How do I remap a letter on my keyboard?

Hello, my MacBook types a symbol when I type a letter h and I need to make that letter on my keyboard type h. Any ideas?

Posted on Mar 27, 2017 1:57 PM

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Mar 27, 2017 4:29 PM in response to Jayelem

If the keyboard has an electrical or mechanical defect, you may use

an external keyboard (wired) while at a desktop work space.


Not sure if you could re-select one of the F- keys in the Keyboard

system preferences, where Keyboard Shortcuts may be used or

modified. ~ Perhaps there's a 'Mouse-key' option in Accessibility?


You may be able to selective use of 'Keyboard Viewer' where you can

click on a Letter within its tiny keyboard panel when open on screen

to make use of that access point. In an older Mac I'm using right now

the Keyboard Viewer if not already in the Finder menu bar (near clock)

can be turned-on in the System Preferences> International> input menu

where language choices and other items appear. The 'Character Palette'

option can be enabled from same location. (this reference, in 10.5.8.)


Good luck & happy trails! 🙂

Mar 27, 2017 7:49 PM in response to Jayelem

Go to system prefs / keyboard / input sources and use the minus button to remove all the us flags. Then select ABC in the flag menu at the top right of the screen and type h. If you still get the dot character, make a ukelele layout which is normal but where the option + h key is switched to h instead of a dot. Make sure you give this layout a different name internally and externally so you can tell which one it is. Install and then select it in the flag menu at the top right of the screen.


(note than selecting something inside the input source list does not change the keyboard or do anything really. You have to use the flag menu at top right of the screen)

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