British - PC layout keys swapped since Big Sur update.

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British - PC layout keys swapped since Big Sur update.

I have a PC Mattias Mini Quiet Pro keyboard with a UK layout connected via USB through a dongle. Up until the Big Sur update I was able to use this without issue by adding the a 'British - PC' keyboard to the Input Sources section of the Keyboard setting.

However, since the Big Sur update (currently I am on 11.2.1) the '`' key and the '\' have swapped positions. This means that my keyboards input no longer matches the image shown on the Input Source menu. The '`' key should be to the left on '1' and the '\' should be to the left of 'z'. Does anyone else have this problem, know if it is a bug or have a workaround?

P.S I understand I could swap the keyboard caps over...but I don't want to. ;)

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Mar 1, 2021 4:31 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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Mar 1, 2021 6:42 AM in response to JimmyDeemo

Here are some other ideas for fixing the keyboard type problem:

https://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2009/12/fixing-keyboard-type-problems.html

In the end you can also make a custom layout with Ukelele which switches the keys back the way you want.

https://software.sil.org/ukelele/

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JimmyDeemo Author

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Mar 1, 2021 5:07 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thank you for your suggestion; this does indeed seem to be the case.

However, following the linked instructions I do not have an option of 'Change Keyboard Type' in the Keyboard settings menu. Where is this setting? My original post did contain an image but it was removed; onscreen keyboard shown is the correct layout.

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JimmyDeemo Author

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Mar 1, 2021 6:12 AM in response to dialabrain

I'm unsure why it would be Matias' problem though...the keyboard worked fine with Catalina, under the same settings. Do we know if there have been any other keyboard layout problems reported with Big Sur?

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dialabrain

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Mar 1, 2021 6:18 AM in response to JimmyDeemo

Personally I haven't seen many questions about external keyboards used on Mac laptops. I suggested contacting Matias because if there was a change in Big Sur affecting their keyboards they might know.

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JimmyDeemo Author

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Mar 3, 2021 12:25 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thank you for the link to keyboard problems. Upon deleteing my Keyboard.plist file as suggested in the article; the keyboard identification tool came up on next launch. After this determined that I was using a Euro ISO keyboard I am now able to type the keys from the OP correctly, as well as switch keyboard types when I use the Macbook Pro keys.

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