do you ever use the small enter button on MBP?

[phuong]

it is a small button, next to the right Command key.
to be honest, after 15 months of using this computer, today is the first time i noticed that i had such a button. i was trying to use it as a right Alt button as i usually do on a regular keyboard, and it performed the "enter" button function - that's how i "discovered" it.

 

[shecky]

all the time - it brings you to the top of the next text box when using InDesign.

 

[I3eXa]

if you have something highlighted and hit that small enter button you can rename....actually it's the only way i know how to rename files and all i use that button for.

 

[Jiddick ExRex]

if you have something highlighted and hit that small enter button you can rename....actually it's the only way i know how to rename files and all i use that button for.

Then you will be happy to know that the normal enter button does the excact same thing...

 

[tmoney468]

Yes, in Photoshop when editing text, I need to press the small enter button to make the changes permanent...pressing the big enter button only adds a paragraph break.

 

[miniConvert]

Never used it :S Probably never will. Same goes for the right command key, I use that for exposé

 

[neiltc13]

This button was there on my first generation MacBook but is no longer there on my new MacBook. I guess they realised that no one uses it. The scroll lock button is gone too

 

[Melrose]

I have Adium configured so that Return makes a break and the message is sent with Enter - which actually has saved me from sending dumb messages numerous times.

 

[Meecrob]

Always. Best Key Since Caps Lock

 

[richard.mac]

Never used it :S Probably never will. Same goes for the right command key, I use that for exposé

how weird is it that right handers use the left command, shift key? ive never thought of that before LOL. i wonder if left handers use the left modifier keys also or the right.

 

[Jiddick ExRex]

Always. Best Key Since Caps Lock

You actually find caps lock useful? For what?

 

[Neutral Gamer]

I use it as a "forward delete" key using the free DoubleCommand program.

Can someone tell me why Apple laptops don't have separate Delete and Backspace keys? Having to hold down the Function key while pressing Delete is just annoying!

 

[TheStu]

I love the small enter key, use it all the time. I am pretty sure that I actually use it more than the large enter key.

 

[Pants Dragon]

Never used in the 6 or 7 months since getting a MBP.

 

[claychicken]

haha didn't even notice it on my mbp

 

[yoppie]

I have never used it in the 18 mos. I've had my MacBook. I had to look down and find it just to see what you were talking about.

 

[Swagfndr]

I have never used it in the 18 mos. I've had my MacBook. I had to look down and find it just to see what you were talking about.

I did the exact same thing! LOL

 

[bogg]

I've got it remapped to act as a ALT key, so I use it all the time

 

[squeeks]

someone want to explain the best way to remap the small enter key to be froward delete?

 

[kuebby]

Never used it. Honestly, when I saw the thread title I had to lean forward and look for the key.

 

[coolant113]

The only time i used it was when i use to use the real AIM version on the mac.. because it would not reconize the return/enter button for some weird reason

 

[Neutral Gamer]

someone want to explain the best way to remap the small enter key to be froward delete?

As I said in my post above, use the DoubleCommand application - it's free and open source! It also allows you to remap other keys for various functions. Check out the screenshot below.

You can download it from here:
http://doublecommand.sourceforge.net/

Cheers

 

[thechidz]

if you have something highlighted and hit that small enter button you can rename....actually it's the only way i know how to rename files and all i use that button for.

very cool thanks

 

[ClassicMac247]

I use it when I'm on my friends MBP, coolant113.

 

[hippo206]

lmfao.... I had never noticed it till just now.....