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However, the option key on a Mac keyboard is used in a different way than the alt key on a Windows PC. Working on Windows or Linux for an hour results in sore fingers and wrists, so I looked for a method to use the keyboard on my Lenovo Windows laptop as I would on my Mac. Where is the Alt key on a Mac keyboard The PC-keyboard equivalent of Alt on a Mac is called the Option key, and you’ll find the Option Key on your Mac if you go two keys to the left of the spacebar.
#WINDOWS AND ALT KEY ON MAC WINDOWS 10#
I have updated this old Windows XP-centric tip so that the setup instructions work just fine with the redesigned Start Menu of Windows 10 (and with Windows 7, for that matter). I switch between Windows, Linux and Mac regularly, but my muscle-memory is trained for Mac-usage, since that is the main development platform I work on. Still, this page remains one of my most popular. It’s been ten years since I shared this tip and I have not regularly used Windows since then. Now whenever you log in, your left (and only left) Ctrl and Alt keys will be switched! This file by Alan J. Just place your swap-alt-ctrl.ahk file here. To find this folder, open the Run prompt (Windows key + R) and type shell:startup. We also want to make sure this file is run by AutoHotKey every time you log in.
#WINDOWS AND ALT KEY ON MAC INSTALL#
If you do not have AutoHotKey, download and install it on Windows.Īs swap-alt-ctrl.ahk on your Windows computer. I introduced this program in a previous article here on. While Windows does not let you swap modifier keys as does Mac (go to System Preferences, Keyboard, and Modifier Keys), there is a program called AutoHotKey which makes it easy. (If you are searching to swap, trade, or exchange the Cmd or Command and Ctrl or Control in Windows, as typical Mac or OS X user, this is the right place to be.) The solution is to swap the positions of the left Alt key with the left Ctrl key. If are an Apple fan but use Windows (perhaps via Boot Camp or Parallels Desktop or – like me – at work), you may find that you often hit Alt instead of Ctrl, as much of the Windows Ctrl key functionality is present in Mac’s Cmd key functionality, located it the same place as Windows Alt key. Switch Control and Alt buttons in Windows
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