Testing Tip: Make Your Keyboard Fast
By default, on a Mac, the initial delay is 500ms, and the key repeat rate 1000ms.
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My suggestion is to make them both as short as possible for testing.
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First, it’s good to test whether your keystrokes behave well when repeated. Occasionally you might want your interface to suppress repeating, or do something special if the key is held longer.
Second, it’s a good test not just of repeating, but just the user pressing keys really fast.
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When someone (typically a co-worker) asks me for help on their Mac and I notice the key repeat rate is its default, I tell them I’m going to make their computer faster. Then I go into System Settings and set the rate to the max. I’ve never had anyone change it back.
For even speedier keyboard response, check out NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat and KeyRepeat to bypass the minimums in System Settings. Here are my preferences (log out and back in to apply):
defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 13
defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 1.5
