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The setup: I'm using Windows 10, 8, 8.1 and 7 with a international keyboard, US keyboard, Windows keyboard, PC keyboard with VNC client TighVNC, RealVNC, UltraVNC to remote control a iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, running OS X, with Screen Sharing activated as the VNC server.
The problem 1: My keyboard mapping is all wrong, can't input Alt key(Option ⌥ ). It is identified as Command key ⌘ .
The problem 2: My keyboard is international and a lot of the keys are wrongly mapped.
You could try TeamViewer.
Like Logmein.com, it is a full software and one based one Mac OS X vnc.
By the way, it also works from an iPad or an iPhone or from a web browser under Windows.
Got this all from more recent Brett Terpstra posts, so full credit to him.
Using Karabiner Elements and BetterTouchTool, you can create a "Hyper" key mapped to control-option-shift-command (which probably won't be used by any apps as a default modifier). Then you can use BetterTouchTool to maps Cap Locks + "a" to type "=". Typing "a" by itself still gets the letter "a". You can also set it up that tapping Cap Locks alone functions as the escape key or even as standard Caps Lock.
Rather than reposting Brett's code here, I'll link to the post: A Hyper Key with Karabiner Elements, full instructions.
Some screenshots to help guide you along:
After adding Brett's code to karabiner.json, the Complex Modifications pane will look like so. No need to do anything else here.
In BetterTouchTool, switch to the Keyboard pane, add a shortcut, type Caps Lock + character, then choose "Insert/Type/Paste Custom Text" as the Trigger Predefined Action.
In the Insert/Type/Paste Custom Text sheet, type the character(s) you want and choose "Insert Text by Typing".
Best Answer
Problem 1) Use RealVNC client. In my experience,
alt(Option) is in the Windows Key and Command is in the alt. Check out the documentation here https://www.realvnc.com/docs/mac-keyboard-mapping.html There is no fix for thealt(Option) key on TightVNC.I tried to use software on the Mac to remap / change the keys functionality such as Karabiner (previously called KeyboardRemap4Macbook), Seil and even the native system Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys to change
ctrlforaltorcapslockforalt, but it seems that when on VNC, those configurations are ignored. It's like a different keyboard is being used and it doesn't show up in the Select keyboard menu, only the local one.Problem 2) VNC for some reason treats your keyboard as it were an US keyboard. You'll have to change in windows, the layout of your keyboard to US international, and by doing this, almost all your keys are going to be mapped correctly in the Mac. You can set different keyboard layout for different applications.
I registered a issue on TightVNC sourceforge account about this, but the project seems to be dead, so no hope. Same problem happens on RealVNC.
For those keys that are still missing / dead a workaround is to use the Character map (while editing a text press
Ctrl+alt+space-baror at the menu select Edit > Emoji & Symbols )Alternative is to use a different remote desktop solution. If it's for personal use, go for TeamViewer. I tried and it's a lot better, with full support for the keyboard, better connection, imagem, etc, But if it's for business / comercial use, Teamviewer's price is just ridiculous IMO. The cheapest license called 'Business' cost U$ 749.