Originally I use AutoHotKey to swap Capslock with Left shift, and to swap Enter with Left shift. Receiving Keyboard Input (Windows CE 5.0)Īlso, it makes it possible to remap modifiers, like Shift, Ctrl, Alt, Enter, Backspace and CapsLock. I provide some links to help you understand it better: (By the way, I found that Google Pinyin does poorly at this aspect: it detects 'key char' when I choose characters, and detects VK code when I navigate pages. and, the application does not receive VK_COMMA and VK_FULLSTOP events, so it stops to behave as expected.Īs Microsoft states, all applications should only detect VK codes instead of the hardware-dependant 'scan code' directly sent by key strokes. Now, with my new keyboard layout, without VK code modification, when I press. It used to let me go to next page/previous page with. The same applies to other programs, among those I use daily, Microsoft Pinyin IME (input method). If I don't change the VK code, when I press Ctrl+O, OS thinks I pressed Ctrl+P(because the combination it receives is Ctrl+VK_P), and prompts me the system print dialog. It is to: unify the 'key chars' (the characters output you get when typing) and 'VK codes' (the real key OS thinks you pressed).įor example, in my current keyboard layout, O is in the original position of P. Change the VK code of all the keys, including the key which you can map, and modifier keys which is not allowed to remap in MSKLC.For example, in Spanish default keyboard layout, by default the key ´ is a dead key: you press it once and nothing happens and you press it again, or press Space, two ´ are shown. Dead keys are keys used in a combination typing: by solely pressing it you don't get any output, like it is dead then you press another key to get desired output. (About levels on a key cap, make sure to read this Wikipedia article:, in the ' Level and Group selection' section.)ĭefine 'dead keys'.

Map the four levels of a key, so that you can type up to 4 letters/symbols with combinations of one key and all the modifiers.

Micros oft keyboard layout creator 1.4