Hi Sarah, I'm not sure what the problem is if your remapped caps lock works on your laptop, but not on your BT keyboard, Here are some thoughts though.
First, are you using any other remapping software? KeyRemap4MacBook assumes that it is starting with a clean slate. If you've reassigned keys with other software that might be an explanation. When you followed Eric's directions, did you download the specific version of the app that he described? This is: http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/files/KeyRemap4MacBook-7.8.17.dmg The developer put in a custom setting for that version of the app so that you can search for "blind voice over" in the preference pane under the "Change Key" tab and automatically get this set up. I used the original instructions that he sent (which provided a way to make a general customized private xml), so I didn't follow this route. This means I can make the set up to remap VO keys to caps lock for any future updated version of KR4MB, but it's more complicated to perform. If the remapping works on your laptop, then check under System Preferences > KeyRemap4MacBook on the "Change Key" tab (selected by default). As long as you haven't limited your remapping by checking boxes like "Don't remap external keyboards" or "Don't remap Apple keyboards", what works on your laptop keyboard should work on your Apple BlueTooth keyboard. The easy way to find out what has been checked is to navigate to the "show enabled only" check box and check it (VO-Space). Then when you navigate to the Table (with VO-Command-T) and interact, any items that you've checked under the KR4MB prefs should show up. If you do want to limit which keyboards work with the remapped settings, make sure that the "show enabled only" check box is unchecked, then navigate to "General" (the very first entry in the table -- VO-Command-T to the table, interact, and VO-Space on "General" to expand it). You'll find various "Don't remap" check boxes that cover various conditions. The only other thing I can suggest is to try deleting the plist file if you're not getting consistent results. It's in the Library/Preferences folder of your home directory, and is named: org.pqrs.KeyRemap4MacBook.plist You would have to activate the "Use Caps Lock as Voice Over Key" setting again. Hope this helps. If this doesn't work, can you be more specific about what you mean when you say "the panel is dying again"? Cheers, Esther On Sep 28, 2012, at 12:54, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hello to all.I have the caps lock trick for vo set to work on my laptop > keyboard but the panel is dying again i really don't know why. Anyway i dug > out my apple bt keyboard but the caps lock trick is not working. I installed > the new key remap software. It work son my laptop keyboard but i see no way > to get it working on my bt device. What am i doing wrong. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
