How to remap "Context Menu" key in Mac OS X?

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Alvin picture Alvin · Jun 16, 2009 · Viewed 17.1k times · Source

I have a Logitech keyboard (Ultra-Flat Keyboard Dark Shine to be exact), which has the context menu key in the middle of the windows and alt key, which is quite annoying.

Here's a screenshot of where the key is:

http://freshlog.com/grabs/ff532-How_do_I_remap_the_context_menu_key_in_Mac_OS_X

I can remap the windows and alt keys under the default Keyboard System Preferences Panel, but there doesn't seem to be a way to remap the context menu key.

Any ideas?

Answer

David Röthlisberger picture David Röthlisberger · Feb 7, 2011

Use KeyRemap4MacBook (Karabiner for osx 10.9, 10.10). As Mecki pointed out, XML .keylayouts / Ukelele can't solve your problem.

In spite of the name, KeyRemap4MacBook works on any Mac (OS X 10.4 or later).

The settings you want are under "For PC Users" » "Change PC Application Key".

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