Click to close the dialog window.Īt this point you should be able to use Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V etc.

the configuration should now look like in the image below.

if needed, click to enter more key mappings.

enter “ControlLeft” in the “from” field.

From the table above we see that the code for the (left) Ctrl key is “ControlLeft”, while the code for the Cmd key is “MetaLeft”, so from the “Configure Key Mappings” dialog: If you go through the standard you’ll find the useful “List of code values for functional keys in the Alphanumeric section” table, which I also replicate below.Ĭoncretely, let’s say you want to map your local (Windows) Ctrl key to the remote (Mac) Cmd key. An important thing to note is that the keycodes supported by Chrome Remote Desktop are not the usual “ASCII” codes to which every developer is used to (I did this error myself the first time) rather, the codes should be taken from the “ UI Events KeyboardEvent code Values” W3C standard. The option is available in the sidebar as shown below.Ĭlicking the link opens the “Configure Key Mapping” dialog, from which you can create your own mapping. My solution to this problem is to leverage the handy “Configure Key Mapping” command provided by the latest version of Chrome Remote Desktop (v. Is there a way to map the Windows key to the Apple Command key? I really want to be able to invoke copy and paste from the keyboard, which are Command-C and Command-V on the iMac, so I’m stuck because I don’t have a “Command” key. I would think that the Windows key would work but it doesn’t. I cannot figure out how to invoke the Apple Command key function from my Windows keyboard.

I’m using Chrome Remote Desktop on a Windows Desktop to access an Apple iMac.

Chrome desktop shortcuts not working