Question:
Is there an Apple equivalent to the "delete" key in windows (delete functions as a backspace key on MacBooks)?
anonymous
2011-10-27 01:51:12 UTC
Also, are there equivalents for the "home" key and "end" key? What other quirks and idiosyncrasies have you noticed unique to the MacBook keyboard?
Four answers:
anonymous
2011-10-27 02:38:30 UTC
If you add a full size keyboard you will have a Delete key... On a laptop you hold down the Fn key and use the "backspace" key.
SilverTonguedDevil
2011-10-27 02:15:31 UTC
Full-sized keyboards have a backwards delete key. There is one delete key on notebooks. Typically, the cursor is at the right end of what you are typing if you are typing in English, so there is nothing to the right of the cursor. If you find that your cursor got moved back to the left, click ahead to where it should be, or press fn and delete. For most people, delete needs to go back (delete what you just typed) rather than ahead (delete to the right of the cursor). That's why the delete key should delete what you just typed, to the left.



Only full-sized Apple keyboards have a "Home" or "End" key. Most notebook computers do not have all 88 keys that a full-sized keyboard has, so certain keys are eliminated and key-combinations serve the purpose.



To go to the end of the line, ⌘ -->

To go to the beginning of a line, ⌘ <--



It can be quite annoying to try a new system. You can use a PC if it is more familiar.
Vaibhav Saran
2011-10-27 02:16:00 UTC
Delete- command+backspace

Home- command+left arrow

End- command+rigt arrow



Also



Ctrl+home(top of the page) = command+up arrow

Ctrl+end(bottom of the page) = command+down arrow
anonymous
2016-12-08 22:44:09 UTC
Lol, specific!!!! this question is a robust one. you comprehend, a minimum of my keyboard has one!!! Ha! :D i truly do like this question, lol. i think of anybody desires that they had a backspace key for their mouth at one component in time.


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