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Window to Mac key strokes

Jackson Racer
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Join date: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 130
08-20-2008 09:14
I’ve been searching around for a list of the different key strokes for Windows and Mac. I have a friend with a Mac and when I tell them to Right click their AV or an object; they don’t get the same results.

Thanks!
Viktoria Dovgal
Join date: 29 Jul 2007
Posts: 3,593
08-20-2008 09:24
Inside SL, the Windows and Mac interfaces really are pretty much the same. The only real difference is that the Mac doesn't have a dedicated Alt key, but the Option key does the same thing (and on some keyboards they do add an Alt label to help make that clearer.).

Lots of SL documentation says to use the command (Apple) key instead of Ctrl, but actually the Ctrl key works on both.

Where there is a big difference is that not all Macs have two button mice, and on some mice the right-click is an optional feature. On Macs set up that way, Command-click with be the equivalent to right-click. This drives long time Mac users crazy, because every other program in the world uses Ctrl-click for the right-click workaround.
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