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MacBook Air keyboard problems

Postby GonzaU2 » Sat Aug 18, 2018 3:15 am

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Re: MacBook Air keyboard problems

Postby legoboyvdlp » Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:58 am

Hi,

In most planes either right or middle click moves the levers in the opposite direction. As you are on a laptop, tapping with two fingers should be middle click - at least, it is on mine - you might need to configure that in your touchpad settings. That's assuming you use a touchpad, not a mouse.

As for throttles, do you have a PgUp / PgDn key? PgUp is used to throttle up, and PgDn is used to throttle down, as well as 3/9.

As for controls, you can also use the mouse for more accurate control than the arrow keys - use the TAB key to toggle between normal / flight controls / view control modes.

I'm afraid I only have Windows - sorry if any of this isn't relevant to Mac!
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Re: MacBook Air keyboard problems

Postby wkitty42 » Sat Aug 18, 2018 1:36 pm

the main things to remember:
  • there are sim-centric keys
  • there are craft-centric keys
  • craft-centric keys can override sim-centric keys
  • not all craft are designed or built the same
  • not all craft developers have the same mind set about which keys do what
  • there is no one central place to edit key assignments for either centricity
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"Why not?" said Gurder.
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Re: MacBook Air keyboard problems

Postby GonzaU2 » Sat Aug 18, 2018 2:57 pm

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Re: MacBook Air keyboard problems

Postby GonzaU2 » Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:08 pm

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Re: MacBook Air keyboard problems

Postby wkitty42 » Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:01 pm

:thumbsup: ;)
"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."
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