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173080
Apr 8, 2008, 11:48 PM
My only annoyance with the MBA is that it no longer has a second enter key like my PowerBook used to have, all it has is another option key between the command and arrow keys.

How can I remap the option key on the right side to work as an enter key?

Why I would need two option keys is beyond me, but I didn't realize how useful that extra enter key really was.


hotdamn
Apr 8, 2008, 11:53 PM
Why I would need two enter keys is beyond me

there, fixed that for you.
173080
Apr 9, 2008, 12:02 AM
there, fixed that for you.

The extra key lets you press enter without moving your hand from the trackpad.
zephead
Apr 9, 2008, 12:38 AM
I really never saw the use in having two enter keys. Before I got a Mac, my Dell lappy had a forward-delete key next to the arrows which I really liked. So when I got my MacBook, I had to live without it for a while, but then I stumbled upon DoubleCommand (http://doublecommand.sourceforge.net/). It let me remap my little enter key to forward delete.

Hmm... After checking the PrefPane, it assumes that you want your 2nd enter to be mapped to something else... I don't know how it'll react to there being an option key there, so I guess it's up to you whether you wanna give it a try or not.
/"\/oo\/"\
Apr 9, 2008, 02:45 AM
I agree, the second enter key was much more useful (for me) than a second option key
Loge
Apr 9, 2008, 07:29 PM
It wasn't a *second* enter key, it was a dedicated enter key. The other key on the right is a carriage return. Most applications don't treat them differently, but for those that do (eg Mathematica) this new set up is a pain.

You now have to press fn + carriage return to get the behaviour of the enter key.
173080
Apr 9, 2008, 08:07 PM
It wasn't a *second* enter key, it was a dedicated enter key. The other key on the right is a carriage return. Most applications don't treat them differently, but for those that do (eg Mathematica) this new set up is a pain.

You now have to press fn + carriage return to get the behaviour of the enter key.

Mathematica is mostly what I used that enter key for.
flyfish29
Apr 9, 2008, 09:40 PM
Wow, I have had an iBook laptop for four years now and never really noticed the second smaller enter key...never! :o And I am usually very observant of everything tech!

I now see the benefit of having it I guess, but don't know how much I will actually use it.