Hi Justin,
It turns out that you can use the Numpad Commander shortcut sequences
on your MacBook Pro laptop if you have Numpad Commander turned on, and
press an arrow key along with one of the numbers in the row of numbers
("1" through "9", "0", "-", "=") at the top of the keyboard. You get
the definition you customized when you press that key on a numeric
keypad.
See Daniel's discovery post on using Numpad Commander without a Numpad:
http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg18915.html
and press Control+N to read down the thread.
If you want a USB numeric keypad, I've used the Lenovo 33L3225 USB
Numeric keypad, which is described and linked in this archived post.
There may be other options, since I was conservative about wanting
this to work with Linux, Windows, and Mac, and I had no previous
experience with trying out numeric keypads at the time:
http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg25812.html
(Re: External NumPad for the Mac)
You're correct that Windows keyboard reverse the location of the
Control and Option keys, although you can remap these, I believe.
Also, Erik posted a link to a remapping software named
"KeyRemap4MacBook" (I think) in this archived post:
http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg28760.html
("Fwd: mac numper pad")
The text said to go to http://pqrs.org and look for keyboardremapper.
I think he's using it on his WindowEyes virtual machine, but it may
put a numeric keypad you can use on your MacBook Pro. I haven't tried
this. Maybe Erik can comment.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 1, 2010, Justin Ekis wrote:
Hi all,
I'm starting to wish that the keyboard on this MacBook pro had a
numpad. It would be useful to have the numpad commander. I'm
thinking about getting an external keyboard that has one included.
This may sound strange, but instead of adding another full-size
keyboard, does anyone make such a thing as an external numpad? If
not, I'd like to hear your recommendations for keyboards. I'd like
one that uses the apple layout with the command and option keys.
I've heard that using a windows keyboard reverses the locations of
those two keys. Is this correct?
Thanks,
Justin
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