MSKLC keyboard layout names in your own language

re: MSKLC keyboard layout names in your own language

Mike — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:00:34 GMT

Slightly off-topic request. For some months, the \ key on my Acer Tablet's UK-keyboard has not worked (it's between left shift and z, as expected). At first I thought the keypad was broken, but I had that replaced. It still doesn't work. So I tried to remap the keyboard using tools like MSKLC or KeyTweak. Interestingly when I test that key in these apps, it works perfectly.

I loaded the UK-Extended Keyboard layout into MSKLC, noting the following:

1. even though the \ registers when I tap it without a layout loaded, it fails when I do have a UK layout loaded

2. if I "Test Keyboard Layout" with UK-Extended then the key works (in both shift states)

3. The Validate Layout log says : " WARNING: '\' defined on OEM_5 (Base) but not defined elsewhere. This key may not be present on all keyboards."

I'm stumped. Why isn't Windows (XP SP2) paying attention to this key?

re: MSKLC keyboard layout names in your own language

Michael S. Kaplan — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:22:18 GMT

Seems like something for the Suggestion Box?

re: MSKLC keyboard layout names in your own language

Ivan Petrov — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:45:46 GMT

Ahaaa,

Thank you for the post Michael :-)

Regards,

Ivan.

When the NLS keyboard's notions about LCIDs aren't the same as in NLS, part #1

Sorting It All Out — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:48:25 GMT

Following up on yet another of those fun issues that spins out of the architecture for custom keyboard

What the #$!*& is a KeyboardLayoutId, anyway?

Sorting It All Out — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:17:01 GMT

One never knows how dumb one was until one gets a little bit smarter. :-) I'll explain what I mean, how