I spend a lot of time typing. I could be emails, tech specs, code, commands on the terminal – you get the point.

So, I end up using Control key a lot, not just for usual shortcuts, but also for navigation and editing.

For example, most text editing softwares support the following shortcuts:

  • Home (Start of Line): Control + A
  • End (End of Line): Control + E
  • Page Up (One Line Up): Control + P
  • Page Down (One Line Down): Control + N
  • Delete (Delete Ahead of Cursor): Control + D
  • Backspace (Delete Behind Cursor): Control + H
  • Delete Rest of the Line from Cursor: Control + K
  • Forward Character: Control + F
  • Backward Character: Control + B

So, it’s a lot more comforatble to have Control on the home row. Moreover, I don’t use CapsLock at all, so if it gets pressed accidentally, it’s annoying.

So, remapping CapsLock to Control is a great way to make my life easier.

How to do it

On Mac, go to “System Settings” -> “Keyboard” -> “Keyboard Shortcuts” -> “Modifier Keys” and remap CapsLock to Control.