Add delete_forward for MacOS keyboard with Karabiner-Elements
Add a shortcut for ‘delete_forward’ on Mac OS Windows OS keyboard has ‘backspace’(deleteBackward_or_delLeftward) and ‘delete’(deleteForward_or_delRightward). However, MacOS has not deleteForward. Even though we have fn+delete to achieve this, this occupies your TWO hands. Unconvenient. Here, we use the Karabiner-Elements app, which is an open-source free app, to patch this issue. ps: in MacOS, the keyCode 117 means deleteForward_or_delRightward ======= Steps ======= Install and launch ‘Karabiner-Elements’, which is an open-source free app. Add a complex modifications as below (I was mapping option+delete into delete_forward): { "description": "Option+Delete to keycode 117", "manipulators": [ { "from": { "key_code": "delete_or_backspace", "modifiers": { "mandatory": [ "option" ] } }, "to": [ { "key_code": "delete_forward", "modifiers": [] } ], "type": "basic" } ] } A test about inserting img into my blog:
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