Q: Alt+3 (#) character no longer appearing.
I have no idea what i did, but i can no longer invoke the # character.
I know it's Alt+3. I use it all the time in Twitter and coding. I really need this little character!
I know it's not a broken key. It does'nt work on my usb keyboard, or my MPB keyboard.
and I can easily press '3' and even 'shift+3' = £, I know alt is not broken, here's a bunch of character using alt: 嬆∑´^
So something has killed the hash character or rerigged it.
I have gone to system preferences and restored to default all keyboard shortcuts. Still no luck!
Is there any other way i can reset the alt+3 to give me my beloved hash back?
Thanks!
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Posted on Feb 17, 2012 5:05 AM
OK so it's the super ******** FileXaminer App I downloaded a few weeks back for soem reason or another. By deafult, they have alt 1 2 3 as shortcuts. Even though they never showed the app up anyway?!
Man, i hate it.
App developers::::: think before you asign keyboard shortcuts to such major keys.
Check international usage of those keys before you think you're being clever!
Ack. What a waste of my time.
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Thank you.
Posted on Feb 17, 2012 9:26 AM