Why Would I Want to Remap My Keys?
Unless you are one of the few people that make use of every key on your
keyboard and are completely happy with your keyboard layout, there is probably
something you would like to change on your keyboard. Maybe you have an IBM
Thinkpad and you really miss having a Windows Logo key. Maybe you are used to
using a different keyboard and you keep hitting the wrong key. Maybe you know that
you are going to be doing a lot of numerical data entry and would like to change your
Num Pad + key into a Tab key for a little while. How about changing Scroll Lock into a
Mute button? There are lots of reasons for why you might remap your keyboard.
I had a Dell Inspiron 3800, a model who was notorious for losing functionality in
four keys: 8, I, K, and comma. I remapped 8 to F8, I to Right-Alt, K to Right-Ctrl, and
comma to F9. Tada, a semi-working keyboard again. Good enough to use while
traveling anyway. My wife uses a Thinkpad and really missed having a Windows key
and didn’t mind giving up Right-Alt to get it.
Sure you could remap your keys the hard way by wading through scan codes and
reversing the hex notation. But why do that when there’s a simple app that can do it for