A key that is pressed on a keyboard in combination with a letter or digit key to perform some function. The modifier key is held down while another key is pressed one or more times. For example ...

Inspired by Randall Munroe's xkcd comic "Up Goer Five," where rocket science is explained using only the 1,000 most common ...

Often used with a modifier key; for example, Control-Home may jump the cursor to the top of the file. Used to call up a menu or perform a function, they are located in a cluster on the left side ...

you can hit one key at a time in a keyboard shortcut. You can even set it to make a noise, so you know it’s working. This way, you can press a modifier key and have it remain active until ...

Raycast lets you map the Hyper Key to all of your Mac's modifier keys, which means you can use it to press Command-Control-Option-Shift without mastering some kind of complex finger yoga.