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How to add insert key on a mac Keyboard

Hey Everyone,

     I sometimes work from home using my mac to log into my windows work computer.  I use Microsoft Remote Desktop to log in and use Citrix.  It is a program that requires me to use the insert key all the time.  Is there any way I get to get that work on my mac?  Do I need to remap a key?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mike

Google has turned up 2 possible approaches

fn - TAB

Command-Control-I (which come to think of it Control-I is TAB)

I have also seen references to using Karabiner

<https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/>

Thank you,  I have tried those.  Any other suggestions?  It does seem odd this does not work.

I could experiment myself.

I have limited Windows experience, but I do have Microsoft Remote Desktop and access to some Windows systems at work (not via Citrix, just directly to the Windows systems).  I mostly have to use Windows to take some mandatory training courses that are written only for Windows, otherwise I spend most of my time working with Linux/Unix systems at work.

But if you can explain how I would use the "Insert" key, and how it should behave when I use it (I really am that Windows ignorant ), on some commonly available Windows app (Notepad, Firefox, Thunderbird, Internet Explorer, etc....), I could experiment a little and see if I can come up with something, or some Karabiner setting that works.

It is even possible, I'll succeed where you fail, and that might indicate a difference because of Critix (anything different in the setup is a possible cause of interference, so it can also be a useful diagnostic).

I can't promise anything, but I'm sure I can spend a little time this weekend (after vacuuming the house ).

Well,  in the program I use,  it added a line of text.  so I could insert words.  I am not sure where else you use it.

Buy a Windows USB keyboard, there are ridiculously cheap in supermarkets and computer supply stores.

Yes, that is what I could do.  I was just looking for a way to use just one keyboard

OK, I found a 'Karabiner' solution that worked for Me via Microsoft Remote Desktop

<https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id715768417?mt=12>

to a Windows PC (I think it is running Windows 7, as that is what work has given me; I do not spend much time using the Windows system, rather I'm always working with Unix & Linux systems)

Karabiner

<https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/>

While the entry says F12(Eject) to Forward Delete/Insert, I found that on my keyboard it was the dedicated "Eject" key that was turned into the Delete/Insert key.  My keyboard has a separate F12 and a separate Eject key, so it was the fn+Eject key that functioned as an Insert key.  Depending on which keyboard you have, it may be F12 or it may be Eject.  Or it may be the power button (some keyboards allow the power button to act as the eject key).  If you have one of the Late 2016 Macbook Pro w/Touch Bar models, I have no idea what key you would use, as that Mac does not have F-keys, nor eject.  Maybe the finger print key, as it can also be the power key, but I'm not at all sure, and I am not willing to do the research.

No matter what, I think it is possible to use Karabiner, you just may have to get creative, and maybe do Google searches and experimentation.

did you ever get a solution to this that wasn't getting a new keyboard? I use Citrix too and I need an insert function

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