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<enter> button function

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trev

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Nov 11, 2006
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St. John's, NL
Something that's been bothering me for a while is that the <enter> button is "rename" rather than "open". Not only is this inconvenient (I have to hit apple-o to open the program) it just non nonsensical to have it this way. Anybody have any idea why it's done this way and how I might go about changing it? Thanks a million!

Trevor
 
The command+o to open programs makes sense if you think about it this way... all the file commands on a mac start with the command key

cmd+c = copy
cmd+v = paste
cmd+x = cut
cmd+delete = move to trash
cmd+i = file info

if you look at it that way it is quite consistant
 
trev said:
it just non nonsensical to have it this way.
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No, it's nonsensical to have enter open things and CMD + ... do everything as. As Paul puts it...

paul.b.davis said:
The command+o to open programs makes sense if you think about it this way... all the file commands on a mac start with the command key

cmd+c = copy
cmd+v = paste
cmd+x = cut
cmd+delete = move to trash
cmd+i = file info

if you look at it that way it is quite consistant
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Instead of insisting that OS X does it "right," I'm going to try to help you change it...

Go to System Preferences and type "Keyboard shortcuts" in the search field and press Return/Enter. This will bring up a list of shortcuts that you can configure to your liking.
 
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