Questions tagged [remapping]
Refers to the process of making a button, program, function, etc perform a different action than it usually does.
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Re-mapping NumLock key to behave as the End key
I happen to be in a similar situation to that of the unfortunate soul who posted this question: Re-mapping the «PowerOff» key on Asus laptop keyboard under Windows 10 64 bits?. That is, I ...
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Map ö-key in Zathura
I'm trying to map the ö-key to scroll right, however it seems like I cannot find the right name of that key.
I added
map j scroll left
map k scroll down
map l scroll up
map ö scroll right
in my ...
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How to remap/swap = and + key on Mac?
I just read from Donald Knuth's home page that he remapped some keys:
DonKeys.keylayout and DonKeysExtended.keylayout
Custom keyboards for
my Macintoshes -- more logical and efficient ...
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Vim: Operator pending mode remaps not working
I'm trying to build a vimscript can be used with the Dvorak Simplified Layout. I.e., given that the keys on the keyboard plugged into the computer are laid out in the Dovark Simplified Layout (and the ...
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How to access Alt-Gr in Windows mode in a Kinesis Advantage keyboard?
On page 39 of the Kinesis Advantage keyboard manual it say:
When a non-US keyboard driver is selected, the right Alt key on a
traditional keyboard becomes a new kind of modifier, “Alt Gr.” Alt Gr
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F13 is incorrectly treated as numpad Enter in vcxsrv
I use SharpKeys on my Windows 8 machine to rebind the Caps Lock key to F13 so that I can use it as a hotkey/modifier in other programs. This works fine in Windows applications--for example, http://...
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Remap keys on windows without running EXEs or admin
I work in an environment (Win10) where you are allowed to modify files in your user folder, but are not allowed admin or the ability to run any executable file. I am also not allowed to modify the ...
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Is it possible to make the OS reroute from C:/path to D:/path?
I lack space on a drive. I cannot simply split the data I store between two drives or the applications using it will fail.
Is there a way to split the data and have the OS (Windows 10) take care of ...
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How can I remap the volume scroll wheel to mouse wheel on a Corsair K70 keyboard?
How can I remap the volume scroll wheel to mouse wheel on a Corsair K70 keyboard? (e.g., instead of increasing the volume, I want the scroll to send a mouse wheel up signal)
I use Windows 7 SP1 x64 ...
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Remapping virtual desktops using hotkeys [duplicate]
i like when i use ubuntu 17 and mac os having different programs at different virtual desktops.
Anyone can help me do a script in "hotkeys" that put :
F1 key = First virtual desktop
F2 key = 2nd ...
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Remapping A Virtual On-Screen Keyboard (OSK)?
I used TweakKey to remap a key on my Surface Book 2. I found that the change worked on the physical keyboard, but not on the OSK. Is there a way to re-map the OSK?
I know how to do so with AutoHotKey,...
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How can I run a shell script when a (bluetooth and/or HID) keyboard, reconnects?
Trying to find how to run a shell script when a keyboard reconnects.
In my specific case I'm using a bluetooth keyboard along with macOS's ability to remap specific keys via hidutil. I set my custom ...
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Remap only ONE mouse in Windows 10
For example, I have a two Bluetooth mouses, Mouse1 and Mouse2. I want to remap Mouse1 so that Mouse1 Left-Click becomes the 'Space' key. I want Mouse2 to function like normal mouse, unaffected by the ...
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Changing what character is sent while pressing shift
I'd like to change they way my keyboard works.
I want my
< and >
keys changed to
" and "
keys.
Is there a way to change what the a key will send if the shift key is held down.
I'm ...
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Win Up key as Tab key instead Windows Menu
I would like to modify Windows(Super) key behavour like:
{LWin Up} key as Tab character instead Windows Menu.
LWin + letter, number, function key etc - works like normal behaviour.(ex: Win + m - ...
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How to map custom Logitech keyboard keys on Windows?
I have Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse MK710. On Fedora I could map every key including a custom key that opens a CD tray, in fact I think all keys were mapped correctly by default. On Windows 10,...
