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Excel keyboard shortcut remappings to make it more Mac like (via Karabiner classic)
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<item> | |
<name>Excel: Command+Left and Command+Right to move within cells</name> | |
<appendix>For some reason, Excel wants you to use Home (and presumably End) to move to the beginning or end of a line within a cell, which is bogus.</appendix> | |
<appendix>This also remaps Command+Up and Command+Down so that they move the cursor to the top or bottom of the current cell.</appendix> | |
<identifier>private.excel_fix_command_arrow_keys</identifier> | |
<only>EXCEL</only> | |
<windowname_only>Excel_Window</windowname_only> | |
<uielementrole_only>AXTextArea, AXTextField</uielementrole_only> | |
<!-- Command+Left and Command+Right to move within cells in Excel --> | |
<autogen> | |
__KeyToKey__ | |
KeyCode::CURSOR_LEFT, MODIFIERFLAG_EITHER_LEFT_OR_RIGHT_COMMAND, | |
KeyCode::HOME | |
</autogen> | |
<autogen> | |
__KeyToKey__ | |
KeyCode::CURSOR_RIGHT, MODIFIERFLAG_EITHER_LEFT_OR_RIGHT_COMMAND, | |
KeyCode::END | |
</autogen> | |
<!-- Shift+Command+Up and Shift+Command+Down to Shift+Command+Home and Shift+Command+End to select to the top/bottom of the cell within Excel --> | |
<!-- See also this note about ordering within Karabiner: | |
https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/xml.html.en#order --> | |
<autogen> | |
__KeyToKey__ | |
KeyCode::CURSOR_UP, MODIFIERFLAG_EITHER_LEFT_OR_RIGHT_COMMAND | MODIFIERFLAG_EITHER_LEFT_OR_RIGHT_SHIFT, | |
KeyCode::HOME, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L | ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L | |
</autogen> | |
<autogen> | |
__KeyToKey__ | |
KeyCode::CURSOR_DOWN, MODIFIERFLAG_EITHER_LEFT_OR_RIGHT_COMMAND | MODIFIERFLAG_EITHER_LEFT_OR_RIGHT_SHIFT, | |
KeyCode::END, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L | ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L | |
</autogen> | |
<!-- Command+Up and Command+Down to move to the top/bottom of the cell within Excel --> | |
<autogen> | |
__KeyToKey__ | |
KeyCode::CURSOR_UP, MODIFIERFLAG_EITHER_LEFT_OR_RIGHT_COMMAND | ModifierFlag::NONE, | |
KeyCode::HOME, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L | |
</autogen> | |
<autogen> | |
__KeyToKey__ | |
KeyCode::CURSOR_DOWN, MODIFIERFLAG_EITHER_LEFT_OR_RIGHT_COMMAND | ModifierFlag::NONE, | |
KeyCode::END, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L | |
</autogen> | |
</item> | |
<item> | |
<name>Excel: Fix the shortcut keys while you’re in a grid view</name> | |
<appendix>* Allow pressing Enter to edit a cell: As long as you’re not inside a cell, this maps Enter to F2.</appendix> | |
<appendix>* If you’re not inside a cell, this also remaps Command+Left and Command+Right to Option+PageUp and Option+PageDown.</appendix> | |
<identifier>private.excel_fix_grid_view</identifier> | |
<only>EXCEL</only> | |
<windowname_only>Excel_Window</windowname_only> | |
<!-- This ensures that these key remappings don’t happen when you’re editing a cell. via: https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/xml.html.en#uielementroledef --> | |
<uielementrole_only>AXTable, AXLayoutArea</uielementrole_only> | |
<!-- Excel’s shortcut keys via: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Keyboard-shortcuts-in-Excel-2016-for-Mac-acf5419e-1f87-444d-962f-4e951a658ccd --> | |
<!-- Enter to F2 to edit cells in Excel (as long as you’re not inside a cell) --> | |
<autogen> | |
__KeyToKey__ | |
KeyCode::RETURN, ModifierFlag::NONE, | |
KeyCode::F2 | |
</autogen> | |
<!-- Command+Left and Command+Right to left or right a page --> | |
<autogen> | |
__KeyToKey__ | |
KeyCode::CURSOR_LEFT, MODIFIERFLAG_EITHER_LEFT_OR_RIGHT_COMMAND, | |
KeyCode::PAGEUP, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L | |
</autogen> | |
<autogen> | |
__KeyToKey__ | |
KeyCode::CURSOR_RIGHT, MODIFIERFLAG_EITHER_LEFT_OR_RIGHT_COMMAND, | |
KeyCode::PAGEDOWN, ModifierFlag::OPTION_L | |
</autogen> | |
<!-- Command+Up and Command+Down to move up or down a page --> | |
<autogen> | |
__KeyToKey__ | |
KeyCode::CURSOR_UP, MODIFIERFLAG_EITHER_LEFT_OR_RIGHT_COMMAND | ModifierFlag::NONE, | |
KeyCode::PAGEUP | |
</autogen> | |
<autogen> | |
__KeyToKey__ | |
KeyCode::CURSOR_DOWN, MODIFIERFLAG_EITHER_LEFT_OR_RIGHT_COMMAND | ModifierFlag::NONE, | |
KeyCode::PAGEDOWN | |
</autogen> | |
</item> |
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