Keyboard Map Editor

The Keyboard Map Editor displays a graphic representation of a PC keyboard. Using the Keyboard Map Editor you can create customized keyboard maps, or edit existing keyboard maps. You can also load the keyboard map to use with your sessions. Depending on the security, you may have only restricted access to the functionality of the Keyboard Map Editor. You may view or print your keyboard map but you will not be able to remap it. Contact your system administrator for your security options.

Using the Keyboard Map Editor

Using the Keyboard Map Editor, you can perform a number of tasks.

Copy a function or character from one location to another on the working keyboard map.

Example 4 Keyboard Map Editor Workflow Example

For example, if the transmit function may be assigned to the plus (+) key on the numeric keypad, you can change it to F2 by copying the function from the current location to the desired location.
Copy a function or character from the default keyboard map to the working keyboard map.

The default keyboard map has certain terminal tool-specific functions associated with various keys. You cannot edit the default keyboard map, but you can display it while you are creating or editing another keyboard map. When the default keyboard map is displayed, you can drag and drop functions from the default keyboard map onto your working keyboard map.
Undo an action. You can undo any editing action you perform, such as deleting a keystroke.
Assign a function to a key.

Functions include sending keystrokes, running an application, a script, or a macro, and performing any function that appears on the menus, such as connecting to a host, navigating to a host screen, transferring a file, or printing.

The grayed-out keys cannot be mapped; the black and blank keys can be mapped. In addition, several keystrokes, such as ALT+SCROLL LOCK, are reserved by Windows functions. These keys are unavailable for remapping and will always perform their standard Windows functions.

Creating a keyboard map file (Keyboard Map Editor)

From the Settings dialog box, display an existing keyboard map.
From the File menu, choose New or click the New button. The Keyboard Map Editor displays a new keyboard.
Create your new keyboard map by assigning functions to keys.
Save your keyboard map when prompted.

Printing a keyboard map

From the Keyboard Map Editor, you can print a keyboard map, choosing to print text descriptions (a textformat list of the mappings), or graphic views (a graphic bitmap of the keyboard map). You can also specify which layers (shift-state combination) to print for either the text description or graphic view format.

From the Keyboard Map Editor, open the keyboard map you want to print.
To print a text description, from the File menu, choose Print, then from the Keyboard Map Printdialog box, under Print Formats, select Text Descriptions.

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To print a graphic view, from the File menu, choose Print, then from the Keyboard Map Print dialog box, under Print Formats, select Graphic Views.
Under Layers, select specific layers (shift-state combinations) to print, then choose OK.
From the File menu, choose Print Setup.
Select the desired printer, the print range, and the number of copies to print, then choose OK.

Opening a keyboard map from the Keyboard Map Editor

From the File menu, choose Open. The Open Keyboard Map dialog box appears.
Type the filename of the keyboard map you want or select it from the list displayed, then select Open.

Since you can have only one keyboard map open at a time, you will be prompted to save changes to the current keyboard map before the selected map opens.