Anyone know how to use the link: tag ??
Thanks
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mh
Seems a bit easier than using the keyboard viewer ;-)
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=ukelele
I have also used the Keyboard Viewer to work around an occasional VNC problem: my Mac, accessed remotely, will sometimes become convinced that the option key is being held down. With no way to toggle it through the VNC client I use, the Keyboard Viewer allows me to click on the option key to toggle its state.
A cocoa version to open the Keyboard Viewer: [link:]http://www.encropowered.com/viewers/KeyboardViewer.zip [4KB]---
Steve
Send files to apple support tool. Just had an interesting problem where I was keyboardless (I use the Bluetooth keyboard with my iMac, but the batteries were dead and I wasn't in a situation to get new ones). I was able to use the Keyboard Viewer, but wasn't able to connect to the internet, because my campus requires 802.11x authentication and you can't use the Keyboard Viewer in a password field, apparently.
Any suggestions for next time?
