Spaces keyboard shortcuts
I built one of these https://github.com/andyclymer/minikbd actually bought three sets of everything, so this was an expensive soldering training kit, but got to inhale lead with a buddy) and it was interesting, and I ended up using it for some Spaces/Mission Control navigation, but if I left it at work and didn’t have it at home, I probably wouldn’t build any useful muscle memory.
So, recreate the same 6-key layout on the main keyboard
Set up Caps Lock as Hyper using BetterTouchTool: https://docs.folivora.ai/docs/1004_hyper_key.html (BTT can now do this itself without Karabiner). I also use the Escape shortcut, which only bit me some of the time if I hesitated on a Spaces switch, but I haven’t tested how that feels with just BTT. If it fires Escape on longer presses, I don’t think I’ll like it.
That seems kinda goofy, and why would I do that? I have plenty of available key combos. But the 6-key QWEASD block is pretty convenient. (and you get a real escape key on a butterfly laptop, which isn’t a huge deal and I never remember it because I have a full keyboard at work anyway)
Create keyboard shortcuts in BetterTouchTool:
- shift-control-option-command Q -> Switch to Desktop 1
- shift-control-option-command W -> Mission Control
- shift-control-option-command E -> Show Desktop
- shift-control-option-command A -> Move Left a Space
- shift-control-option-command D -> Move Right a Space
I added my IDE’s Build to to hyper-S and Lock Screen to hyper-L for the one thing I miss from Windows
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