That key will be highlighted on the left column. Or just find the key you want to replace on the list manually.

Click the 'Type Key' button and press the key you want to replace.

Run the SharpKeys program and click the 'Add' button.

Open your virtual machine program and download and install SharpKeys.

Included in the application is a list of common keyboard keys and a Type Key feature to automatically recognize most keyboard keys. SharpKeys is a utility that manages a Registry key that allows Windows to remap one key to any other key. One option to remap an unused key to the missing insert key is by using an open source program called SharpKeys.

If you are going to be using Windows screen readers a lot on your Mac, this is probably the best option. This option is more expensive, but also more reliable. There are many external keyboards you can plugin or that use Bluetooth to connect to your Mac. Use an external keyboard that has an insert key. I downloaded the source code of SharpKeys, and added to its code, file Dialog_Main.cs, method BuildParseTables(), the line m_hashKeys.Add('E1_1D', '-by Vitox: Pause/Break') Īfter that, I was able to remap the Pause/Break key flawlessly.īy the way, Randy Rants, this is a great tool.Before trying any of the methods below, you may want to configure NVDA to use 'Laptop' keyboard layout in the NVDA menu (NVDA+n) => Preferences => Keyboard Settings since the desktop layout relies on many keys which do not exist on some Mac keyboards (depending on your computer and/or keyboard model). Since SharpKeys is already a great tool, I just download its code and added to the key map table this key code E1 1D and was able to remap using it without any further modifications. (he also messed around with Del key, which is unnecessary) There, the guy was able to remap the key just using the first 2 bytes of the sequence. I also downloaded SharpKeys (which, by the way, is awesome), and at first was also unable to change the Pause/Break key to another key (my case wanna change to Media:Play/Pause).Īfter a little research, found this page blog: I remapped Pause / Break key flawlessly using only SharpKeys! This is how I did it:

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