Intel graphics keybinding conflict with other programs

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Intel HD graphics bindings take priority over bindings in other programs. When you disable them via the Intel HD graphics control panel, the bindings no longer function as mapped, but they are still grabbed by Intel HD graphics and thus do not work in other programs.

Example:
By default, ctrl+alt+left-arrow and ctrl+alt+right-arrow are used by Intel HD graphics to rotate the display by 90 degrees left or right respectively. PyCharm binds these keybindings to back and forward navigation respectively. Even if you disable the bindings in Intel HD graphics control panel, you still can't use them in PyCharm.

How do I make Intel HD graphics free the keybindings?

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Your question prompted me to revisit this problem and here is something useful:

How to disable "igfxHK Module" process from starting up with Windows

In essence, kill the process and prevent it from starting. I guess depending on what version of the Intel HD graphics control panel you have, this might also be relevant:

http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/hkcmd.exe.html

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Here's a chart from OS X Keyboard Shortcuts that lists all the main icons, their primary names, and alternate names/symbols:

Apple Keyboard Symbols chart from osxkeyboardshortcuts.com

This Apple fansite has a similar list on a page with other Mac hints.

OS X Keyboard Shortcuts also provides descriptions for the most commonly seen icons. This official Apple site is similar, but is targeted at new users making the switch from Windows.

And as a bit of historical trivia, this Folklore.org blog post explains where the Command icon came from. The original idea was to use the Apple logo, but Steve Jobs decided there were "too many Apples on the screen!" and ordered a change. The icon you call "weird" and "like a clover" actually started life as the campground symbol on Swedish road signs.

I remember seeing some of these icons drawn on the keyboards of older Apple computers; why they were discontinued, I don't know.

_{(An earlier revision of this answer contained links to Apple documentation that stopped working.)}

Windows – Right Alt key not working properly

AutoHotKey is a downloadable program designed to automate your computer via scripting. It basically allows you to create keyboard shortcuts for anything. It can also remap keys. In your case, we will remap your Right Alt key to be a Left Alt key.

First, download and install the program from the link above. Once installed, find a place where you would like to store the script (C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup is a good place, as they should start with Windows) and right click on empty space in Windows Explorer -> New -> AutoHotKey Script. Name it anything you like. Right click the new file and hit Edit Script and paste the following:

RAlt::LAlt

Save the file, close, and double click the file to run. This looks for the right alt key press and sends a left alt key press.

You might also want to check out questions tagged with AutoHotKey on Super User and Stack Overflow.

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