how do i use command key for mac using a standard keyboard

How Do I Use Command Key Using A Standard Keyboard How To Use And

Some less often used commands in Rhino need to be typed on the keyboard to execute them.

How Do I Use Command Key Using A Standard Keyboard How To Use And

This article describes how to use and customize keyboard shortcuts in Rhino for Mac.

Windows Rhino has many keyboard shortcuts and, for the most part, Rhino for Mac has adopted the same keyboard shortcuts.

Many of these are not optimal for the Mac, but we can consider the current keyboard assignments as a discussion starting point.

Rhino for Mac will always have a default set of keyboard shortcuts that cannot be changed.

These keyboard shortcuts should be both useful and natural for Mac users.

Please make suggestions for improvements to the default keyboard shortcut set that you feel should be available to everyone by posting your suggestions in this support thread.

You can also define your own set of keyboard shortcuts, which we discuss below, so you need not mention any keyboard shortcuts that are specific to your use of Rhino for Mac.

You can always add these special assignments to your own copy of Rhino.

Please limit your suggestions to the changes that should be universally available.

I mentioned that some of the default keyboard shortcuts are not optimal.

Some of the default keyboard shortcuts use keys available only on the keyboard with a numeric keypad.

For example, View Undo View Change is mapped to the Home key, but that key does not exist on laptop keyboards.

Rather than completely eliminating these shortcuts, we thought it best to leave them in, making them available for those who can take advantage of them.

Other default keyboard shortcuts use the function keys (F1-F12, or F1-F19 on the numeric keypad version).

Apple has added their own system-wide actions to the function keys, which makes them inconvenient to use in an application.

You must hold down the fn key when you press one of the function keys for the program to see a normal function key press.

This is not checked by default, but checking this makes using the function keys much easier in Rhino.

Note that this is a system-wide setting and you will change the function key behavior everywhere on your Mac.

These shortcuts might be, but are not required, associated with an application menu item.

In Windows, you enter the command string to be executed when a keyboard shortcut is typed.

Apple guidelines say that every application command should be available through the application menu.

To enforce this, Apple supports menu shortcuts, the same concept as keyboard shortcuts on Windows, but Apple requires that these shortcuts always be attached to a menu item.

It is not practical to put every single Rhino command and all its variations in the application menu.

How Do I Use Command Key For Mac Using A Standard Keyboard