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cliche · 06-06-2005, 12:12 PM

I've finally bought a Mac Mini, which is lovely. However, like many I've brought over my old keyboard (very old - it doesn't even have a windows key!). It has " as shift-2 and @ as shift-'.
I downloaded a UK.keylayout file from the net and used Tiger's own settings to swap ctrl and cmd. It works great. Sometimes.
When I open the "Input Menu" in international, it won't let me select just the UK keyboard. I always have to select eg British or US as well. If I just have eg "British" and "UK" selected, the tick on the "British" keyboard is greyed out so I can't deselect it.
The real problem is that use of certain apps - eg Safari, iCal, Firefox - appear to automatically change the keyboard back to "British" (ie @ and " the original, wrong, way round) when their windows are selected. And clicks to select the UK keylayout are ignored. Other apps - eg Fire - will allow me to use the UK keylayout as planned. But using one of the 'bad' apps in the meantime sets me straight back to "British".

Can anyone help?

06-06-2005, 12:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
cliche Rookie Location: Oxford, UK	OSX (Tiger) Keyboard Layout I've finally bought a Mac Mini, which is lovely. However, like many I've brought over my old keyboard (very old - it doesn't even have a windows key!). It has " as shift-2 and @ as shift-'. I downloaded a UK.keylayout file from the net and used Tiger's own settings to swap ctrl and cmd. It works great. Sometimes. When I open the "Input Menu" in international, it won't let me select just the UK keyboard. I always have to select eg British or US as well. If I just have eg "British" and "UK" selected, the tick on the "British" keyboard is greyed out so I can't deselect it. The real problem is that use of certain apps - eg Safari, iCal, Firefox - appear to automatically change the keyboard back to "British" (ie @ and " the original, wrong, way round) when their windows are selected. And clicks to select the UK keylayout are ignored. Other apps - eg Fire - will allow me to use the UK keylayout as planned. But using one of the 'bad' apps in the meantime sets me straight back to "British". Can anyone help? __________________ I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. -- John Cage (1912 - 1992)