Create custom hash # keyboard shortcut

[paddyhazard]

Hi, does anyone know of a way to create a custom hash key shortcut? I know it's currently alt + 3 but i use alt and the numbers to switch between spaces. I've tried using apple + numbers but these are used in illustrator and ctrl+numbers is too awkward past 2.

I look in the keyboard shortcuts part of the system preferences pane but these only seem to allow menu shortcuts. If this isn't possible what about a way to have changing spaces as that wierd shaped key next to the 1 + a number? It's tiring having to copy and paste the hash symbol for coding!

Thanks

 

[steezy1337]

i think there's a program floating around the internet that lets you create custom shortcuts, wouldn't know what it's called though. Google will mostly likely be your friend here

 

[Denarius]

i think there's a program floating around the internet that lets you create custom shortcuts, wouldn't know what it's called though. Google will mostly likely be your friend here

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040517070817474

Makes custom keyboard maps for OS X

 

[Denarius]

http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=Ukelele

On reflection that will be better.

 

[paddyhazard]

Thanks for the help, this is my first topic and after seeing how quickly the posts move on here, i assumed most topics would just disappear into the double digit pages unread!

I've checked out that Ukelele programme and will see if i can get it to work. IT seems to be for complete custom keyboard layouts and i can't see a section about creating custom shortcuts. Can you think of any other term or category this would come under of do you know if its even possible to create just one, one-off shortcut and leave the rest of the keyboard as it is?

Thanks,

 

[Denarius]

Thanks for the help, this is my first topic and after seeing how quickly the posts move on here, i assumed most topics would just disappear into the double digit pages unread!

I've checked out that Ukelele programme and will see if i can get it to work. IT seems to be for complete custom keyboard layouts and i can't see a section about creating custom shortcuts. Can you think of any other term or category this would come under of do you know if its even possible to create just one, one-off shortcut and leave the rest of the keyboard as it is?

Thanks,

version 2 comes with a folder full of the default keyboard layouts for different countries. Find the one for your country and just make the changes you want then save it (renamed) into /Library/Keyboard Layouts, log out, log in then system prefs>internation>Input menu find your layout on the list tick it and select it in the language menu.

 

[Denarius]

I've successfully created a British keyboard layout with a # key for alt+§.

Before saving the new keyboard layout, in Ukelele go to Keyboard>Set Keyboard Name and change it to what you like. Also put an icon in Keyboard Layouts with it with the same name but finish .icns instead of .keylayout.

 

[paddyhazard]

Thanks so much, might do the same with the euro key as that is also taken up with switching to a space.