A hotkey is a keyboard shortcut. In Keyman Desktop these are used to access some standard functions and to enable and disable installed keyboards.
To set the hotkey for a Keyman Desktop option:
Right click on the Keyman Desktop icon
in the system tray.
From the Keyman menu select Keyman Configuration.
Select the Hotkeys tab.
Click on the hotkey link of the option or keyboard you want to change. The Change Hotkey dialog box will be displayed.
Type the hotkey you wish to use. Note that if you press a single letter or Shift plus a single letter, the hotkey will default to Ctrl + Alt + the letter you pressed to avoid conflicts with standard input. For example, to set a hotkey to Ctrl + Alt + M, press the Ctrl, Alt, and M keys together. This will give the following:
To clear a hotkey that has been set previously, click or press Backspace.
Click to save the changes.
The new hotkey will now be displayed in the Hotkeys tab in Keyman Configuration as in the image below:
You can also set hotkeys for installed keyboards from the Keyboards tab of Keyman Configuration.
Right click on the Keyman Desktop icon
in the system tray.
From the Keyman menu select .
Select the Keyboards tab.
Click on the button for the keyboard you wish to set a hotkey for.
Select .
Type the hotkey you wish to use. Note that if you press a single letter or Shift plus a single letter, the hotkey will default to Ctrl + Alt + the letter you pressed to avoid conflicts with standard input. For example, to set a hotkey to Ctrl + Alt + M, press the Ctrl, Alt, and M keys together. This will give the following:
To clear a hotkey that has been set previously, click or press Backspace.
Click to save the changes.
The new hotkey will now be displayed in that keyboard's row in the keyboards list.