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Convert OS X keycodes to key location? (irrespective of system keyboard language/layout)
The Next CEO of Stack OverflowHot to get the Keyboard Layout language & locale in the format “en_US” in MAC OS X?Creating a system preferences-like key mapping interfacelibrary with keyboard layoutsKeyboard media key strokes impossible to capture?Find out if a given character is represented as physical key on the keyboard (Mac OS X)How to get the “name” of a CGKeyCode?System level key simulation in Cocoaosx fn and select key not responding on external keyboardWhere is the location Mac OS store keyboard layout?Check if the u key is pressed Swift Cocoa
I want to detect where a pressed key physically is on a Mac keyboard. Looking at the keycode tells me the char etc. but not the location, which varies with language/keyboard layout. I'd need something like row indexes for the key.
I'm able to look at the keyboard layout language using this code:
TISInputSourceRef source = TISCopyCurrentKeyboardInputSource();
NSLog(@"localized name: %@", TISGetInputSourceProperty(source, kTISPropertyLocalizedName));
From which I could map location through building keycode location dictionaries for each language, but that could be a lot of work to cover most keyboards.
Any ideas for a shortcut?
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I want to detect where a pressed key physically is on a Mac keyboard. Looking at the keycode tells me the char etc. but not the location, which varies with language/keyboard layout. I'd need something like row indexes for the key.
I'm able to look at the keyboard layout language using this code:
TISInputSourceRef source = TISCopyCurrentKeyboardInputSource();
NSLog(@"localized name: %@", TISGetInputSourceProperty(source, kTISPropertyLocalizedName));
From which I could map location through building keycode location dictionaries for each language, but that could be a lot of work to cover most keyboards.
Any ideas for a shortcut?
objective-c macos cocoa macos-carbon
asked Jul 26 '14 at 22:56
IanIan
527520
add a comment |
I want to detect where a pressed key physically is on a Mac keyboard. Looking at the keycode tells me the char etc. but not the location, which varies with language/keyboard layout. I'd need something like row indexes for the key.
I'm able to look at the keyboard layout language using this code:
TISInputSourceRef source = TISCopyCurrentKeyboardInputSource();
NSLog(@"localized name: %@", TISGetInputSourceProperty(source, kTISPropertyLocalizedName));
From which I could map location through building keycode location dictionaries for each language, but that could be a lot of work to cover most keyboards.
Any ideas for a shortcut?
objective-c macos cocoa macos-carbon
asked Jul 26 '14 at 22:56
IanIan
527520
I want to detect where a pressed key physically is on a Mac keyboard. Looking at the keycode tells me the char etc. but not the location, which varies with language/keyboard layout. I'd need something like row indexes for the key.
I'm able to look at the keyboard layout language using this code:
TISInputSourceRef source = TISCopyCurrentKeyboardInputSource();
NSLog(@"localized name: %@", TISGetInputSourceProperty(source, kTISPropertyLocalizedName));
From which I could map location through building keycode location dictionaries for each language, but that could be a lot of work to cover most keyboards.
Any ideas for a shortcut?
objective-c macos cocoa macos-carbon
objective-c macos cocoa macos-carbon
asked Jul 26 '14 at 22:56
IanIan
527520
asked Jul 26 '14 at 22:56
IanIan
527520
asked Jul 26 '14 at 22:56
IanIan
527520
asked Jul 26 '14 at 22:56
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527520
asked Jul 26 '14 at 22:56
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You are incorrect about the key code. On OS X, the virtual key code corresponds to the key position. It does not indicate which character would be generated by the keyboard layout.
For example, key code 0 is kVK_ANSI_A. What this means is not that it is the key which produces the "A" character. It means it's the key which is in the position that the "A" key is on an ANSI standard keyboard. It's the leftmost key in the middle row of letter keys.
When key code 0 is translated through the French keyboard layout with no modifiers, it produces the "q" character.
answered Jul 26 '14 at 23:32
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Ah, I see! That saves effort! Thanks
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You are incorrect about the key code. On OS X, the virtual key code corresponds to the key position. It does not indicate which character would be generated by the keyboard layout.
For example, key code 0 is kVK_ANSI_A. What this means is not that it is the key which produces the "A" character. It means it's the key which is in the position that the "A" key is on an ANSI standard keyboard. It's the leftmost key in the middle row of letter keys.
When key code 0 is translated through the French keyboard layout with no modifiers, it produces the "q" character.
answered Jul 26 '14 at 23:32
Ken ThomasesKen Thomases
71.6k671109
Ah, I see! That saves effort! Thanks
– Ian
Jul 27 '14 at 0:31
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You are incorrect about the key code. On OS X, the virtual key code corresponds to the key position. It does not indicate which character would be generated by the keyboard layout.
For example, key code 0 is kVK_ANSI_A. What this means is not that it is the key which produces the "A" character. It means it's the key which is in the position that the "A" key is on an ANSI standard keyboard. It's the leftmost key in the middle row of letter keys.
When key code 0 is translated through the French keyboard layout with no modifiers, it produces the "q" character.
answered Jul 26 '14 at 23:32
Ken ThomasesKen Thomases
71.6k671109
Ah, I see! That saves effort! Thanks
– Ian
Jul 27 '14 at 0:31
add a comment |
You are incorrect about the key code. On OS X, the virtual key code corresponds to the key position. It does not indicate which character would be generated by the keyboard layout.
For example, key code 0 is kVK_ANSI_A. What this means is not that it is the key which produces the "A" character. It means it's the key which is in the position that the "A" key is on an ANSI standard keyboard. It's the leftmost key in the middle row of letter keys.
When key code 0 is translated through the French keyboard layout with no modifiers, it produces the "q" character.
answered Jul 26 '14 at 23:32
Ken ThomasesKen Thomases
71.6k671109
You are incorrect about the key code. On OS X, the virtual key code corresponds to the key position. It does not indicate which character would be generated by the keyboard layout.
For example, key code 0 is kVK_ANSI_A. What this means is not that it is the key which produces the "A" character. It means it's the key which is in the position that the "A" key is on an ANSI standard keyboard. It's the leftmost key in the middle row of letter keys.
When key code 0 is translated through the French keyboard layout with no modifiers, it produces the "q" character.
answered Jul 26 '14 at 23:32
Ken ThomasesKen Thomases
71.6k671109
answered Jul 26 '14 at 23:32
Ken ThomasesKen Thomases
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answered Jul 26 '14 at 23:32
Ken ThomasesKen Thomases
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answered Jul 26 '14 at 23:32
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Ah, I see! That saves effort! Thanks
– Ian
Jul 27 '14 at 0:31
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Ah, I see! That saves effort! Thanks
– Ian
Jul 27 '14 at 0:31
Ah, I see! That saves effort! Thanks
– Ian
Jul 27 '14 at 0:31
Ah, I see! That saves effort! Thanks
– Ian
Jul 27 '14 at 0:31
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