{"id":32883,"date":"2021-06-17T16:14:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T20:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=32883"},"modified":"2021-06-17T16:14:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T20:14:34","slug":"macos-12-localized-keyboard-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/17\/macos-12-localized-keyboard-shortcuts\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS 12: Localized Keyboard Shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas Clement<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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If you are using a non-US keyboard, prepare yourself to relearn a number of keyboard shortcuts in Monterey as the OS now translates shortcuts to the position of the key on the keyboard rather than the actual shortcut key.<\/p>\n

Some seem uncomfortable with the idea but it actually fixes a number of shortcuts that were picked only because they work nicely on a US keyboard layout but are not so great or even terrible on other layouts. But yes this is going to be confusing and disrupting for awhile.<\/p>\n

Actually some of the key translations do not preserve the position on the keyboard and pick some other keys. For example ‘cmd ;’ translates to ‘cmd )’ for me which are different keys on the keyboard. I’m not sure what the logic is.<\/p>\n

Most disturbing thing is it translates ‘cmd 0’, ‘cmd 1’ and ‘cmd 2’ to ‘cmd À’, ‘cmd &’ and ‘cmd É’.<\/p>\n

These are the same hardware keys but without having to hold shift which is ok but this also breaks using the numeric keypad.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Peter Kamb<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I guess that is discussed at 5:23 in “What’s new in AppKit<\/a>”, although I didn’t realize until right now that it would mess with my Dvorak standard shortcuts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Thomas N<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Dvorak should not be impacted, nor ⌘C. The localization is about previously unreachable shortcuts like ⌘[ in French :)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n