virtual keyboard input source problem, macOS host and macOS guest

Here's the note. (I hadn't realized you can post an image here).

I use an HHKB 2 keyboard. Works great with a Windows VM and Ubuntu VM on a Catalina macOS host.

The problem is with a Catalina macOS guest, on a Catalina macOS host.

The problem is, shift-2 no longer gives me an @ as I expected. After poking around, I discovered my [ key had become my @ key.

I discovered that my shift-2 now produced a " symbol -- the printer's open-quote.

I opened up system's preference on macOS Catalina, in the VM, and discovered in keyboard input sources the reason for the problem -- they don't map correctly to my HHKB. What is the @ key doing over on the side?


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When you press the shift-2 key in the diagram, sure enough, you get the printer's open-quote.

More disturbingly, the US keyboard can report different key layouts at different times. Sometimes you see [] in place of @[, for example, until you whack the shift key a few times.

Hoping Parallels can help with this.
 
FWIW I solved the problem by switching to the Australian keyboard, but that seems like rather a nasty kluge. It would be better if the U.S. keyboard was correct, IMHO.
 
prenez said:
Here's the note. (I hadn't realized you can post an image here).

I use an HHKB 2 keyboard. Works great with a Windows VM and Ubuntu VM on a Catalina macOS host.

The problem is with a Catalina macOS guest, on a Catalina macOS host.

The problem is, shift-2 no longer gives me an @ as I expected. After poking around, I discovered my [ key had become my @ key.

I discovered that my shift-2 now produced a " symbol -- the printer's open-quote.

I opened up system's preference on macOS Catalina, in the VM, and discovered in keyboard input sources the reason for the problem -- they don't map correctly to my HHKB. What is the @ key doing over on the side?


1*67INI8qanI7oMXkYk5DmWw.jpeg

When you press the shift-2 key in the diagram, sure enough, you get the printer's open-quote.

More disturbingly, the US keyboard can report different key layouts at different times. Sometimes you see [] in place of @[, for example, until you whack the shift key a few times.

Hoping Parallels can help with this.
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thanks my issue has been fixed.
 
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