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10.3: Assign unassignable keys to Exposé
Authored by: liquidrobot on Jan 06, '04 11:35:00PM

Excellent post, thank you...

Beyond Exposé, and on the same topic, a lot of us powerbook users are fending for a simple keyboard settings option that Apple has mysteriously failed to bring forward from OS 9:

The ability to invert the function key behavior, so that the function keys work as function keys UNTIL you use the 'Fn' key. I need function keys more often than i need to adjust the screen brightness.

Is there a similar pref file that we could edit to regain this feature? You used to be able to boot into classic and set the option (making me think it might not be a simple preference edit).

I have been searching for a way to do it without running an additional app.



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10.3: Assign unassignable keys to Exposé
Authored by: stk on Jan 07, '04 08:30:07AM

The lastest version of uControl gives you this option back (only works on 10.3). I couldn't work without it.

http://gnufoo.org/ucontrol/



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10.3: Assign unassignable keys to Exposé
Authored by: ether on Mar 19, '04 12:55:22PM

Reports are that 10.3.3 adds this feature back.



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10.3: Assign unassignable keys to Exposé
Authored by: raider on Apr 26, '04 11:43:00PM

It does. Under the "keyboard" preferences, there is a checkbox for:

"Use F1-F12 keys for custom actions"

That does the trick.



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