Insert Key on Apple Keyboard

[wdfinch]

On an apple keyboard with a number pad, the insert key is replaced with the function key (to toggle between using f1, f2, etc. vs special system controls like adjusting column, brightness, etc.).

Given that the insert key is still used in many Linux/windows programs (code editors for example), is there a way to assign another key to insert? I think a default should be chosen, but if not could the user select a key or key combination?

[rbreaves]

I was looking up how it is activated on an actual macbook and it appears to be activated by the Fn key. Of course the Fn key is not and cannot be detected by the OS itself. Previously I have been using the Alt key to do some Fn combo like remaps and that is what I would want to do here.

I know excel and certain programs though expect Alt-Enter to do basic things so I don't want to change Fn-Enter to Alt-Enter, at least not Left Alt-Enter. I would rather use the Right Alt or AltGr-Enter as the Insert key.

In the future let's try and keep these type of conversations in this thread here #348 for any missing shortcut keys you may find.

[rbreaves]

A fix has now been added to the Dev branch, tested on a chromebook, but I will be doing another test or two before merging to master, you can checkout the dev branch if you want and try it out. Installing on top is fine.

git checkout dev
git pull origin dev
./setup.py

[wdfinch]

Sounds good. I'll just wait for the merge in master and test it out once it's there. Appreciate the quick reply and commit for this.

[joshgoebel]

Of course the Fn key is not and cannot be detected by the OS itself.

Just FYI, this is not always true. My full-size Apple keyboard has Fn in the cluster of 6 keys immediatly above the cursor pad and it registers as Key.FN when hit. So if someone has the right hardware it's "just another key"...