https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=72.184.128.190DOSBoxWiki - User contributions [en]2026-06-25T14:33:40ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.14https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mapper&diff=2856Mapper2009-09-10T00:50:02Z<p>72.184.128.190: /* Examples */</p>
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<div>== Keymapper ==<br />
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When you start the keymapper (either with CTRL-F1 or -startmapper as a commandline argument to the DOSBox executable) you are presented with a virtual keyboard. This virtual keyboard corresponds with the keys DOSBox will report to its applications. If you click on a key with your mouse, you can see in the lowerleft corner which key on your keyboard corresponds with it.<br />
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* EVENT: The key DOSBox will report to the applications being emulated.<br />
* BIND: The key on your keyboard (as reported by SDL) which is connected to the EVENT.<br />
* mod1,2,3: Modifiers. These are keys you need to have pressed as well, while pressing BIND. mod1 = CTRL and mod2 = ALT. These are generally only used when you want to change the special keys of DOSBox.<br />
* Add: Add a new BIND to this EVENT. Basicly add a key from your keyboard which will produce the key EVENT in DOSBox.<br />
* Del: Delete the BIND to this EVENT. If an EVENT has no BINDS than it's not possible to type this key in DOSBox.<br />
* Next: Cycle through the list of keys(BINDS) which map to this EVENT.<br />
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== Examples ==<br />
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Q1. You want to have the X on your keyboard to type a Z in DOSBox.<br />
A. With your mouse click on the Z on the keyboard mapper. Click "Add". Now press the X key<br />
on your keyboard.<br />
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Q2. If you click "Next" a few times you will notice that the Z on your keyboard also produces a Z in DOSBox.<br />
A. Therefore select the Z again and click "Next" till you have the Z on your keyboard. Now<br />
click "Del".<br />
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Q3. If you try it out in DOSBox you will notice that pressing X makes ZX appear.<br />
A. The X on your keyboard is still mapped to the X as well! Click on the X in the keyboard<br />
mapper and search with "Next" till you find the mapped key X. Click "Del".<br />
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If you change the default mapping you can save your changes by pressing "Save". DOSBox will save the mapping to location specified in the configfile (mapperfile=mapper.txt). At startup DOSBox will load your mapperfile if it's present in the configfile.</div>72.184.128.190