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I have a problem with F6 key in MacOS (Lion). I have set the normal behavior for all function keys and disabled every shortcut using functional keys in Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts. Still I cannot use F6 key because it causes the actual window to loose focus. I have searched all the settings in MacOS shortcuts and there is none enabled that uses F6, nevertheless there is none that uses just this very key whatsoever. I am already desperate because I cannot use Midnight Commander properly. Is there any way to determine what is using this key and disable it?
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Switch between windows of the same app on MacHold Command + ` (tilde key, to the left of 1 on your keyboard) to switch between windows of the same app. If you hold Command and continue to click the ` key, it will move you through each open window. Just release your keys when you land on the one you want.
On your Mac, do any of the following: Close a single window: In a window, click the red Close button in the top-left corner of the window, or press Command-W. Close all open windows for an app: Press Option-Command-W.
I have discovered that Parallels had registered F6 as global shortcut and thus disabling it for everything else. Once I removed the shortcut, everything works just fine.
To remove the global shortcut in Parallels Desktop 12, from a running virtual machine on the top VM menu go to Devices > Keyboard > Customize… > OS X System Shortcuts and uncheck Show and hide Parallels Desktop.
You can also get to this setting from the Control Center window (no need to have a VM running) by clicking the gear icon from any VM and then going to Mouse & Keyboard > Open Shortcut Preferences… > OS X System Shortcuts.
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