Comments on: Tip: Using Exposé on MacBook Pro

By: Scouser

Scouser — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:54:06 +0000

Excellent! thank you. Exactly what I was looking for.
Figuring out how to drag’n'drop onto the dashboard via F12 was proving impossible for me. My hand simply wont stretch from the bottom left of the keyboard (fn) to the top right (f12) while dragging with the other hand on the mouse. Switching the function of the fn key is the answer.

By: SteveS

SteveS — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:24:13 +0000

Brilliant. Thank you! The preferences settings for Expose lie unless you follow your steps above.

By: JohnF.

JohnF. — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:00:02 +0000

I’m confused… why not just change the action keys for Exposé over to F11 and F12? That’s what I’ve done. And for Dashboard, I use command-F12. Works just fine.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:31:45 +0000

What I need is the functionality of the keys as they are on Powerbooks:

F1 & F2: Screen brightness
F3-F5: Audio
F9-F11: Exposé
F12: Dashboard

All without having to press the fn key.
The checkbox you describe goes too far in switching the functionalities around.

By: micy

micy — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:01:46 +0000

I think Exposé is much too important to be relegated to a key: I use Fitt’s law and activate Exposé by moving the mouse to a corner of the screen (you’d have to use the mouse anyway to select a window afterwards).

It almost feels like the ‘flipping’ movement from the iphone to ‘throw’ the mouse into a corner with the touchpad.

For me: left bottom is “show all windows” and top right is “show desktop”.

word of caution: such settings will drive other people mad when they try to use your trackpad