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Apple UK keyboard layout for Windows


Because I am now working on a .Net project and I don’t want to work on a PC ;-) , I decided to install Windows as guest on my Mac in VirtualBox.

Everything works perfectly fine except that Windows doesn’t like my Apple keyboard. What a surprise! :roll:

After a quick search on Google, I found a fix for:

But I didn’t find anything for the ‘normal’ Apple UK keyboard. Unfortunately, I can’t use the MacBook Pro UK keyboard layout because it is slightly different than the USB and Wireless Apple UK keyboards layout. :-(

So my friend Google :-P didn’t leave me any other choice than create my own keymap for this keyboard using the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator.

You can download it clicking on the following link: Keyboard Layout Setup Files (English UK – Apple). And here is the source KLC file if you want to make change to it: Source KLC File for English UK – Apple Keyboard Layout.

To use, simply unzip, run setup, and then in your keyboard settings (Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options) change to “United Kingdom – Custom”. You may wish to remove the default UK keyboard to avoid confusion. If it still doesn’t work, don’t hesitate to reboot Windows! ;)

This is working well on my VirtualBox but it should also work on any Windows instance (i.e. VMWare, Parallels, etc).

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  1. #1 by EcoWarrior on 20 Feb 2010 - 07:07

    Although you have gone to the dark side with .Net I love how you have managed to keep the faith with VirtualBox and lovin’ the keymap. Anything is possible!

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  2. #2 by Martin Sutherland on 05 Apr 2010 - 19:17

    Works great for me – many thanks!

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  3. #3 by Ken on 25 Apr 2010 - 23:59

    Great thanks.

    Just one question where is the hash key on this layout?

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  4. #4 by smoreau on 27 Apr 2010 - 15:05

    On Mac OSX, you need to press <Alt>+3 to get the hash symbol. However, I forgot to set it up in this keymap. :(

    Please find below the link to download the updated keymap including the hash symbol:
    http://www.logikdev.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/English-UK-Apple.zip
    I also changed the links on the post.

    Please let me know if there is any other missing keys. :)

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  5. #5 by Ken on 04 May 2010 - 20:30

    Thank you very much.

    I had manually changed it to ALT+3 as well. But I will use your key map as I need to press CTRL afterwards for some reason.

    I think you have covered every other key. Thanks.

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  6. #6 by smoreau on 04 May 2010 - 20:44

    Great! Thanks. :)

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