Apple UK / British English keyboard key mapping

I've recently started using a Mac at work, and after having been used to PCs running Linux for many years, it's taken a while for me to resolve a few niggles. But there's still one that remains: I'm using a MacBook Pro which has an English (British) keyboard, and the following separate keyboard:

Apple English (British) keyboard

My problem is that the output from section key (§±, top left, under esc) is switched with the grave accent / backtick key (`~, bottom left, by the shift key), on the external keyboard only. They produce the correct output on the built-in keyboard. I have searched far and wide for a solution, but found nothing. I have looked at Ukelele to remap the keys, but as the built-in keyboard is working as expected, this doesn't appear to be of any use.

Can anyone help me switch the output of these keys?

keyboard-layout

Mike

Posted 2011-09-16T09:41:41.057

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What keyboard is this? It looks quite nice... – Daniel Beck – 2011-09-17T11:55:21.183

@Daniel: How is it any different to the unergonomic wired keyboards supplied with iMacs and Mac Pros? – paradroid – 2011-09-17T12:36:33.750

@paradroid They have white keys and a smaller border, at least the one I'm using from 2008(ish). – Daniel Beck – 2011-09-17T12:41:52.843

Thanks for the links. Unfortunately, the version of KeyRemap4MacBook that I need for Mac OS X 10.5.8 doesn't have the option to create my own mappings, and the included mappings are not suitable. DoubleCommand doesn't do the job either. I need to update Mac OS X at some point, so maybe that will fix it. If not, I should be able to use the later version of KeyRemap4MacBook then. – Mike – 2011-09-22T07:56:49.693

I agree that updating to the latest version can only improve the situation. If you then still need remapping that KeyRemap4MacBook cannot do, then you can contact the developer and suggest an improvement. – harrymc – 2011-09-22T08:41:41.923

Apple UK / British English keyboard key mapping

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