One more key mapping please! :)

David Graham · Jan 16, 2007

The placement of the Alt and Windows keys are reversed in Parallels for Mac compared to a regular Windows PC. For those of us Mac users who are heavy Windows users, all of my muscle-memory for keyboard navigation is severely handicapped. I found it odd to find the Ctrl/Command mapping since that seems far less useful.

Thanks!

wbrimhall · Jan 20, 2007

Agreed...!

I can't agree more...!

I'm used to both platforms -- and used to where the respective keys are. I'd love the ability to do the following to things:

-- Have Parallels automatically switch the Cmd and Option keys inside the Windows VM -- so that the Alt and Windows keys are where I'd expect them to be in Windows when using a Mac keyboard.

-- Have an easy option to switch the Cmd and Option keys on the Mac side so that I can use a Windows keyboard with the Mac. (Note that this would be separate from the option above -- as I'd to use this option with a Windows keyboard to switch them on the Mac side -- and then the option above to switch them back in the Windows VM.) Ideally, this option could be on a per-keyboard basis so that the internal MacBook keyboard stays the same, but the external Windows keyboard gets switched.

wbrimhall · Jan 20, 2007

Yet another key mapping...

It would also be great if you could allow a key (such as the right Cmd key) to be remapped to a 'right click' -- so that a right click can be easily done when using an internal MacBook keyboard and trackpad.

joem · Jan 20, 2007

A click with two fingers on the trackpad will be interpreted as a right click both by the guest, and OSX.

drval · Jan 20, 2007

joem said:
A click with two fingers on the trackpad will be interpreted as a right click both by the guest, and OSX.

I'm not finding this to work currently in Windows using build 3120. Any settings I should check?

David Graham · Jan 21, 2007

Swamp cmd/ctrl

wbrimhall said:
-- Have an easy option to switch the Cmd and Option keys on the Mac side so that I can use a Windows keyboard with the Mac.

You can already do this using the Keyboard & Mouse Preference pane. Just click on the Modifier Keys button.

- Dave

David Graham · Jan 21, 2007

Gotta enable the feature

drval said:
I'm not finding this to work currently in Windows using build 3120. Any settings I should check?

The two-fingered right-click is not a Parallels feature; it's an OS X feature. It might require hardware support, so it may not work for all Power/MacBooks. In Keyboard & Mouse prefs, go to the Trackpad tab and enable "Tap trackpad using two fingers for seconday click".

- Dave

drval · Jan 21, 2007

David Graham said:
The two-fingered right-click is not a Parallels feature; it's an OS X feature. It might require hardware support, so it may not work for all Power/MacBooks. In Keyboard & Mouse prefs, go to the Trackpad tab and enable "Tap trackpad using two fingers for seconday click".

- Dave

Yes, I've seen in when on the Mac side but never on the Windows side under Paralles. But I'll check the config again. Thanks