Simulate INSERT key in Mac OS X

Long story short, I am using Citrix to remote into my PC at work, and several applications require the use of the INSERT key, which, as everyone knows, Apple chose to eliminate from their keyboards. I've tried everything I can think of, and never been able to find an easy way to send this keycode via Citrix. I'm sure there are other uses for this, and I've read quite a few people's questions on the subject, but no one seems to have offered a viable solution.

I have the Apple USB keyboard (full-size, with numeric keypad), and in the position where the INSERT key would normally exist, Apple placed the "fn" key. Now, I still need this key from time to time, but what I'd love to see is perhaps Control-fn or similar to send the keycode for INSERT. If anyone knows how to achieve this, preferably without installing 3rd-party software (adware?), I'm all ears.

Solution 1:

For Midnight commander it seem to be ^/Ctrl+T=Insert. As suggested by jherran.

The more generic Insert function is supposed to be Fn+Return/Enter=Insert, see this other question for more discussion and details.

I have however had little success with Fn+Return working reliably in many applications.

Solution 2:

You can follow this post which suggesting to use Karabiner app to simulate Insert key with the following configuration of private.xml file (edit in Misc tab):

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>Fn + Ctrl-Left to Insert</name>
    <identifier>private.fn_ctrl_to_insert</identifier>
    <autogen>
      __KeyToKey__KeyCode::CONTROL_L, ModifierFlag::FN,
      KeyCode::PC_INSERT
    </autogen>
  </item>
</root>

and then enable newly created item after reloading the file in Change Key tab.

To find out the right key code, use EventViewer in Misc tab.

Solution 3:

fn + i worked for me and it enabled insert on my latest mac book pro terminal.