alt-fn on apple external keyboard [quarter-solved]

[iawelch]

I need to send alt-F1 or alt-F2 or ... to my VM on an external iMac wired keyboard.  these are the virtual console keys on linux.  one needs to go to the Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse -> Key Mappings and enter them there.

alas, how do I enter "F1" in the bottom ?  I cannot type in the key, and in OSX it is intercepted by the screen brightness.  for example, I may want to map applekey-w to alt-F1 .

advice appreciated.

/iaw

[WoodyZ · Accepted solution]

iawelch wrote: alas, how do I enter "F1" in the bottom ?  I cannot type in the key, and in OSX it is intercepted by the screen brightness.  for example, I may want to map applekey-w to alt-F1 .

Press: fn+F1

[iawelch]

thank you.  so, in Keyboard and Mouse, holding fn (above delete, below F13) and pressing the function key makes it possible to enter a function key.  this makes remapping easy.