GreenAsJade Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 How do you do "F12"on a Mac, to "reselect last selected unit"? No matter what I try, F12 is either "increase sound volume" or "bring up sound menu". GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 And here I was looking at this thread to find out whether a "Mac-F12" was a new machinepistol or fighter aircraft or combination of the two! ... I shall return to my PC and let a Mac guy answer your query... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 F12 doesn't seem to do anything at all within the game on my Mac. :confused: Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 F12 doesn't seem to do anything at all within the game on my Mac. :confused: Michael Right. That's what I'm asking about. F12 is documented (in the hotkeys window) as reselecting the last selected unit. And on the PC it does, which is awesome... you click on a unit, plot a course somewhere move over there on the map, then click on the ground so you can see all the enemy units. Then you want that previous unit back again ... OMG, without F12 what a lot of fiddling around... ... but F12 on the Mac doesn't seem to get to the game at all... it activates the Mac sound functions (at least, on mine it does). GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 ... but F12 on the Mac doesn't seem to get to the game at all... it activates the Mac sound functions (at least, on mine it does). As I posted above, it doesn't seem to do anything at all in the game. I tried it just now from within the browser and it opened Dashboard. Go figure. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argie Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 In System Preferences, go to Keyboard. There, mark box Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys and try again. I suppose it will make it work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baneman Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 In System Preferences, go to Keyboard. There, mark box Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys and try again. I suppose it will make it work. Let me get this straight - on a Mac, the function keys do not act as function keys unless you specifically turn them on to do that ? <Boggle> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argie Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 By default, the F keys work as shortkeys for some "hard" functions, like sound volume, or screen bright. Them can be configured to enable other OS functions, like Workspaces or Dashboard also. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glukx Ouglouk Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 With the default settings, you can access the function keys by pressing Fn + the function key you want. If you change the setting like argie said, it's the other way round - you access the volume up/down, the dashboard, etc. with Fn + the function key. Let me get this straight - on a Mac, the function keys do not act as function keys unless you specifically turn them on to do that ? <Boggle> It's not at all uncommon to have the function keys double as special keys for things like volume up/down and so on - most laptop keyboards are like that, and some desktop keyboards too (like my own Microsoft keyboard). One mode is set as the default, and the other works with a modifier key (Fn key usually). Then, there are basically three possibilities : - the keys perform some special actions by default, and you have to press the Fn key at the same time to get it to work as a function key - it's the default mode for Apple keyboards; - the opposite (function key by default, special actions with the Fn key) - it's the default on my Toshiba laptop for instance; - or you can have a key that permanently switches between the two modes (kinda like the num. lock key for the keypad) - it's how it works on my Microsoft keyboard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridethe415 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 With the default settings, you can access the function keys by pressing Fn + the function key you want Exactly. Press FN and F12 and it works 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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