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The "home" and "end" key does not work on my apple key board. It does not get me to the start or the end of a line

How to map the "HOME" and "END" key to do the correct function of getting to start of the line and end of the line. Presently the keys are mapped to "start of the page" and "end of the page".

Posted on Sep 4, 2020 8:40 PM

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Posted on Sep 7, 2020 12:58 PM

The home and end keys are used to go to the beginning and end of a document,



To go to end of a line, use command and right arrow

To go to beginning of a line, use command and left arrow


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Sep 7, 2020 12:02 PM in response to leroydouglas

The link shared helps with shortcut. I am more used to home and end key to go to the start and end of a line and not able to achieve that task. How to remap those keys to function as a start and end function. The external apple keyboard I have is Model A1843.

One link I found is this one, https://www.maketecheasier.com/fix-home-end-button-for-external-keyboard-mac/ did anyone try it out?



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Sep 6, 2020 2:20 AM in response to Allan Jones

Magic key board made by apple. I have a macOS Catalina running on MacBook Pro 16 inc, 2019. The keyboard is the one you can find in the amazon link. https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Keyboard-Numeric-Wireless-Rechargable/dp/B071ZZTNBM/ref=asc_df_B071ZZTNBM/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309833041189&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6581096000072603340&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031923&hvtargid=pla-536646513769&psc=1


The problem seem quite common when I googled it but solution is uncommon.


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Sep 5, 2020 8:23 AM in response to kkhebbar

Help us help you. Most Apple devices have keyboards and you have given no information on which we can start to help you. We can neither see nor touch your device so must rely on information you provide.


Please see this excerpt from Apple's article on creating a question:


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Sep 6, 2020 8:17 AM in response to kkhebbar

kkhebbar wrote:

How to map the "HOME" and "END" key to do the correct function of getting to start of the line and end of the line. Presently the keys are mapped to "start of the page" and "end of the page".


https://osxdaily.com/2015/06/17/home-end-button-mac-keyboard-functions/

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The "home" and "end" key does not work on my apple key board. It does not get me to the start or the end of a line

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