MacOS – Mavericks: Can I create a second screen with keyboard shortcut like spaces allowed

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I upgrade some time ago but need spaces for the first time today.

At the moment I can use Ctrl+← to get to the widgets pane, but I find I can't use either Ctrl+→ or Ctrl+[number] to get to another space (let alone create a new one).

I've checked my shortcuts and even under there I've only got the option for Switch to desktop 1.

Where am I going wrong?

Best Answer

Do you actually have other spaces created? Ctrl+← and Ctrl+→ will work if you have spaces. To make a new space bring up Mission Control and hover the mouse in the top right, a + button will appear.

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From my observations, when you alt-tab or click on an app icon on the dock, the clicked app will automatically be on the second space. This only happens only if the app is in another space that's not in the second one (if it's in the second one then the arrangement won't change).

Control-arrow key and Mission control navigation won't change the arrangement either.

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According to this blog post, you can create a file called ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.Dict (you might have to create the KeyBindings folder in your Library folder).

In that file, you need the following content:

{
   "@\UF702"  = "moveWordBackward:";
   "@\UF703"  = "moveWordForward:";    
}

(see the linked blog post for other Windows features you might want to recreate)

Not all programs that use text fields will use the default keybindings, but this will help with many programs.

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