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For function keys?
Authored by: tlr on Apr 27, '01 02:06:42PM

This works well, but does anyone know how to handle the function keys? They are not described in Apple doc.



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Function keys trick
Authored by: greg418 on Feb 11, '04 05:47:33AM
Setting shortcuts is now easier-than-ever in Panther, using the "Keyboard & Mouse" System Preferences panel. You can setup all the shortcuts you want in there, specifying for which app (all apps or a specific one), the menu item's name, and the wanted shortcut. Function keys are fully supported.

Anyway, if this is still of some interest to anyone, the Unicode character that represents the 'F1' key is f704 (... so @Uf704 as per the example). 'F2' is 'f705', etc.

To find out, I set "Quit Safari" in the Keyboard... panel to the F1 key and then ran "defaults read com.apple.Safari NSUserKeyEquivalents" in the terminal.

Cheers

Greg

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