HostExplorer- Keyboard Mapper- Instructions

Introduction

HostExplorer allows you to change keyboard assignments, or remap the keyboard layout.   You can change what a key represents or assign a Key combination.   This is called a keyboard shortcut.  Key combinations include a normal keyboard key and either shift, control, or control+shift.  To view a list of keyboard settings, see the "Viewing current key assignments" instructions below.

 WB01158_.GIF (255 bytes) To change the keyboard layout or assign a command or macro to a key or key combination, single-click the tool to the right of the smiley face or select Keyboard Mapper from the Options menu.  The following dialog box will appear:

(Figure 1: Keyboard Mapper dialog box)

Changing and Defining Keys

  1. Single-click the key that you want to change or define.  The key assignment for the selected key will appear in the Current Key box.  In Figure 1, "Esc" is selected.  The normal key (i.e., the key alone) issues the "reset" command and the other key combinations (shift+esc, control+esc, and control+shift+esc) are unassigned.
  2. Single-click the key combination (normal, shift, control, or control+shift) you want to assign in the Current Key box.  In Figure 1, Normal is selected.
  3. Select a Function Group by scrolling through the list.  In Figure 1 System Commands is selected.
  4. Select a Function and drag it from the Function list box onto the desired key on the keyboard or onto the mode (Normal, Shift, Control, Control+Shift, or Alt) in the Current Key box.
  5. Then single-click Set if this is the correct function or Clear Entry if you do not want to key the newly made function.  The functions are described in the Description box when you single-click on each function.  
  6. When you are all through assigning the functions single-click on Save to save all your changes. 

Tip

  • ALA characters are listed under the Function Group as ALA Diacritics and ALA Base Characters.
  • A quick key must first be created and saved (see "Quick Key" section) before it can be assigned to a key or a combination.
  • Do not click Save until you have completed all your keyboard changes since clicking Save will close the Keyboard Mapper.

Resetting a Key assignment to its default or to "Not Assigned"

WB01158_.GIF (255 bytes) If you want to reset a single key, single-click that key on the keyboard that displays in the Keyboard Mapper.  Then, single-click Default to reset all the key key combinations for that key to the HostExplorer defaults (not the Library defaults; the HostExplorer and Library defaults are sometime different).

If you want to reset a single key combination to "not assigned," than single-click Clear Entry.

DO NOT click Reset All because this will reset the entire keyboard to the HostExplorer defaults.  You will lose any changes you have made plus the diacritics on the number pad and other customized changes made at YUL.   If you do click on Reset All, you will see a dialog box asking you to confirm you decision.  Click No (unless you are positive you want to do this).

Viewing and Printing current key assignments

WB01158_.GIF (255 bytes) This feature is helpful if you have forgotten to which key you have assigned a quick key, or ALA character:

  1. In the Keyboard Mapper, single-click List Assigned Functions . . . The following dialog box will appear:

Current Keyboard Template dialog box.

Print dialog box.  Prints a list of all current key assignments to printer.   The print dialog box will appear.

        2.  Scroll through the list of key assignments or single-click Print to print the list.

Tip

Alphabetical character show that they are assigned as the normal and shift values, do not assign quick keys to these keys or any other keys you will need for their usual function.  For example do not assign quick keys to the function keys that you need for Orbis.

Yale University Library Workstation Support Group

Revised 6/18/98
karen.reardon@yale.edu
Document Created by Karen Trimberger, WSG Summer Employee