Version History
Keyman Desktop 9.0 Release Notes
Keyman Desktop 9.0.523.0
- Keyboard hotkey toggles are not working in 9.0 (I5086)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.522.0
- Improve compatibility with Firefox 42 and Internet Explorer 11 (I4933)
- Fix hang when closing Keyman if Windows compatibility flag is incorrectly set (I5018)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.521.0
- Updated digital certificate for Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 (I4978)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.519.0
- Keyboard options do not work always work correctly because they are set twice while processing (I4978)
- Update requirements in Help for Windows 10 (I4984)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.518.0
- OEM products now have a cleaner menu display with indented keyboards and languages (I4920)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.516.0
- Added: Note on why "Select keyboard layout for all applications" is disabled on Win 8.1+ (I4871)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.514.0
- Fixed: Inconsistent display of panels through Desktop (I4851)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.513.0
- Fixed: Keyman Desktop title in OSK has wrong grey background (I4849)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.512.0
- Fixed: If no baselayout is specified by the user, default to en-US (kbdus.dll) (I4786)
- Fixed: Shift keys would sometimes 'stick' in Mozilla Firefox (I4793)
- Fixed: Log reported modifier state as well as Keyman current modifier state in debug logs (I4843)
- Fixed: FileMakerPro 14 causes crash in Keyman Engine (I4846)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.510.0
- Keyman needs to rebuild its language profiles if they are inadvertently deleted (I4773)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.507.0
- Keyman loses focus sometimes when switching keyboards using the menu (I4731)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.506.0
- Language profile change notification while Keyman menu is visible sometimes causes a crash (I4715, I4683, I4591, I4577, I4541, I4472, I4431)
- Improve reporting on registry errors (I4565, I4657)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.503.0
- MSKLC keyboards do not get correct name in Configuration Hotkeys tab (I4712)
- MSKLC keyboards are not shown in the Keyman menu (I4713)
- Keyboard and language hotkeys don't always work (I4714)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.494.0
- Fixed hotkeys not always working consistently (I4674)
- Fixed read of invalid registry setting on some computers (I4660)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.493.0
- Add more detailed keyboard diagnostics (I4659)
- Add Keep in Touch screen (I4658)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.492.0
- On Screen keyboard translates keys wrongly for European keyboards (I4650)
- Mnemonic layout recompiler maps AltGr+# rather than \ on UK layouts (I4651)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.491.0
- Add logging for registration of keyboards for hotkey matching (I4648)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.490.0
- Add 'Enter License Key' link to splash screen (I4645)
- Fix crash on startup on some computers with multiple Keyman products installed (I4624, I4519, I4602, I4640, I4633, I4636, I4637, I4638, I4639)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.489.0
- Backspace key was not working in Logos (I4642)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.488.0
- Keyman could crash silently on exit due to null hotkeys being addressed (I4623)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.487.0
- .kmx installs upgraded from earlier versions were placed in the wrong folder (I4623)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.485.0
- keymanimport.log was generated incorrectly as unicode strings in an ansi file (I4617)
- Keyman crashed when trying to recompile a missing mnemonic layout (I4615)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.484.0
No changes.
Keyman Desktop 9.0.483.0
- Support install of keyboard against fallback locales (I4607)
- Support single keyboard buttons on OSK toolbar for OEM products (I4606)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.482.0
- Keyman installer did not show EULA when bundled with a keyboard (I4598)
- Keyman Configuration enabled keyboards when OK clicked even if Keyman not running (I4382)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.481.0
- If a computer does not have US keyboard installed, then AltGr rules can go wrong (I4592)
- The keyboard usage page can appear outside the OSK in some situations (I4593)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.480.0
- Spacebar results in incorrect output for subsequent letters on some keyboards (I4585)
- If Ctrl+Alt simulates RAlt is on, then Ctrl+Alt rules don't work at all (I4551, I4583)
- Add option to treat base keyboard deadkey as plain keys (I4552)
- Switch for all languages not disabled on Win8 upgrades (I4576)
- Support if(&baselayout) with all of the ISO names (I4588)
- Keyman fails to install shortcuts for keyboard documentation correctly (I4590)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.479.0
- Solution for output of Enter and Tab keys for some keyboards (I4575)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.478.0
- Solution for output of Enter and Tab keys for some keyboards (I4575)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.477.0
- Test solution for output of Enter and Tab keys for some keyboards (I4562)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.476.0
- Hotkey switching resulted in stuck Ctrl,Alt,Shift keys in some apps (I4511)
- On Win 8, Keyman keyboards appear as "Unavailable Input Method" in Control Panel - mitigation only, not fixed (I4531)
- Fixed: when Alt is down, release of Ctrl, Shift is not detectable within Keyman in some languages (I4548)
