Quick F5 tip for Mac users

[dannytaurus]

I had a hard time making the my MacBook keyboard F5 trigger Compile in HISE.

I tried fudging with all the keyboard/accessibility/dictation settings but the F5 key still wouldn't 'just be F5'. Seems like the usual 'Apple knows best' thing where you can't quite override the intended behaviour.

So I just installed a small free Mac app Karabiner-Elements and now I have a real F5 key!

Process:

1. Download and install Karabiner-Elements
2. Do all the system settings required for it to run in the background
3. Open the app and head to Function Keys
4. Change F5 from 'Dictation' to Function Keys > F5
5. Compile away!

I don't usually install apps for things like this but I really couldn't find a way to do this in the macOS system settings.

[aaronventure]

@dannytaurus I use BetterTouchTool and have it on Fn+Space for HISE, way more practical than reaching up.

[Chazrox]

System Prefs > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Function Keys..

[dannytaurus]

@Chazrox said in Quick F5 tip for Mac users:

System Prefs > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Function Keys..

That's fine if you want to flip ALL the F1-F12 keys to function, but I use the volume, play/pause and brightness buttons all the time and definitely didn't want to have to hit the fn button for all of those.

[dannytaurus]

@aaronventure Yeah, I might end up mapping a different key combo but I'm giving F5 a chance.

I like to use as little custom config on my Mac as possible. Makes it much easier to move between machines that way, if you don't have to drag a load of custom cruft with you.

Either way, it's better than the fn+F5 stretch that I was doing before!

[ustk]

Hi have a hotkey matrix hiding somewhere for ProTools that I don't use anymore. I wonder if I can repurpose it, there should be enough keys for Hise

[daniloprates]

@dannytaurus I've mapped CAPS LOCK to trigger the F5 key (via Karabiner)

[dannytaurus]

@daniloprates Ooh, nice! I never use caps lock, might try that

[d.healey]

@dannytaurus said in Quick F5 tip for Mac users:

I never use caps lock

HOW DO YOU SHOUT AT PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET?

[aaronventure]

@d-healey Hold Shift while typing to amplify my anger.

[dannytaurus]

@aaronventure said in Quick F5 tip for Mac users:

@d-healey Hold Shift while typing to amplify my anger.

Exactly this! Left pinky on the SHIFT and hammer those keys!

Same on iOS. Instead of double-tapping the shift key to lock it, I shift uppercase every character, just so it makes me more angry!