Because Mac OSX grabs the caps lock key and doesn't pass it through to VMWare windows in a normal way, its necessary to remap another key to the caps lock so it can be used as a jaws or NVDA laptop modifier key. On both my USB full keyboard and the bluetooth keyboard, I have them setup so that pressing grave accent is now remapped to function as caps lock key, and the caps lock key acts as a press of the grave accent key, and Tilda on the shifted capslock.
To do the remap in SharpKeys: 1) press "add" to create a key remap entry, . 2) select the caps lock key in the "from" list, note: the caps lock is way down the list under "special". 3) select the grave accent key in the "to" list. 4) press "add" again, and then select grave key in the "from" list, and caps lock in the "to" list. You now have two entries in the actions list which are the mirror image of each other, effectively swapping the positions of caps lock and grave accent keys on the keyboard. With the two entries made, press "write to registry". changes take effect after rebooting or loging off and back on again. All Key remaps can be undone by deleting the entries and pressing "write to registry". Note: In the Add process, it is important to select the keys from the list and not from the "type key" field. There is a podcast on this process found on Applevis.com. Do a site search for "sharpkeys". On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:15 AM, David Taylor <e.david.tay...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to map an NVDA key on my MacBook air but can't work out exactly > how to do it using Sharp Keys. Could somebody give detailed insructions on > how to find an insert key and how to select, save, the grave key, to remap to > please? None of the special keys like that seem well labelled in N DA in > Sharp keys, so it's a case of how do you find the key, or if you type it in, > how do you then escape from where you type the keys in, given that as yet > there is no NVDA key? > > Thanks > Dave > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
