Apple Wireless Keyboard: Home and End?

[Alley Oop]

I'm looking for key combinations on the Apple Wireless Keyboard that will allow me to mimic the traditional home and end keys.

Thanks

 

[ascender]

I think its FN + either the left or right arrow key for home and end respectively.

 

[Alley Oop]

I think its FN + either the left or right arrow key for home and end respectively.

I just tried it. Function doesn't work but Command + Arrow does. Terrific.

Thanks! Very helpful!

 

[ascender]

I just tried it. Function doesn't work but Command + Arrow does. Terrific.

Thanks! Very helpful!

I'm now on my actual wireless keyboard and both buttons work for me strangely enough. Bizarre.

 

[Alley Oop]

I'm now on my actual wireless keyboard and both buttons work for me strangely enough. Bizarre.

That is strange. I just tested again with Text Edit. Command + left arrow goes home. CMD + right goes to end.

Function + (any) arrow does nothing at all.

New Mac Pro, so these are the default keyboard settings.

 

[applemac4life]

it's strange, mine worked with fn + left arrow. thanks anyway.

 

[RussellW]

What function+left & right actually do

function+ left & right are equivalent to page up and page down

 

[ThirteenXIII]

function+ left & right are equivalent to page up and page down

yep.

fn + Left - Page Up/Home
fn _ Right arrow - Page Down/End

Command Up/Down arrow goes up/down respectively.


(using macbookpro unibody)

 

[Alley Oop]

I was looking for the ability to go to the beginning or end of a sentence within a document.

I've found something that works:

Control+Up goes to beginning

Control+Down goes to end

 

[glossywhite]

[CMD]+[Up Arrow] = Home

[CMD]+[Down Arrow] = End

Simple (and yes, I have thoroughly tested this).

 

[guitargoddsjm]

In Firefox,

Cmd Up/Down = home/end

Fn left/right = home/end

Fn up/down = page up/page down

 

[Jym]

Additional experience, include Windows in virtual machine

I've been experimenting with all these suggestions. It appears to me that the key functionality is application dependent. For example, in Mail I find that the Command key plus arrows does the trick. Ditto for Pages (word processor in iWorks). But neither the Function or Command key do anything in Numbers (the spreadsheet application in iWorks). In Safari both the Function key and Command keys with arrows can be used to navigate a website page.

I have to run certain Windows applications. I've installed Parallels Desktop and Windows 7 + Microsoft Excel and Word. In Excel the Function key with left and right arrows seems to move to left and right ends. The Function key with up and down moves "a whole bunch" but not to the top or bottom. At least there is SOME functionality! Similar experience with Word. The Command key with arrows will do something, but nothing related to cursor movements.

I'm not surprised that I would have challenges using a Mac keyboard in Windows 7 environment. [I wonder what would happen if I plug in my PC keyboard to the Mac?] But I am surprised to find inconsistencies in the Apple applications.

 

[ic1]

I'm looking for key combinations on the Apple Wireless Keyboard that will allow me to mimic the traditional home and end keys.

Thanks

Here's a good start:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343

What you asked after is around the middle of the doc.

Enjoy.