The "w" key on my MacBook Pro broke due to water damage. Currently I am copy and pasting the letter whenever I need that, but I would prefer to be able to press a keyboard shortcut to type it.
The shortcut needs to be available no matter the app; I would prefer the shortcut to be control + option (just those two keys) but if that's not possible then I'll settle for something else.
I tried setting a shortcut through the settings app, but I couldn't figure out how to 1) bind a single letter and 2) have the shortcut available globally.
I'm running Yosemite 10.10.3
Best Answer
BetterTouchTool is another great example.
Download BTT from here. Once you have it open go to the keyboard option and enter in your shortcut (I chose opt+ctrl+z since that should be an uncommon shortcut). After that you then set your 'trigger predefined action' to 'paste custom text' and paste in your 'w'.
Whenever you need to write a 'w' you can now press opt+ctrl+z.