fn-toggle.app
programmatically toggles the
"Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys"
option in macOS System Preferences. A task that is tedious
when done manually, which especially keyboard-heavy users,
such as programmers, tend to do very often.
All it does is that it executes this AppleScript snippet through an Automator-created app:
tell application "System Preferences"
reveal anchor "keyboardTab" of pane "com.apple.preference.keyboard"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
click checkbox 1 of tab group 1 of window 1
end tell
quit application "System Preferences"
Run make install
which installs the following files:
/Applications/fn-toggle.app
— the app containing the script that toggles~/Library/Services/fn-toggle.workflow
— a service that allowsfn-toggle.app
to be invoked with a keyboard shortcut.(You can run make clean
to remove those files again.)
In OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and later, you also need to:
fn-toggle
app once either from spotlight or from Applications
System Preferences
> Security & Privacy
> Accessibility
>Privacy
Click the lock to make changes
and tick fn-toggle.app
underAllow the apps below to control your computer
.Run the app. The fastest way to do it is from Spotlight:
⌘ + space
(or similar) to open Spotlight.fn
, fn-toggle.app
should be the Top Hit.Enter
.System Preferences
> Keyboard
> Shortcuts
> Services
> General
fn-toggle
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