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how to modify my Logitech k810 special keys?
I downloaded SetPoint and remapped the special keys on my Logitech K810 keyboard. However, the "my keyboard" tab there is not found.
I Googled and tried to reinstall and restart several times, ...
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Linux/Ubuntu: Alt + ijkl remapping as arrow keys not working as I want to
On windows I use Alt + ijkl to simulate the arrow keys. I do this with Autohotkey. I'm using Ubuntu in VirtualBox to learn how to use it, and to see if it is the right OS for me when it comes to ...
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Disable mouse using a key
Is there a way I can assign a key to block other keys using autohotkey?
I've tried this, tried adding parentheses nothing works
Here is the code
g::
lbutton::
rbutton::
BlockInput, MouseMove
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Batch file to switch mapped disk locations
I have to switch my mapped disk because I work on two servers and don't want to change paths stored in files I modify.
Generally both locations are mapped as P: in my company.
I've just wonder how to ...
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Re-mapping the «PowerOff» key on Asus laptop keyboard under Windows 10 64 bits?
What I am trying to accomplish:
To re-map a laptop's power button that is absurdly placed as a key in the keyboard.
Context:
I have recently bought an upgraded version of ASUS VivoBook Pro N552VW ...
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AutoHotkey remapping for Autodesk Maya navigation
I'm trying to remap existing navigation controls for panning 3D view in Maya.
Since Maya doesn't allow any changes to its navigation I want to try to do that with AutoHotKey.
By default to pan a view ...
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What is <buffer> used for on vim mapping?
From the :help command, in the key mapping section:
If the first argument to one of these commands is <buffer> the
mapping will be effective in the current buffer only.
I don't understand ...
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Caps+Shift+hjkl as arrow keys
I currently map caps to CTRL-L using the following .Xmodmap:
clear lock
clear control
keycode 66 = Control_L
add control = Control_L Control_R
I'd like to additionally map Caps+Shift+HJKL to be ...
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On Windows, is there a way to map double-tapping the Shift key to make it behave as Capslock, like keyboards on mobile?
I've recently remapped the Capslock key to Esc and it's great, but I also miss its actual functionality at times. So I wondered if it would be possible to make the Shift key behave as it does for ...
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Windows remote smb connection over port 4450
I have a NAS and I used to access it remotely but my ISP started to block low ports as 20, 21, 22, 80, 139, 443, 445, etc... So I did some port remapping on my router to accept SMB connections over ...
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How to disable alt-tilda on Ubuntu 16.04?
I need the alt-tilda combination for my IDE's (by JetBrains), however Ubuntu insists capturing this combination for in-app windows switching.
Tried following several guides (both ccsm and dconf-...
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How can I remap function keys while ensuring that they retain their original functions?
I would like to remap certain keys but ensure that they still retain their original functions with modifiers.
For example, I want to remap F4 to mute, but I want ALT+F4 to still close applications. ...
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Keytweak / Sharpkeys on Windows Doesn't Rekey
I lost my beloved Q key a few months back. I changed Q to an extra key on my keyboard, but when I updated to Anniversary (1607), I lost my key, which I have since been unable to change back using ...
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Change Windows keyboard shortcuts for applications
Are there any way to set a custom keyboard shortcut for an application in Windows?
More specifically I'd like to overwrite the exisisting WIN + E shortcut (which is default for opening Windows ...
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Mapping Keys to Commands in Vimperator
I want to close the current tab on clicking ww that is two minuscule w's sequentially
So I imagine I need to put in vimperatorrc a line similar to the following
map <ww> :tabclose<CR>
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How do I map Ctrl + F8 in vim?
I've been trying to map Ctrl + F8 in several different ways but I just can't get it to work.
After I made some researches I found out that vim doesn't support all terminal keycodes and I have to ...
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Is there a way to map FN to MenuKey without outside software?
My new Rosewill mech keyboard has an FN key instead of Menu Key (aka context key or apps key). Is there any way I can map that to the Menu Key without downloading outside software? Unfortunately can'...
