Can I re-map this tablet keyboard?
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The Geologist
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Can I re-map this tablet keyboard?
I have a new X200 tablet and generally I love it. I got the Windows 7 update and it has an SSD and an amazing multitouch display but the keyboard layout is driving me nuts. OK, yeah, I guess I can eventually get used to the control key not being at the lower left corner like it is on every other keyboard - that's not a productivity issue. The think that has been driving me nuts is the dad-gum next-page and previous-page buttons near the arrow keys on the lower right corner of the keyboard.
The following has now happened to me at least a half dozen times: in the course of typing out a post on an internet forum site I edit my text using the arrow keys and my fingers don't quite go far enough down so I hit the previous-page key rather than the left arrow key as intended. Oops - I better hit the next-page key to get back. Oh, how nice, Windows, the forum software developer and the Lenovo user interface engineers have conspired to wipe out everything I wrote and give me a blank screen. Yeah, Hemmingway lost his original manuscript of The Old Man and the Sea and the book was probably better for it but this is getting really annoying, as I have already lost at least a couple hours of time. Since I don't use these keys for their intended purpose anyway, is there some utility I can use to simply disable them?
The following has now happened to me at least a half dozen times: in the course of typing out a post on an internet forum site I edit my text using the arrow keys and my fingers don't quite go far enough down so I hit the previous-page key rather than the left arrow key as intended. Oops - I better hit the next-page key to get back. Oh, how nice, Windows, the forum software developer and the Lenovo user interface engineers have conspired to wipe out everything I wrote and give me a blank screen. Yeah, Hemmingway lost his original manuscript of The Old Man and the Sea and the book was probably better for it but this is getting really annoying, as I have already lost at least a couple hours of time. Since I don't use these keys for their intended purpose anyway, is there some utility I can use to simply disable them?
Last edited by JaneL on Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Can I re-map this tablet keyboard?
Technically speaking, the browser developer is foremost to blame here. You can always switch to a browser that saves your inputs on back/forwardThe Geologist wrote:Oops - I better hit the next-page key to get back. Oh, how nice, Windows, the forum software developer and the Lenovo user interface engineers have conspired to wipe out everything I wrote and give me a blank screen.
However, to address your direct question, this should do what you want: use the Keyboard Customizer Utility (in Start->Programs->ThinkVantage on my installation), change the tab to "Key Sensitivity", and uncheck "Enable Browser Keys".
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Re: Can I re-map this tablet keyboard?
QFT.qviri wrote:Technically speaking, the browser developer is foremost to blame here. You can always switch to a browser that saves your inputs on back/forward
QFT again!qviri wrote:use the Keyboard Customizer Utility (in Start->Programs->ThinkVantage on my installation), change the tab to "Key Sensitivity", and uncheck "Enable Browser Keys".
Current: X220 4291-4BG, T410 2537-R46, T60 1952-F76, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G
Collectibles: T430s (IPS FHD + Classic Keyboard), X32 (IPS Screen)
Retired: X61 7673-V2V, A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
Past: Z61t 9440-A23, T60 2623-D3U, X32 2884-M5U
Collectibles: T430s (IPS FHD + Classic Keyboard), X32 (IPS Screen)
Retired: X61 7673-V2V, A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
Past: Z61t 9440-A23, T60 2623-D3U, X32 2884-M5U
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The Geologist
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Re: Can I re-map this tablet keyboard?
I don't seem to have the keyboard customizer utility on my machine.
Re: Can I re-map this tablet keyboard?
You can download it. Just google Thinkpad Keyboard Customizer.
Current: X220 4291-4BG, T410 2537-R46, T60 1952-F76, T60 2007-QPG, T42 2373-F7G
Collectibles: T430s (IPS FHD + Classic Keyboard), X32 (IPS Screen)
Retired: X61 7673-V2V, A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
Past: Z61t 9440-A23, T60 2623-D3U, X32 2884-M5U
Collectibles: T430s (IPS FHD + Classic Keyboard), X32 (IPS Screen)
Retired: X61 7673-V2V, A31p w/ Ultrabay Numpad
Past: Z61t 9440-A23, T60 2623-D3U, X32 2884-M5U
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