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I'm using Microsoft's official Remote Desktop client for macOS to connect to a machine that runs Windows 10. On both my Mac and this Windows machine, I use a physically American QWERTY keyboard with the Canadian Multilingual Standard keyboard layout.
On Windows, the physical key `~ maps to a /. ⇧+/ does a \, and AltGr+/ does a |. This is a very important key for a developer, especially on Windows.
On macOS, this key maps to ù. You do a forward slash with Alt+é, a backslash with Alt+ù and a pipe with Alt+-.
My problem is that when connecting to the Windows machine, Windows recognizes the `~ key as a ù key instead of a /, but none of the key combinations that I use on macOS to produce slashes and pipes work. There seems to be no way, using this keyboard layout, to produce these characters from my Mac's keyboard.
Is there a way that I can make the keyboard work like it does on either macOS or Windows but not a strange hybrid of the two?
zneak
Posted 2016-12-16T19:28:53.083
Reputation: 989
[not an answer] There are some fixes in the new RDC beta - https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2016/03/30/remote-desktop-client-preview-for-mac-supports-multiple-monitors-and-more/ - though unfortunately not for those mappings :/
– Tetsujin – 2016-12-16T19:47:58.5331@Tetsujin, it actually does solve the problem: using that beta, my ù key becomes a / key as it would normally be on Windows. If you post the same thing as an answer, I'll accept it. – zneak – 2016-12-16T20:00:02.357
Oh, cool - glad it helped. Will drop in a quick answer :) – Tetsujin – 2016-12-16T20:15:37.077