rifsuda01: 10.7: Remap Dashboard to LaunchPad on an older Macbook.

Friday, 30 September 2011

10.7: Remap Dashboard to LaunchPad on an older Macbook.

I wanted to see if I could remap my dashboard key to LaunchPad on my pre-Lion MacBook. Here's a fairly easy way to do it.

Install KeyRemap4MacBook (it's free) on your computer. In System Preferences open the KeyRemap4MacBook pane and select Misc & Uninstall.

Select Open private.xml and then edit the revealed file to contain the following text:

 <?xml version="1.0"?> <root>     <item>       <name>Map Expose All to F18</name>       <identifier>private.expose_all_to_f18</identifier>       <autogen>--KeyToKey-- KeyCode::EXPOSE_ALL, KeyCode::F18</autogen>     </item>     <item>       <name>Map Dashboard to F19</name>       <identifier>pri ...