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Disabling the CAPS LOCK Key
by Michael Coyle, 09-11-1998

Geoff Attrill, a junior high teacher from Australia asks:

Open a copy of the System suitcase in ResEdit

Find the KCHR resources and open them with a double-click.

There maybe many keyboard layouts listed. In this example, I'm going to base my revision on the U.S. keyboard map. While I haven't tested it, the edit should work on international layouts.

Select the U.S. layout and duplicate it with Command-D.

Select the new copy and from the File menu, select Get Info...

Change the name to a more recognizable one, and you can even assign it to a new unused ID number to change its positioning in the list of layout.

When finished, your window should look similar to this.

Open the new layout with a double-click.

Make sure the CAPS LOCK key is engaged. Table 2 should be selected as shown in the left graphic.

While the CAPS LOCK key is engaged, click on Table 0.

A dialog will ask you if you wish to swap the contents of the keyboard tables. Select Yes.

Close the window and the following dialog will appear. Select Yes.

You can now save your work and quit ResEdit.

If no other applications are running, you can use the new keyboard immediately by dragging from the old System suitcase to the other.