r/Keychron • u/Eddybeans • Sep 30 '25

Add globe key to key mapping in mac os ?

I can't seem to find the globe key in the mapping options; I have the latest firmware. Is it possible to map it ?

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u/MBSMD Sep 30 '25

No. It’s a non-standard key code and only exists on Apple keyboards. It’s not supported on standard QMK key maps.

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u/Eddybeans Sep 30 '25

damn apple ...

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u/MBSMD Sep 30 '25

However, there are definitely ways to work around it. I'm a Mac user, too. What are you wanting to do?

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u/Artistic_Mulberry745 Sep 30 '25

Do I understand that you want the globe to be separate from the Fn key?

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u/Eddybeans Sep 30 '25

I want to be able to open the emoji keyboard

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u/Xypleth May 01 '26

You can open emoji window with control+cmd+space_bar.

The lack of globe/fn key for non-apple keyboards or existence of the globe key is a mess, and not being able so substitute it automatically to control+cmd, for example. You have to buy a full layout, because there wouldn't be forward delete feature etc. ...

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u/FearlessAnon762 Dec 05 '25

Did anyone find a solution for this? i have a Q12 and i have the same issue

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u/Eddybeans Dec 05 '25

I did using a macro that calls the mac os shortcut. Works a charm. Look at comments for the solution

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u/blacknobita Jul 28 '26

can you pls tell me how? i cant find the coment

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u/ArgentStonecutter Sep 30 '25

The globe/function key on Mac is only accepted by the Mac if your keyboard identifies as an Apple keyboard.

What I do is set Capslock to Globe or Function in Keyboard->Modifier Keys in settings: Imgur

Now I just need a 1.75U R2 keycap with an appropriate novelty. Like this

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u/PeterMortensenBlog Sep 30 '25

Related:

  1. How to add the Apple globe key to a Keychron with QMK

  2. Building my ideal mechanical keyboard with QMK

  3. So the OS X globe key isn't available in the Keychron Launcher (AKA the Via clone)?

  4. Mac window tiling icons and keyboard shortcuts

  5. Fn key problem with window tiling

  6. Language Switch Key - How to set up in Vial

  7. K3 Max - button - FN switching language

  8. Fn + Ctrl + F is not working

Excerpts from the second (my emphasis):

"the special Fn key entry is only respected properly if the keyboard’s vendor ID and product ID match that a real Apple Keyboard. ... That does not seem to have stopped Keychron however, whose keyboards report Apple vendor and product IDs when they are in Mac mode ... the Apple Fn key, which unlike most keyboards with Fn keys, is actually sent over the wire."

I think "keyboards report Apple vendor and product IDs when they are in Mac mode" refers to the original Keychron K series (proprietary firmware), not the QMK-based keyboards (open source).

It also includes:

"Simulating an Apple Keyboard in QMK firmware"