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Mac OS X forum: Command line switch 'Use F1...as standard functiion keys'?

by: yoxi June 1, 2010 4:47 AM PDT

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Command line switch 'Use F1...as standard functiion keys'?

by yoxi - 6/1/10 4:47 AM

Does anyone know what the "defaults write.com.apple.<something-or-other> on/off" command line equivalent is for the System Prefs->Keyboard checkbox for "Use all F1, F2 etc. keys as standard function keys"?

Half the time, it's really useful to have my volume/brightness/itunes controls as the default, but the other half (like when I'm using PhotoShop or Sibelius) I want the function keys to be the default. So I'm after a simple switch that does the same as the System Prefs Keyboard Fn checkbox, which I can then assign to a key combo in iKeys (or whatever).

I'm sure there is a command line equivalent, as pretty much all those checkboxes have them - but I have no idea where to look to find it.


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re: Command line switch 'Use F1...as standard functiion keys

by yoxi - 6/1/10 5:14 AM

In Reply to: Command line switch 'Use F1...as standard functiion keys'? by yoxi

I did hunt through the com.apple.systempreferences but couldn't find anything there - and there's no console message generated when I switch using the checkbox. Hmm.

Meanwhile, I've got a long way round using iKeys to call up the prefpane and switch the checkbox automatically, then quit. Untidy but functional.


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