- Mnemonic layout recompiler did not translate Lctrl Ralt for deadkeys correctly (I4549)
- Logical flaw in mnemonic layout recompiler meant that AltGr base keys were never processed (I4550)
- Upgrade to 476 or later requires recompile of all mnemonic layouts (I4553)
- Keyboards without an icon must specify a default icon when registering to prevent control panel crashing (I4555)
- Attached files were not shown when loading diag files (I4559)
- Binary data in diagnostics was not streamed correctly (I4560)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.475.0
- Language hotkeys associated with non-primary keyboards do not trigger language change (I4516)
- Switch for all apps is not disabled in Win 8 (I4515)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.474.0
- Crash when saving OSK to file, changing keyboard midstream [CrashID:keyman.exe_9.0.473.0_2C59B75E_EAccessViolation] (I4487)
- The character map is not falling back to system fonts well when Code2000 missing (I4488)
- Crash calling TSF [CrashID:kmshell.exe_9.0.473.0_2C45D42D_EOleSysError] (I4494)
- Damaged package causes crash when trying to uninstall [CrashID:kmshell.exe_9.0.473.0_2C6B80C4_EOleException] (I4495)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.473.0
- Verify that Internet Explorer 9.0 or later is present at install time (I4470)
- Fix crash showing keyboard menu when product details are missing (I4458)
- Fix crash when menu popup is dynamically resized by system (I4429)
- Setup bootstrapper now handles upgrade scenarios with a prompt (I4460)
- Upgrade dialog showed wrong version of Keyman Desktop (I4445)
- Keyman Desktop Update dialog showed broken Tavultesoft image (I4456)
- API fix: Keyman had a mismatch between KEYBOARDINFO and INTKEYBOARDINFO (I4462)
- API fix: Keyman_BuildKeyboardList was including keyboards installed but with no profiles (I4461)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.472.0
- Chinese keyboard was not working correctly (I4452)
- Language hotkeys were not working (I4451)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.471.0
- Browser emulation control for kmshell breaks downlevel versions of Keyman (I4436)
- Crash if Keyman Engine 7 or 8-based product installed when starting Keyman Desktop 9 (I4421)
- Show Send to Tavultesoft button in Diagnostics (I4439)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.470.0
- Download Keyboard dialog had broken link (I4419)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.469.0
- Download Keyboard dialog does not display correctly (I4414)
- OSK does not show underlying characters if base keyboard is not loaded (I4415)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.467.0
- Character Map needs to insert characters using SendInput (I4412)
- Manual Activate dialog is misformatted (I4408)
- Add HKCU FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION 9000 for kmshell.exe (I4400)
- Character map allows Ctrl+Click to insert character (I4411)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.466.0 (beta release)
- OK and Cancel buttons are no longer missing on Proxy dialog (I4387)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.465.0 (beta release)
- Added HKCU FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION 9000 for kmshell.exe (I4400)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.464.0 (beta release)
- Added clean user interface selection for associated language in Free Edition (I4395)
- Keyman Desktop Free Edition polish (I4393)
- When configuration run from Splash and license key entered, splash didn't refresh (I4396)
- Get Started got impatient and showed nag too quickly on start (I4397)
- Hotkeys didn't show on keyboard list (I4398)
- HTTP download now reports progress more cleanly (I4399)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.463.0 (beta release)
- Initial Free Edition changes (I4390)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.462.0 (beta release)
- Unticked keyboards in Keyman Configuration are not now shown in Windows Languages (I4376)
- Keyman keyboards are no longer visible in Windows Languages when Keyman is not running (I4381)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.461.0 (beta release)
- Rapid typing in legacy mode no longer breaks (regression from 9.0.460.0) (I4378)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.460.0 (beta release)
- Icon size in tool tray is now correct when using large fonts (I4314)
- Keyboard Upgrade from 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 now supports keyboards installed for Current User, fonts and Start Menu entries (I4324)
- When On Screen Keyboard opens, if Keyman is off then icon now shows correctly (I4360)
- On Screen Keyboard now always shows correct base layout when keyboard active (I4363)
- Installer now enforces Windows 7 or later (I4366)
- Deadkeys are now working with Microsoft Word in TSF-aware mode (I4370)
- WOW64 is now tested consistently in all locations (I4374)
- Add registry flag 'deep tsf integration' to allow us to disable enhanced integration with TSF-aware applications (I4375)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.459.0 (beta release)
- Deadkeys are now working correctly in all cases in Wordpad and other TSF-aware applications (except Word) (I4278)
- All .ico formats do not load correctly in icon conversion for keyboard layouts (I4317)
- Alt+LeftShift hotkey is now set on clean install (I4318)
- If Keyman is not running, selecting a Keyman layout in Windows will no longer have any effect (I4325)
- Keyboard and interface hotkeys are now working (I4326)
- Deadkeys are now working correctly with mnemonic layouts (I4353, I4327)
- AltGr keys are now working correctly in enhanced integration mode (I4351)
- If splash screen is minimized, it can now be restored (I4356)
- Splash screen buy links now go to correct version of Keyman (I4357)
