What's new in Keyboard Pilot 1.9.1
Apr 2, 2018
- Add preference for not showing the menubar icon.
- Fix bug where having many apps configured would result in a graphical glitch.
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.9.0 (Mar 20, 2017)
- Adds support for a global shortcut to toggle the layout for the currently used application. This means you can temporarily change the layout for an app without opening the Keyboard Pilot preferences. You can also use the shortcut to set up new applications even more easily than before.
- Also improved the layout switching for "two-level" layouts such as Chinese and Japanese layouts.
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.8.1 (Sep 7, 2016)
- The 1.8 update, while fixing an issue with multi-level keyboard layouts such as Japanese and Chinese, introduced issues for some users with simple layouts. This update reverts that change, in preparation for an update that aims to bring back the multi-level layout support in a better way.
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.8 (Aug 28, 2016)
- Improved support for input methods with multiple variants.
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.7.2 (Feb 8, 2016)
- Improved compatibility with recent OS X updates.
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.7.1 (Jan 8, 2015)
- Added a layout called "None" that can be used to not switch layouts when certain apps are active.
- Only show the preferences window automatically when Keyboard Pilot is started manually (as opposed to started at login).
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.7 (Dec 18, 2014)
- Added option to only switch layout when apps initially launch. Useful for combining with the built-in per-document layout switching in OS X.
- Only show enabled keyboard layouts. Keyboard Pilot cannot enable layouts that are not enabled - go to the system Keyboard preferences to do that.
- Update the list of enable layouts when they change.
- Show the preferences window when launching Keyboard Pilot and it's already running.
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.6.4 (Aug 20, 2014)
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.6.3 (Aug 27, 2013)
- Bug fixes and improvements.
- Remove superfluous system console logging.
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.6.2 (May 16, 2013)
- A problem with the preference for starting Keyboard Pilot automatically on login has been fixed.
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.6.1 (May 8, 2013)
- A fix for migrating your old preferences to the sandbox. If you are having trouble, please click the Support link for more information.
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.6 (May 4, 2013)
- Keyboard Pilot now works with keyboard layouts that have "modes", like traditional and simplified Chinese.
- Only layouts that have been enabled in the system settings are shown by default to make the set up easier.
- Updated with sandbox and Retina support.
- Portuguese translation.
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.5 (Sep 9, 2011)
- New translation: Spanish
- Make the menu bar icon look more like the app icon
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.4 (May 21, 2011)
- Keyboard Pilot can now control whether the function keys are used for the special features printed on each key, or as F1, F2, etc. This is useful for example for games and virtual machines running other operation systems.
- Improved appearance.
- Solved an issue with using Keyboard Pilot with VirtualBox (please let us know if you have issues with certain applications).
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.3 (May 10, 2011)
- Add menu item to disable layout switching temporarily
- Make selecting a layout easier by adding flags to the layouts
- Make layout switching more reliable
- Minor bug fixes
New in Keyboard Pilot 1.2 (Feb 8, 2011)
- Application icons are now shown in the list
- Added Russian translation, by Stix in cooperation with macpages.me
- Added Swedish translation
- The US layout is more easily accessible, being the most commonly used one
- The keyboard layout switching has been improved to be more reliable