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I'm using OS X 10.7.2 and there are a couple keyboard shortcuts that are just driving me crazy – how do I change them?
In Chrome, "Go Back" (or Forward) is ⌘ + [ or ⌘ + ] (for forward), how do I change it to ⌘ + ← or ⌘ + → (for forward)
In Chrome, search is alt + ⌘ + F . I want it to be ⌘ + K (like in Windows or Linux)
When working with text, going to the beginning or end of a line is control + A, I want it to be ⌘ + ← or ⌘ + → (for right)
Thanks!
The built in methods for changing shortcuts are less limited than you think.
Go to the Exposé & Spaces preference pane in System Preferences, and check out the bottom section of the preference pane. Note especially the text just above it:
Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts (for additional choices press Shift, Control, Option, or Command)
Here's me pressing ⌃⇧⌘ (Control + Shift + Command) while the shortcut drop-down is active:
The shortcuts have the keys I'm pressing added to them (well, sort of, it avoids redundant combinations but its very easy to see how it works and choose exactly what you want).
So for ctrl+alt+arrow keys, open the drop-down, press ⌃⌥ (Control + Option) and you'll note the top item becomes the shortcut you're after.
You can also do the same for the shortcuts to switch directly to numbered spaces or for the Spaces activation shortcut.
This may not help directly but have you tried creating another account on the system to see if you experience the same issues? If a new account does work then I am willing to bet a plist file in ~/Library/Preferences/ got messed up or not upgraded to the new 10.6 format. I recall a similar key mapping issue when I went from 10.4 to 10.5.
Best Answer
In general, you can edit, create and enable/disable keyboard shortcuts using the Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard preferences pane.