- COM registration updated for new interfaces in Keyman 9 (I4358)
- OSK now shows correct base keyboard and refreshes when switching languages (I4359)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.458.0 (beta release)
- Getting Started window gave instructions that were not valid for KM9 (I3674)
- Script error dialog was appearing behind splash dialog (regression from I3710) (I3730)
- Balloon tip and About page had wrong product version (I4311)
- Keyboard icons are now converted to 32BPP RGBA on install for Windows 8 compatibility (I4316)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.457.0 (beta release)
- Fixed: Keys that have rules but are not matched due to context did not generate output (I4290)
- Fixed: Additional minor bug fixes (I4302)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.456.0 (beta release)
- Fixed: Crash in Keyman Configuration (I4296)
- Fixed: Upgrade of keyboards failed to register in local machine context (I4297)
- Fixed: Old TSF addin remained registered when upgrading (I4298)
- Fixed: Keyman-installed Windows languages needed to be removed when upgrading (I4299)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.455.0 (beta release)
- Added: Support for upgrading configuration and keyboards from 8.0 to 9.0 (I4292, I4293)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.454.0 (beta release)
- Fixed: Switch from Keyman to Keyman keyboard caused loop in global language switch (I4277)
- Fixed: Keyboard switching and legacy support edge case scenarios (I4285, I4286, I4287, I4288)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.453.0 (beta release)
- Fixed: Shift states were not being preserved correctly (I3605)
- Fixed: Opening User Interface Language menu causes crash [CrashID:kmshell.exe_9.0.447.0_script_TfrmMain_0] (I4199)
- Fixed: Deadkeys only work in first 61 characters of document (I4266)
- Fixed: If Keyboard usage refreshes during exit, Keyman crashes [CrashID:keyman.exe_9.0.452.0_2C5FB0CD_EAccessViolation] (I4268)
- Fixed: Switch language for all applications is not working (I4271)
- Fixed: TIP only outputs first 127 characters of a rule result (I4272)
- Fixed: kmtip does not work if already active before KM starts (I4274)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.452.0 (beta release)
- Fixed: Keyman installed keyboards do not seem to appear in Windows Language control panel in Win 8 (I4202)
- Fixed: Icons do not show background correctly in lang switch window and Win 8 languages controls (also I4316) (I4204)
- Fixed: Crash in Keyman Configuration [kmshell.exe_9.0.451.0_script_TfrmMain_0] (I4251)
- Fixed: kmtip install does not register Win 8 support features (I4252)
- Fixed: TSF deadkeys do not function correctly (I4262)
- Fixed: Test for text editor running fails (I4265)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.451.0 (beta release)
- Fixed: Keyman Configuration crashed on first run due to koKeymanUniscribeManager reference (I4250)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.450.0 (beta release)
- Fixed: If kmtip CKMTipTextService::Activate fails, cleanup (I3706)
- Minor: Refactor kmxfile utility functions (I3757)
- Added: Removed all legacy keyboard management Win32 API calls and use only TSF (I4220)
- Fixed: Crash when OSK closed/reopened without dismissing hint window [CrashID:keyman.exe_9.0.449.0_2C405C5D_EInvalidPointer] (I4242)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.449.0 (beta release)
- Opening font helper or keyboard usage from Keyman menu on Win 8 still shows HTML outside window (I4225)
- Excmagic.debug left scattered around program file directories after uninstall (I4218)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.448.0 (beta release)
- Shift + Arrows do not select text (only move caret) in Win 8 when Keyman keyboard is active (I4201)
- Keyman TIP should use ITfTextInputProcessorEx (I4216)
- Keyman leaks an Internet Explorer window handle (I4214)
- Help dialog appears below OSK and is inaccessible (I4209)
- Font helper and Keyboard usage appear outside frame in Win 8 (I4208)
- Shift states still not working with unprocessed keys in V9 (I4128)
- Activate/Purchase dialogs are incomplete and the Buy Modules button doesn't work (I4090)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.447.0 (beta release)
- Exit Keyman hint appears to be blank on Win8? (I4187)
- Pressing Enter in install keyboard dialog gives error about admin req (I4172)
- Help Contents link does not work from Keyman menu (I3993)
- Help window Help and Help on Keyboard links don't work (I3676)
- Base Keyboard dialog has wrong style of buttons (I4184)
- Use TTempFileManager for all temporary files (I4195)
- Lang switch window shows wrong selection with Alt+LeftShift when TIP is active (I4191)
- keyman.exe seems to be missing icon (I3769)
- Lang switch window shifts on first view (I4190)
- wm_kmmoreposting must be refactored for TIP work as it is not sequential (I4196)
- Avoid interactions with full-screen RDP (I4197)
- mcompile logs should be stored in diag folder (I4174)
- Uninstalling a keyboard leaves the mnemonic recompiled layouts behind (I4173)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.446.0 (beta release)
- Keyman Engine installer does not include mcompile.exe (I4171)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.445.0 (beta release)
- Mnemonic layouts should be recompiled to positional based on user-selected base keyboard (I4169)
- Console execute in utilexecute.pas needs a temp copy of buffer to avoid write access violations (I4170)
- Shift states still not working with unprocessed keys in V9 (I4128)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.444.0 (beta release)
- Keyman Desktop installer does not install x64 TIP (I4161)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.443.0 (beta release)
Keyman Desktop 9.0.442.0 (beta release)
- Add keyboard version information to Keyman Configuration (Tweak) (I4136)
