- Macbook Pro Shift Key Stuck
- Shift Button Not Working Mac
- Shift On Mac Keyboard
- Shift Insert On Mac Keyboard
The funny thing I’ve always noticed about Mac vs. Win is that when detailing shortcuts, Apple opts to use a series of lines, slashes, and circles, and hieroglyphics whereas on Windows, if you need to press Shift, it will say “Shift”. Start or restart your Mac and immediately press and hold shift-control-option on the left side of your keyboard and then press and hold the power button at the same time. Hold the three keys and the power button for 10 seconds. Release all the keys. Press the power button to turn your MacBook on. Questions or tips? The shift keys on a MacBook Pro (in common with most other keyboards) are located at each end of the second row up with up pointing arrows emblems. Hello, Today I bought MacBook Air 2020 Air. I am using Wireless Keyboard ( It's not a Apple wireless brand keyboard). But the Shift button of the Wireless Keyboard is not working on my Mac. Power button: Press to turn on your Mac or wake it from sleep. Press and hold for 1.5 seconds to put your Mac to sleep. Continue holding to force your Mac to turn off. Option-Command-Power button. or Option-Command-Media Eject: Put your Mac to sleep. Control-Shift-Power button. or Control-Shift-Media Eject: Put your displays to sleep.
Alt key on Mac is indeed exist. And it’s called Option key.
Windows vs Mac—there are so many differences. A lot of our customers have used a PC before and then decide they want to switch to Mac for better performance, nicer design, or for better security. However, they were afraid they would have a hard time getting used to the macOS keyboard. We hear questions like, “How can I close a Window? The Mac keyboard doesn’t have the Alt + F4 shortcut.” We always give them two answers:
1. With Parallels Desktop for Mac you have the choice to use the same keyboard shortcuts you had on your PC.
2. If you want to use the Mac keyboard you will experience that the alt key is very different, as we explain in this blog post.
Where is the Alt key on a Mac keyboard?
The PC-keyboard equivalent of Alt on a Mac is called the Option key, and you’ll find the Option Key on your Mac if you go two keys to the left of the spacebar. However, the option key on a Mac keyboard is used in a different way than the alt key on a Windows PC. In terms of functionality, the alt key in Windows is often more comparable with the Command key than with the Option key on a Mac. You might be also familiar with the Ctrl and Alt keys from your PC. On your Mac keyboard, you have Command (⌘ cmd), Control (ctrl), and Option (⌥ alt) keys.
How do Windows shortcuts change on a Mac?
Check out some equivalents of popular Windows alt shortcuts on a Mac, which might be especially helpful for those users who are new to Mac:
Windows | Mac | |
Closing a window | Alt-F4 | Command-W |
Restarting | Control-Alt-Delete | Control-Command-Eject |
Shutting down | Control-Alt-Delete | Control-Option-Command-Eject |
Logging out | Control-Alt-Delete | Shift-Command-Q |
Switch between open apps | Alt + Tab | Command-tab |
Go back | Alt + Left arrow | Command + Left arrow |
Go forward | Alt + Right arrow | Command + Right arrow |
Move up one screen | Alt + Page Up | Command + Page Up |
Move down one screen | Alt + Page Down | Command + Page Down |
When running Windows on a Mac with Parallels Desktop, is it possible to use Windows shortcuts on a Mac?
![Shift Shift](https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple124/v4/ac/e8/10/ace81054-b00e-4eaa-b8c6-86759f02ac75/source/392x696bb.jpg)
If you run Windows on your Mac with Parallels Desktop for Mac, you can configure your keyboard shortcuts the way you want to work, with either macOS or Windows shortcuts. Click here for more information on how to set the different shortcuts.
You can find even more useful Mac shortcuts in the infographic here.
Missing your Start Menu and familiar Windows look and feel? You can use Parallels Desktop and have Windows 10 along with your favorite Windows apps on your new Mac.
Detect if the Shift, Ctrl, Alt or CMD key has been pressed
In Excel for Windows you can use the GetKeyState API to check this but on a Mac it is not so easy. below you find examples for Office for Windows and for Office for the Mac. Code like this can be very useful to run the code you want depending of the key status.
Example for Office for Windows
Excel for Windows example below for the Shift key, on top of a normal module add this :
In your macro you can use this then :
Example 1 for Office for the Mac 2011 and 2016
Thanks to DJ Bazzie Wazzie from the script forum i was able to create this VBA example. Note Acdc software free for windows 10. : it is not very fast but if you use Mavericks (10.9 or higher) and Office 2011 you can use the second example on this page if the speed is important.
You can run the macro named TestKey below to test it, do not forget to copy the function KeyPressedCheck inside the same module because it is called by the macro. In the function call in the macro you see that I use argument 1 for testing the Shift key now, see the comments in the macro for using argument 2, 3 or 4.
Note: When you call the function from a userform button or button on a worksheet the Ctrl key test is not working, when you run the Ctrl test from the macro dialog it is working. Reason is that Ctrl + click is right click on a Mac so the Ctrl test is only working from the macro dialog.
Example 2 for Office for the Mac 2011
Note : This example is not working in Excel 2016, example 1 is also working in Excel 2016
Thanks to Shane Stanley from the script forum I was able to create this VBA example. Note: you must run Mavericks (10.9 or up) on your Mac if you want to use this example. This example is much faster then the first example on this page but you need the extra script bundle file (checkModifier.scptd).
Macbook Pro Shift Key Stuck
When you want to test the code in the Excel file the script bundle file (checkModifier.scptd) must be in the same folder of the workbook or add-in because the VBA code call this script file to get the info we need. You can change the vba code if you want to place the script bundle file (checkModifier.scptd) into another folder on your Mac.
Shift Button Not Working Mac
This is the VBA code that you see in the Excel workbook and it will work if the the script bundle file (checkModifier.scptd) is in the same folder. Important: do not change anything in the script bundle file.
Shift On Mac Keyboard
Note: When you call the function from a userform button or button on a worksheet the Ctrl key test is not working, when you run the Ctrl test from the macro dialog it is working. Reason is that Ctrl + click is right click on a Mac so the Ctrl test is only working from the macro dialog.
Shift Insert On Mac Keyboard
If you have suggestions or have problems please let me know.