The keyboard Menu

Keyboard - Menu |

|  | Pressing the Menu button whilst the mouse pointer is inside the Keyboard window (middle mouse button) reveals the Keyboard menu. Each of the entries lead to a further submenu, which are explained below. Clicking Help... will open the on-line HTML user manual.

File submenu |

|  | Save F3 Changing the contents of the Keyboard window will result in a [0] to be shown in the window's title bar, to indicate the fact that the contents have been modified. Select Save or press F3 to write the contents of the current Keyboard window to disc. Once saved, these settings will be used from now on. Reload Reload the latest contents of the Keyboard window from disc. New Clear the entire window to start a new set of Key definitions.

Save as / Profile / Find... The program allows various Profiles to be stored and reloaded. This allows you to experiment with various settings without losing your preferred settings. Selecting Find... opens the folder containing the Profiles, so that you can edit them further or store them elsewhere. Choices... / Install... Change the current Choices...

Edit submenu |

Edit line Edit the contents of the current line. Selecting this option opens the Edit key definition window. Alternatively, you may press Enter when the line is highlighted, or double-click the line. Preview line Selecting this entry will cause the Action, assigned to this key, to be performed. Because you may select this action accidently, a warning will be displayed first. The keyboard shortcut Ctrl-P is available as an alternative. Adding new lines New (empty) lines can be added either at the top, at the bottom or before the currently selected line. The shortcuts Ctrl-I, Ctrl-T and Ctrl-B can be used as an alternative. Once a new line is inserted, the window Edit key definition will open automatically.

Editing the list The standard Cut and Paste facilities are available in the Keyboard window. This allows lines to be moved, deleted and copied. Sorting the list This entry can be used to sort the contents of the Keyboard window. Keys will be sorted to their KeyCode, DeviceID, etc. Keys higher up in the list will have a higher priority. However, if a duplicate entry exists (i.e. two lines with exactly the same KeyCode, DeviceID, etc.) the one towards the bottom of the list will be used.

Display submenu |

|  | Advanced info The Keyboard window has two levels of difficulty when showing its information. When the option Advanced info is ticked, all information will be shown. When unticked, only a subset of the information will be visible. You may also use the + and - keys on the keyboard, or click the legend at the top of the window to toggle the info level. Last special key pressed When on, a small icon will be displayed on the line that contains the last key pressed. Please note that if several assignments exist for this key (e.g. in combination with the Control or Shift key) the icons will be shown on all these lines.

Show connected devices In a similar vein, an icon may be added to show any devices that are currently connected to the computer. A green LED will be shown at the beginning of the line when the device is currently 'seen'. When using the PortID, the LED will be yellow if the device is connected, but on a different port. Colouring scheme By default, all lines have a white background, except for the currently selected line, which is blue. In order to clarify the contents of the Keyboard window, some additional colours may be used. These can be used for Vendor-specific keys and GUI keys (a.k.a. the Windows keys). The colours are defined in Choices... Hotlink with !USBinfo !USBinfo is a free USB viewer, capable of displaying advanced information about each USB device on your computer. When both !USBinfo and !HID are used at the same time, some level of hot linking may be used between the two programs. E.g. !USBinfo will show the device holding the special key that was last pressed. Pop-up new keys When this option is on, a pop-up window will appear as soon as you press a special key to which no action has been assigned yet. Alternatively you may use the entry Keyboard -> Pop-up new keys from the iconbar menu. Monitor Selecting this entry will open the Monitor window. Alternatively you may select Keyboard -> Monitor from the iconbar menu.

Help submenu |

|  | The help menu featured in the Keyboard window has the same layout as the help menus in other sections if !HID. Info The first entry leads to the program's Info window, which is the same window as found from the iconbar menu. From this window, the author of the program can be contacted and upgrades can be downloaded. Furthermore it allows you to register your copy of !HID if you've not done so already.

About The About... entries provide more information about the program and this window in particular. Additionally it provides information about s specific software module used by this window. Following the arrow will open a small window with some initial information about the requested subject. Each window has one or two buttons at the bottom, giving access to further detailed information. The Manual The bottom part of the menu gives access to this manual. Select the first entry, Manual, or press F1 to open the index to the manual. Selecting the second entry, Keyboard manual, or pressing Control-F1 will bring you straight to the chapter dealing with the current window.

Related subjects |

Back to the description of the Keyboard window Back to the main index Editing a line in the Keyboard window Using the Monitor window

| © Copyright Paul Reuvers X-Ample Technology bv usb@xat.nl Last changed: Last changed: Thursday, 12 August 2004 - 11:40 CET.