Set Key Mappings on the
Keyboard and Mouse Preferences Pane
You can map
certain key combinations on your Mac keyboard to keys on your virtual machine.
The following mappings are
supported:
- Key to Key
- Set of Modifiers to Modifier
- Set of Modifiers + Key to Key
You cannot stack key mappings.
You cannot create one key mapping and include that key mapping as part of
another key mapping.
- Select and clickKeyboard & Mouse.
- ClickKey Mappingsto go to the Key Mappings pane.
- Select theEnable Key Mappingscheck box.
- Select theEnable Language Specific Key Mappingscheck box if you want to incorporate key mappings related to the keyboard layout for the language you selected in the Input Menu (as shown by the flag icon in the menu bar).When you change the Input Menu to a supported keyboard layout, additional key mappings are appended to the key mapping list.Fusionsupports U.K. English, Belgian, Danish, French, Swiss French, and German. This feature is not available for Mac OS X Server virtual machines.
- Change the key mapping settings.OptionDescriptionTurn a key mapping on or offClick the check box to the left of the Mac Shortcut.Edit a key mappingDouble-click the Mac Shortcut or Virtual Machine Shortcut to change and make that change in the Edit Key Mapping dialog.Add a key mappingClick the add (+) button and define the new key mapping in the Edit Key Mapping dialog.Delete a key mappingSelect the key mapping and click the remove (-) button.Restore the default settingsClickRestore Defaults.