#Remapping keys on keyboard windows 10 install#
#Remapping keys on keyboard windows 10 software#
#Remapping keys on keyboard windows 10 code#

#Remapping keys on keyboard windows 10 software#

People switch software keyboards a lot, but never the physical keyboard 😉 🙏 I actually only installed Powertoys today because I was confident it would (finally) allow me to remap 'weird keys' on the physical Danish keyboard I got from a reseller when I am using the software Danish keyboard, and remap certain other keys when I am using the software English US keyboard, when using the software Canadian keyboard, Portuguese, German, etc.

#Remapping keys on keyboard windows 10 install#

This feature alone will be reason enough for a lot of people to install the power toys. It is not only useful for currencies, but also for typing the odd umlaut character one might need while using the US keyboard layout.

#Remapping keys on keyboard windows 10 code#

English keyboard).Įither this or allow shortcut remapping for the code shortcuts. English), I get '2' instead of 'č' (because the letter č on a Lithuanian keyboard is where the number 2 is on a U.S. Instead, when I subsequently type Ctrl+Alt+C (once back in U.S. If I try to enter č in the 'Maped To' field by temporarily switching the language to Lithuanian in order to type č, the remapping does not work as desired. English keyboard to the Lithuanian letter č. If I try to type the usual sequence Alt+0128, only the last key-press of the sequence 'sticks' and it does not work.Īnd one more use case: I would like to remap Ctrl+Alt+C in my U.S. Since the € is not present in this keyboard/language, there does not currently appear a way type € in the 'Remap To' field. Here is an additional use case: I would like to remap Ctrl+Shift+4 to € when using a U.S. Please extend the current functionality by permitting the entry of any Unicode character in the 'Mapped To' field, or by making the current cross-language behavior optional. To me, the main point of using Keyboard Manager in this way is to avoid having to recall a Unicode sequence or change keyboard languages every time I want to insert a single foreign character, like € or č, when typing mostly in U.S. In Keyboard Manager, it should be possible to remap keys and shortcuts to any Unicode character, even those that are not present in the current keyboard language. As I wrote in a separate thread that is now closed (sorry about that!): Support for all Unicode characters would be a dream. In the case of the layout i use, Ctrl + Alt + U yields € sign, so this one is not problematic, but I am mostly interested in £ and maybe other special characters. The € is often inserted by typing Ctrl + Alt + 5, but this may depend on the keyboard? I was also going to say Alt + 0128 will do the trick and Alt + 0163 is for the Pound, but then I read

I was even considering changing the shortcut to something else, but this would make the access to pound symbol even more difficult.

when accessing the task manager) and unintentionally triggering keyboard change. I know, but I find myself randomly pressing ctrl + shift (i.e. I know you can use the keypad for typing Unicode, but most (including mine) laptops don't have one and having a shortcut would be way easier anyways. something in Unicode that isn't on keyboards would be brilliant, if we could combine the shortcut and key remapping into one tool and let the user type in any symbol so you can copy & paste non-standard symbols. I do second this addition though, being able to type in any symbol e.g. UK to UK Extended) or Win+Space to change between all layouts.

If you have multiple press Ctrl+Shift to move between variations of the same language (e.g. You can probably get the £ symbol by changing or adding a keyboard layout in Windows settings.