I've managed to recreate a remarkably emacs-like editing environment with my DefaultKeyBinding.dict, complete with ^X key combos, etc. If you're not familiar with how to use this file please check out Apple's page on Text System Defaults and Key Bindings, basically you just need to save it in /Library/KeyBindings/. The problem was that I had moved the actual DefaultKeyBinding.dict file somewhere else for version-control purposes and symlinked to it. Most apps were loading the file through the symlink, but TextEdit (and, it turns out, a couple other apps that I thought just didn't support key bindings) must do something different and didn't see it.

My Defaultkeybinding.dict For Macbook
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'There is a way to get the keyboard to respond to EXACTLY the keys Windows uses -- for everything!

It's called booting Windows on your Mac.'

Guys like this is why I have never found useful information in the Apple forums. And he's got one of the highest levels of point values.

My Defaultkeybinding.dict For Macbook

Apple support model: intimidate you with a busy, too small, long-lined store. Create a support forum which doesn't provide support, but instead tells everyone 'no you really don't want to do what you just asked' or 'listen this isn't Windows'

HOW ABOUT SOME HELPFUL ADVICE INSTEAD??

Dec 21, 2014 8:24 AM

In today’s SAP Development Community, more and more MacBook’s are being used. With the latest development tools in the cloud (SAP Web IDE & SAP Web IDE Full-Stack) or made for multiple operating systems (Eclipse), we as developers are no longer required to use Windows.

SAP Web IDE Shortcuts
When developing Fiori and UI5 apps using SAP Web IDE, I want to use as many shortcuts as possible to speed up the development. I noticed this won’t always work as desired on a Mac. The shortcuts can cause side effects which will make them unusable. Some shortcuts can be customized, but not all.

For example, you can use these shortcuts to switch between tabs:

Move to the tab on the right: Alt + R
Move to the tab on the left: Alt + Q

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Unfortunately, these shortcuts can’t be customized.

What’s the cause of this problem?
In macOS these shortcuts also have a function. So when choosing Alt + Q in Web IDE the screen is moving one tab to the left, but on the source tab there is also a ‘Œ’ symbol added to the file:

This is very annoying.

The solution
Download euro font for mac. Symbols like ‘Œ’ are rarely used by me, so I decided to turned this particular function off. This is possible in a very easy way!

In macOS you can add custom keybindings by saving a property list like the one below as ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict.

DefaultKeyBinding.dict · GitHub

Create a folder named ‘KeyBindings’ in the ‘Library’ folder if it doesn’t exist already. Also create a text-file named ‘DefaultKeyBinding.dict’. After that it should look like this:

File ‘DefaultKeyBinding.dict’ contains new keybindings for Alt + R and Alt + Q. I created a dummy function for these shortcuts: Set program as default for mac.

Restart the application, aka the browser and start SAP Web IDE. Enjoy your shortcuts!