A key that is pressed on a keyboard in combination with a letter or digit key to perform some function. The modifier key is held down while another key is pressed one or more times. For example, a ...

Most one-handed keyboards rely on modifier keys or chording (pressing multiple keys in patterns) to stretch the functionality of a single hand’s worth of buttons. [Dylan Turner]’s PS-OHK takes an ...

With OS X you can use a PC keyboard and still use the same familiar layout of modifier keys that is the default for Apple's systems. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

button you'll be taken to a dialog where you can easily remap the keys. So to make a Windows keyboard work like a Mac keyboard just change the option key to the command key and the command key to the ...

Sometimes modifier keys on the keyboard may not work properly. If this is the case, you may find that either specific keys will not work, or certain combinations of keys will not work. In most cases ...

Windows-centric keyboards can be awkward when using macOS. Here's how to make any keyboard work for a Mac by remapping the modifier keys. If you've ever used a third-party keyboard, you've probably ...

Terminal is inarguably useful, but it does have its annoying quirks. For example, there are lots of standard key combinations for moving the cursor that don’t work on the Terminal command line.

Problem number two for today:<BR><BR>Catching the KeyDown event is easy enough for a form as long as only one key is pressed at a time.<BR><BR>However, if I press Ctrl and a key, I only get Ctrl. I've ...

Here's a puzzle for fellow Illustrator users: Modifier keys in my copy if Illustrator CS2 have decided to stop working. Shift + drag no longer constrains, option + drag no longer scales from the ...