Clean way to disable Front Row keyboard shortcut?
Mason Mark
mason at masonmark.com
Sun Feb 12 14:45:19 PST 2006
I have years of muscle memory that tells me Command-Esc is LaunchBar
(or Butler or whatever contender I am using to launch things quickly
from the keyboard).
Unfortunately, my work Mac has changed to a new Intel iMac and that
keyboard shortcut is hardwired to start Front Row. Unlike all other
keyboard shortcuts, Front Row does not appear in the Keyboard
preferences pane, and so the associated keyboard shortcut cannot be
modified there.
So my app-launch shortcut is no longer:
1. Cmd-Esc
..but rather:
1. Cmd-Esc
2. curse out loud
3. Cmd-Opt-Esc (this thankfully immediately kills FR while doing its
slow animated whoosh-in routine)
4. Esc (needed to close the Force Quit dialog that is an unfortunate
side effect of the previous step)
5. Ctrl-Space (my new keyboard shortcut that actually invokes the
launcher)
20+ times per day, this sequence is very irritating.
I tried to modify myself and stop pressing the keys, but I just...
can't... do it...
I've read online that using the Front Row Enabler hack will actually
make Front Row appear in the Keyboard pane. But, this is a work Mac
and I don't want to patch two system files. Is there any known way to
do this that is less invasive? Say, editing a plist, or something?
Cheers,
--
Mason Mark
Five Speed Software, Inc.
http://www.fivespeed.com
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