Keyboard

The Keyboard preferences application lets you change the keyboard layout (language) of your attached keyboard, and allows you to set which physical key should act as your ⌘ (command) key. It also lets you disable the Caps Lock key.

Note

The keyboard layout (language) gets set automatically during system startup if an official Raspberry Pi keyboard is attached or the system is running on Macintosh hardware, which has the prev-lang:kbd EFI key set.

Setting the keyboard layout

Simply click on a language (keyboard layout). The change is effective immediately.

Selecting a physical key to act as ⌘ (command)

Swapping the keys will result in the key left from the spacebar to act as the ⌘ (command) key (like switchers from the Mac would expect) and therefore is the default.

If a PC keyboard is attached, you can select the Use the Alt key as ⌘ checkbox. This will swap the Ctrl and Alt keys.

If an Apple keyboard is attached, you can select the Use the ⌘ key for menu shortcuts checkbox. This will swap the alt ⌥ and cmd ⌘ keys.

If you prefer the keys not be swapped, simply uncheck the respective checkbox. The change is effective immediately.

Disabling the Caps Lock key

You can select the “Disable the Caps Lock key” checkbox. This will disable the Caps Lock key. The change is effective immediately.