Using an Apple Magic keyboard

[RobThree]

Leaving this here as documentation (since I couldn't edit the/a Wiki): I'm using an Apple Magic Keyboard (with numpad) and these are my mappings:

And this is the registry data:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,0c,00,00,00,37,e0,64,00,46,00,65,00,\
  20,e0,67,00,6a,e0,68,00,2e,e0,69,00,30,e0,6a,00,45,00,45,e0,5b,e0,38,00,38,\
  00,5b,e0,5c,e0,38,e0,38,e0,5c,e0,00,00,00,00

Save the above in a .reg file (e.g. "apple_keyboard.reg" for example), double-click the file, allow it to be imported. Log off and back on (works on my Win10 machine, you may need to reboot) and you're set!

This maps:

F13 -> PrtScr
F14 -> Scroll Lock
F15 -> Sorry, can't map to break
F16 -> (Un)Mute
F17 -> Web: Back
F18 -> Volume Down
F19 -> Volume Up
Clear -> NumLock
Left Option -> Left Windows
Left Command -> Left Alt
Right Option -> Right Windows
Right Command -> Right Alt

Unfortunately the ⏏ key (between F12 and F13) and the fn button cannot be mapped (the latter I'd love to map to insert.

I use the above settings with Tray Status Pro to show the numlock and caps-lock states (can also do scroll-lock but I don't use it anyway) and only seldomly miss my HP Keyboard that I've used for over two decades. I use(d) shift + delete and shift + insert as ctrl + c / ctrl + v (copy/paste) alternative a lot since I can more easily find those keys blindly. Also being a programmer I miss the (ctrl + ) break key combo. Also the menu key is missing on the Apple Magic Keyboard so I didn't map it (maybe possible to use F17 for; but haven't figured out the codes (yet)). But that's about it. The rest works as expected.

I hope this information is useful to anyone. @randyrants : Thanks for the great tool 👍 Please consider opening the Wiki? 😘

[randyrants]

Just flipped it on, I think - plz let me know if it's not active.

[RobThree]

I see a wiki but no way to edit / add.

[randyrants]

Should be enabled now!

[RobThree]

Using an Apple Magic keyboard

[psyanite]

@RobThree, thank you so much 🙏
I'd really like to be able to map the eject key to delete, it can be done in https://github.com/samartzidis/WinAppleKey, perhaps it could be done in SharpKeys?

[nwittwer]

If anyone's using the Magic Keyboard without the numpad, this combo works quite nicely:

NOTE: I personally don't use the right command or option keys, so I haven't mapped them here.

[kevinjohncutler]

@RobThree, thank you so much 🙏
I'd really like to be able to map the eject key to delete, it can be done in https://github.com/samartzidis/WinAppleKey, perhaps it could be done in SharpKeys?

Did you figure out how to do that? I don't even know what code the eject key has. It does not come up with "type key" dialogue.

[verityj]

@kevinjohncutler

I don't even know what code the eject key has.

https://verityj.github.io/2023/06/17/eject.html HID key is 0xC000000b8. References included. I don't know how to create a proper scancode map for Windows for it, though.

[RobThree]

For future reference: since I got myself a macropad (which... isn't... bad), the swapped win/alt keys in SharpKeys which were then swapped back by MagicKeyboard (don't know or remember why I did that in the first place...) caused some confusion when configuring key combo's that used ALT in the (very spartan) macropad config utility.

So the registry key is now:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,20,e0,67,00,6a,e0,68,00,\
  2e,e0,69,00,30,e0,6a,00,00,00,00,00

And the settings are now as follows:

I know, I'm quite sure this is not very interesting for anyone, but still... you never know.