MacOS – Mac keyboard shortcut for Alt+4 now resolving to ¢

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I am not sure how to google for this problem.

I recently upgrade OS:X and had a crash and I lost the ability to do my alt4 shortcut to move spaces. I instead get the ¢ character.

My shortcut setting is set in preferences:

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I am not sure where to override the (new) keyboard shortcut for the ¢ key. The other shortcuts for spaces work (ie switching to desktop 1-3).

This was working prior to a system crash.

I have re-added my keyboard that I am using, which does not fix the problem. I have the same problem on my built-in keyboard as well as my USB keyboard.

Best Answer

I used Karabiner and added a custom shortcut:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>Override alt4</name>
    <identifier>private.always_send_four</identifier>
    <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::4, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L, KeyCode::4, ModifierFlag::CONTROL_R</autogen>
  </item>
</root>

I then bound my actual spaces shortcut to Control4.

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