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Hey guys, I'm on a macbook and my enter key is broken for whatever reason. I use an alternate keyboard layout that allows me to use enter by pressing my equal/plus key, but it doesn't seem to work in Minecraft/java-based applications. This is a serious problem for multiplayer. I can't use chat or the important server-side functions. I really enjoy this game and I may pool some funds with my friends for a server if I can at least take part in multiplayer! Any suggestions? I think I can figure out how to run an alternative keyboard input in java if someone can explain to me how to create the necessary .jar file. I already tried simply changing the .keyboardlayout to .jar to no avail. Thanks for any input. (Yes, I know I should just get my keyboard replaced but I feel like Apple would charge me $100 or more and I'm a broke college student)

Change the Chat key.
Press Escape and bring up the Menu. Click on Options and then click on Controls.
Click on Chat and press the key that you want your chat key to be

Yeah. >esc>controls>change chat key (or whatever you wanna change)

Lol, what are you guys talking about? The enter key doesn't open chat. I believe the only way to fix this without using a custom-made mod(Somewhat possible, but I don't know anybody willing to put much effort into something like that) or an external keyboard(your best bet), would be to go to System Prefs, Language and Text ( the flag thingy), Input Sources, keyboard and character viewer. Then you can open a virtual keyboard from the toolbar, and click on "enter" when you want to submit your chat message. (which is possible because when chat is open, you DO have access to the mouse.