Mapping the Ctrl + Key and Command + Key Combinations





Mapping the Ctrl + Key and Command + Key Combinations

If you are just settling the new job and what you got on your hardware set up – Mac with the Microsoft keyboard. So such support page point that Control key on your computer keyboard should map to the command key of Mac but here you will found that this is not working mean Ctrl – C / V doesn’t works. So how we will rectify it let us know with below article:

Ø     The Control key on our keyboard of PC need to maps to our Control Key’s of Mac. The Windows Key on our keyboard mapping to our Command key of Mac.
When utilizing the keyboard of PC we should utilize the window key C to coping and Window Key V to Pasting etc.

Ø     Correct solution will be as follows: We need to set the shortcuts of universal keyboard from System Preferences => Keyboard => Keyboard Shortcuts => Application Shortcuts => All Applications. (We need to input the values of menu (Save, Paste, Copy etc) and then allocate new key combination to them. In the Example below We have configure Control + C for copy and Control + U for Pasting.)

Mapping the Ctrl + Key and Command + Key Combinations
Mapping the Ctrl + Key and Command + Key Combinations



The shortcuts of keyboard that we utilize to map for dissimilar keys.

Which isn’t what we read & quoted it as? It stands the keyboards short cut we types in the windows map to different keyboard shortcuts in OSX.

What the texts stands for in place of just typing Ctrl + C on Windows We Types Cmd + C on OSX.

Exporting and Importing Shortcut Keys

We can split the combinations of shortcut keys in the present keyboard mapping schemes by exporting the information to the files so another can import the record.

To only export shortcut keys

1.     From Tools menu, select Import and Export set up Wizard.
2.     Choose Export select environment set up and then click Next.
3.     From What settings do wee like to export?, clear all required categories chosen by default.
4.     Options Expand and then expand the Environment.
5.     Choose the Keyboard and then click on Next.
6.     For What do we like to name our file of settings? Input the name and then click Finish.

To only import shortcut keys

1.     From Tools menu, click on the Wizard of Import and Export Settings.
2.     Now Select the Import select environment set up and Now click on Next.
3.     Click No, just need to import newly settings, overwriting our present settings and then click on Next.
4.     Under our Settings, choose the settings file that includes the shortcut keys we like to import, or click Browsers to locate the accurate settings file.
5.     Click on the Next.
6.     Under Which settings do we like to import?, Need to clear all categories.
7.     Expand Option and then expanded the Environments.
8.     Now choose the Keyboard and then click on Finish.


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