For me, this meant that I told my computer to treat Caps Lock as if it was a shift key, which it now does. There's a little used registry hack that allows you to remap keys across a keyboard.
What's a keyboard mapping? How many times a day do you accidentally hit cAPS lOCK BY MISTAKE AND END UP HAVING TO GO BAck and retype stuff? For me it was at least once an hour - in fact, I used to pop off the Caps Lock key so I wouldn't hit it anymore, but I found something better in Windows XP, as well as 2000, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10. This is something that I've thrown together to help people out with their keyboard mappings. What I don't know is if it works or not, so if you successfully or unsuccessfully remap the Alt+Gr key, please let people know in the Issues section - thanks! Original Mission:
I finally merged the code change that changes the way keys are entered into the list, which includes looking for triple-byte keycodes and should enable the ability to remap Alt+Gr. NET 4.0 Client Profile Call for feedback!
Included in the application is a list of common keyboard keys and a Type Key feature to automatically recognize most keyboard keys. My biggest complaint is the lack of media keys, which means you have access Control Center every time you want to manage playback or use the physical buttons to adjust the volume level.Īlso, it’s important to note that both of these choices apply to the traditional Smart Keyboard as well.SharpKeys is a utility that manages a Registry key that allows Windows to remap one key to any other key. Unfortunately, you can’t easily replicate some of the other functionality that a function row would offer. For instance, remapping the Caps Lock key to the ESC functionality has been the best for my workflow.
It’s nice that there are two solutions for doing this, in case you find that one is easier than another. The Magic Keyboard’s lack of a function row is disappointing, but being able to still access some of the usefulness of the Escape key does help quite a bit. Of course, this also means you lose Caps Lock functionality unless you remap it to another key. Now, every time you hit the Caps Lock key, it will perform just like an Escape key would. To do this, tap the “Caps Lock Key” option and pick the “Escape” option. The most common recommendation is to remap the Caps Lock key to act like an Escape key. Once you make it to this screen in Settings, you’ll see the ability to customize five different keys: Caps Lock, Control, Option, Command, and Globe. If the CMD + period solution is a bit too cumbersome for you, iPadOS allows you to remap physical hardware keys to have the same functionality as an ESC key would. This has actually been a keyboard command on the Mac for years, but I had no idea it existed, nor did I know it also worked for the iPad. That simply means that anywhere you would use an Escape key, such as exiting a full-screen video, you can hit ⌘. I was actually unaware of this key combination until I read Federico Viticci’s piece on MacStories about his early impressions of the new Magic Keyboard.Īs it turns out, there is system-wide support for replicating the ESC key’s functionality by using the Command + period key combination. There’s no Escape key on the iPad Pro’s Magic Keyboard, but there’s a built-in key combination to replicate the Escape functionality. Thankfully, there are two easy ways to replicate this functionality. One complaint from users, however, is the lack of a physical Escape key.
The new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro packs quite a few features, including backlighting and a built-in trackpad.