![]() The more I started working with other keyboard, the more I wanted to have this ability to map other keys across my keyboard, but working with the Hex numbers and having too look up scan codes could be painful. For me, this meant that I told my computer to treat Caps Lock as if it was a shift key, which it now does. There's a little used registry hack that allows you to remap keys across a keyboard. What's a keyboard mapping? How many times a day do you accidentally hit cAPS lOCK BY MISTAKE AND END UP HAVING TO GO BAck and retype stuff? For me it was at least once an hour - in fact, I used to pop off the Caps Lock key so I wouldn't hit it anymore, but I found something better in Windows XP, as well as 2000, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10. This is something that I've thrown together to help people out with their keyboard mappings. ![]() Included in the application is a list of common keyboard keys and a Type Key feature to automatically recognize most keyboard keys. In our review sample, the cable connecting the USB-C port to the motherboard was not connected, so the keyboard could not be turned on - a quality control issue that can at least be fixed relatively easily.SharpKeys is a utility that manages a Registry key that allows Windows to remap one key to any other key. Users then have direct access to the battery, the small PCB with the USB-C port and the keyboard's mainboard. To open the keyboard for possible repairs, it is sufficient to remove the eleven screws around the frame and then take off the base plate. Those who do not want to completely do without the lighting will therefore have to recharge the keyboard several times a week. During the test period, the keyboard's runtime could not be verified under standardized conditions, but one charge could only last around two extended workdays without RGB lighting, with the keyboard lighting activated at maximum brightness. Lofree promises a battery life of 40 hours when used via Bluetooth, the runtime depends mainly on the use of the RGB lighting and the white keyboard illumination. As usual, the QWERTY layout can be converted via software, but in this case many of the labels on the keycaps are no longer correct. Only a QWERTY layout is offered by default, but since the keycaps can be swapped, it can at least be partially adapted to QWERTZ. Users who are used to an ISO layout will probably miss the larger Enter key, the Alt Gr key as well as the key next to the left shift key, although the latter is much larger. The keyboard is only offered with an ANSI layout. The fact that the home key on iOS devices has no function is also incomprehensible since dedicated iPad keyboards have a corresponding key to return to the home screen. Three of the function keys have no function at all in the Apple configuration, including the microphone key, which hardly makes sense since Apple keyboards have a corresponding key for starting Siri. In general, the key layout leaves a lot to be desired. If you regularly switch between a Windows device and a Mac or iPad, you will also have to use the key combination Fn + M (for Apple devices) or Fn + N (for Windows) because otherwise keys like cmd, the Windows key or the function keys do not work as labeled. Too bad: The keyboard does not remember which key layout is preferred for the respective device. It is possible to maintain a Bluetooth connection with three devices at the same time and switch between them at any time via the key combination Fn + 1, 2 or 3. ![]() ![]() The Lofree Flow keyboard can be connected to a computer, tablet or smartphone either via USB-C or via Bluetooth. ![]() Well connected thanks to Bluetooth and USB-C, but not perfectly assigned for every system ![]()
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