Please Support Mac Keys

[brandondrew]

Phoenix looks very impressive, but has an aesthetic flaw.

OS X/macOS does not have any key named "cmd"—it has "command". (In fact, I'm not aware of any OS that has a "cmd" key.) Likewise, it does not have a key with "ctrl" printed on it, but rather "control".

It would be preferable for software that only runs on Macs to support the keys that Macs ship with:

• command (not "cmd")
• control (not "ctrl")
• option ("alt" can be an alias, since Apple decided that this is the key to be used for "alt" when running Windows or connecting remotely to a machine running Windows.)

Thanks!

[kasper]

Hi! I’m all for linguistics, but Apple previously shortened the keys as cmd, ctrl and alt. In the newer keyboards they aren’t anymore abbreviated. I can certainly add the full labels as aliases, but you can also do this in your configuration.

const command = 'cmd';
const control = 'ctrl';
const option = 'alt';

Key.on('q', [ command, control ], () => {});

[brandondrew]

I was skeptical, but it turns out you're right about 'ctrl'. Apple did print that as an abbreviation at one time.

http://xahlee.info/kbd/i2/Apple_extended_keyboard_1_1987.jpg

[kasper]

@brandondrew LOL. You don’t have to go that far, MacBooks from a couple of years ago have it as “ctrl”.

[jasonm23]

Funny, my old apple keyboard has Control...

[jasonm23]

(It used to be one of these)

[kasper]

Haha, this is getting nostalgic.

[mafredri]

My MacBook Pro (Late 2013) says cmd, alt, ctrl. Nice try guys, I can smell the photoshop in those pictures!

[jasonm23]

I can smell photoshop

Sorry no you can't. Any angle you'd like that board photographed from, I'm happy to oblige.

[jasonm23]

:)

[jasonm23]

Simulating low light CCD grain in Photoshop is tricky

[kasper]

🎺

[brandondrew]

I think the issue might be internationalization. Several (most?) of the keyboards I found online with abbreviations were localized for some language other than English. It's possible that this was done by some company other than Apple.

I don't personally remember ever seeing "ctrl" on an Apple keyboard, but the evidence is online.

Before people argue about a certain model year having or not having abbreviations, it might be useful to specify what language the keyboard was localized for.

Also, let's not let this become hostile. ☹️ I think we all agree that Phoenix is mega-awesome.

[kasper]

Nothing hostile, I can definitely add the aliases.

[kasper]

This travesty is now sorted! Thanks for the feedback. 👍