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How can I map “Shift + (A number)” to “(Another number)” using xmodmap?
I want to map my keys so that pressing Shift + 1 produces a 6, Shift + 2produces a 7, etc. to make it possible to type all numbers using only my left hand.
When I try xmodmap -e "keycode 10 Shift_L = ...
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Not able to set up key maps involving <Tab> in Vim in a terminal
I'm a Vim noob who liked the instructions in this wiki to set up key mapping for quickly cycling through several files. The only problem: I can't get it to work!
My ~/.vimrc contains these lines (...
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Keyboard remapping with profiles
So I am looking for a program that functions a lot like XMBC which is a program that allows you to remap / simulate key presses with your mouse buttons.
But I want to be able to remap key presses to ...
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Remapping “Ctrl Shift Z” as “Ctrl Y” in Excel with AutoHotKey
I'm on Windows 8.1 using MS Excel 2013, and I'm using this AutoHotKey script...
$^+z::
SetKeyDelay -1
Send {RCtrl Down}y{RCtrl Up}
to remap "Ctrl Shift Z" as "Ctrl Y", in order to perform... ...
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How to map all centos shutdown commands to reboot command
i'm running a centos server and I would like to make it so, that when you type the shut down command(s) it would instead reboot the server.
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Remap any key to F5 in Vim
I am trying to remap a key (I do not matter which) to F5 key because my physical keyboard hasn't got F1 - F12 keys. How can I do it?
I have tried to use nnoremap but I am doing something wrong. I ...
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Remap Keys - no software
I need to swap/remap the location of the ' (apostrophe & quote key) and the ; (semi colon & colon key). I find it greatly increases typing efficiency.
I need to do this without installing any ...
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How to remap Ctrl-j to ENTER on Mac OS X Yosemite?
How to remap Ctrl-j to ENTER on Mac OS X Yosemite ?
I downloaded & installed Karabiner - but I don't know how can it be done with it?
Maybe it can be done somehow with Alfred?
Any help will be ...
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AHK keymapping and Joysticks
I've been trying to make a AHK script work with my Logitech F310 gamepad. There is 11 buttons on the controller total, however it doesn't recognise the 11th button being an actual button, even Windows ...
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external keyboard to behave in OSX as it would do in Windows
I'm struggling to configure under OSX Yosemite a Logitech K270 wireless keyboard to behave the same as it would do under Windows. The keyboard is paired to a mid 2015 15" MacBook Pro.
What I ...
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How can I remap “Alt”+“Gr” key combo to the Win key in Mac OS X on a Yogitype keyboard?
I have a Yogitype keyboard with a Windows keyboard layout but I’m using it in Mac OS X.
I basically would like to know how to map a modifier key to a non-modifier key, but specifically: How do I map ...
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The commercial at key has swapped with the double inverted commas key
Ever since I loaded Windows 10 the double inverted commas key (") on my wired keyboard has swapped with the commercial at key (@).
Can anybody please tell me how to swap them back?
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Vim: map shift-K to open help on current word in a new tab
In conjunction with https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3131393/remapping-help-in-vim-to-open-in-a-new-tab , I'm looking to also make the shift-K shortcut that opens help in a new tab.
I first tried ...
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Chrome: Remap Cmd+Click to Ctrl+Click for “open link in new window”
I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts, and recently I've found that pressing Cmd with the thumb is becoming quite painful.
I've remapped Capslock to Ctrl, and are now switching to using Ctrl (capslock ...
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Can't login any more after remapping alt-key (CtrlAltDel)
I did a very stupid thing. I have disable the ALT-key in the registry, and now I can't enter any more the Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence to login.
What can I do?
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Map `AltGr + [' to `å'
I'm on a Norwegian keyboard and use setxkbmap us to code. Sometimes I communicate in Norwegian. This requires me to setxkbmap no. That is rather annoying. I would like to remap the AltGr with another ...
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Map capslock to control in windows 10
In windows 8 I used to remap my capslock key to control using the registry script
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,...
