5.3 Map Editor
The Map Editor can be accessed from either the “Edit” or the “New” function.
Inputs:
- Display Name – map’s name (specified by user).
- Win Keyboard – contains a list of available keyboard based on current Windows settings.
- Mac OS Input – when connected to a remote Mac computer, contains a list of available Mac OS input languages.
- Allow using this keyboard map – activates the current map.
Functions:
- Add – creates a new conversion rule including: Windows Key, Shift key status and corresponding Mac Key and Shift status.
- Edit – change an existing conversion rule.
- Delete – delete an existing conversion rule.
- Apply – use a new conversion rule in the current session.
Conversion Rules:
- Win. Key – the Windows key identifier that is associated with the event (a list of key identifiers is provided, for reference, in the next section of this document).
- Shift – the status of the “shift key” (in Windows). This can be: Any, Up (the key is not pressed) or Down (the key is pressed).
- Mac. Key – the desired corresponding Mac key identifier (a list of key identifiers is provided, for reference, in the next section of this document).
- Shift – the corresponding status of the “shift key” on the remote Mac computer. The available options are: Any (will match the Windows shift key status), Up (the key is not pressed) and Down (the key is pressed).