Key Manager Changelog

What's new in Key Manager 1.15 Build 460

Aug 4, 2022
  • Fixed localization issues.
  • Added a Czech localization.

New in Key Manager 1.15 Build 450 (Mar 7, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug in the "Key sequence" action.

New in Key Manager 1.15 Build 440 (Feb 19, 2022)

  • Fixed a bug in the "Key sequence" action: the click on the "Stop recording" button was added to the list.
  • Fixed a bug with tooltips.

New in Key Manager 1.15 Build 430 (Feb 6, 2022)

  • Fixed compatibility issues with Windows 11.
  • Fixed incorrect display of controls on HiDPI screens.
  • Fixed localization issues.

New in Key Manager 1.14 Build 420 (Apr 22, 2021)

  • Fixed a bug that caused keys to "stick" or be remapped incorrectly.
  • Optimized code and reduced delays.
  • Fixed bugs with Numpad keys.
  • Fixed a bug with Alt + Tab in Windows 10.
  • Fixed localization issues.
  • Added an Romanian localization.

New in Key Manager 1.13 Build 400 (Sep 21, 2018)

  • Added a Polish localization.
  • Fixed localization issues.

New in Key Manager 1.13 Build 380 (May 9, 2018)

  • Fixed compatibility issues in Windows 10.
  • Added an Italian localization.

New in Key Manager 1.13 Build 370 (May 9, 2018)

  • Fixed compatibility issues in Windows 10.
  • Fixed the "Access Memory Violation" error and similar ones that led to Key Manager crashes on some systems.
  • Fixed an issue whereby Key Manager sometimes wouldn't run at Windows startup on some systems.
  • Fixed an issue with the double click on the system tray icon.
  • Fixed an issue whereby the state (expanded/collapsed) of folders/menu was not saved correctly.
  • Improved the interface. Now all of the fonts use the scaling defined by the system.
  • Fixed localization issues.
  • Added a Japanese localization.

New in Key Manager 1.12 Build 360 (Jan 16, 2017)

  • Now the app window can also be opened/closed by a single click on the icon in the system tray.
  • Added French and Spanish localizations.
  • Fixed localization issues. The "Cancel" key was also renamed into "Break", and "Apps" into "Context Menu".
  • All the application's executables are now also signed with Symantec SHA-256 digital certificate.

New in Key Manager 1.11 Build 350 (Sep 18, 2015)

  • Fixed compatibility issues in Windows 10
  • The keyboard and mouse engine has been optimized with a focus on performance

New in Key Manager 1.11 Build 342 (Sep 3, 2015)

  • Fixed a serious bug that caused Key Manager to stop working until it was restarted (on some systems). The user also saw the "Mouse Hook Error" message when the program closed.
  • The keyboard and mouse engine has been optimized.
  • Fixed compatibility issues in Windows 10.
  • Fixed bugs in the "Open a web page" action.
  • Fixed bugs in the "Launch a program or file" action.
  • Fixed localization issues. The "Snapshot" key was also renamed into "Prt Sc".

New in Key Manager 1.10 Build 330 (May 18, 2015)

  • Added a Portuguese (Brazil) localization.

New in Key Manager 1.10 Build 328 (May 12, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the system tray icon from hiding in Windows XP.

New in Key Manager 1.10 Build 327 (May 12, 2015)

  • Fixed compatibility issues in Windows 10 (Preview).

New in Key Manager 1.10 Build 324 (Apr 20, 2015)

  • Added the possibility to position and shift the mouse cursor relative to the entire screen, active window, and previous position (in the "Key sequence" action) with the option of returning the cursor to the initial position once the action is performed. Please see the accompanying video below.
  • Added the possibility to start and stop recording using hot keys (F12 is the default hot key, but it can be customized in the program settings) in the "Key sequence" action.
  • Fixed a bug that caused modifiers to "stick" or be redefined incorrectly.
  • New more intuitive system tray icons for Pause and Record.
  • Now exceptions are sorted alphabetically.
  • Fixed localization issues.

New in Key Manager 1.9 Build 312 (Feb 5, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug with the constant setting of the left mouse button in the fields of definition, which also made it impossible to read the keys from the on-screen keyboards and tablets.
  • Fixed a bug – it was difficult to define key combinations with mouse buttons. For example, Ctrl + Right mouse button.
  • Fixed a bug – the items on the pop-up menus were sometimes displayed in wrong order.
  • Optimized the loading block of system libraries.
  • Added intelligent storage of the previous text format in the action "Paste Text" – Plain text (default) / RTF text.
  • Added storing of path in the export profiles window.
  • Fixed localization issues.

New in Key Manager 1.8 Build 304 (Nov 22, 2013)

  • Added a possibility to remap Alt, Ctrl, Shift and Win modifier keys as standalone keys.
  • Added a possibility to copy, cut and paste actions and folders/menus from the clipboard (standard and familiar Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X and Ctrl+V combinations).
  • Added a possibility to copy an entire profile to the clipboard as a folder. This comes in handy when you need to copy all the actions of one profile to another or need to reorganize the current one.
  • Added an option - fill a newly-created profile with the actions of the current one.
  • Fixed a memory leak that resulted in a moderate increase of the size of the profiles file after each program start.
  • Fixed a bug with incorrect scaling and displaying of toolbar buttons and other controls.
  • Fixed a bug with the system tray icon menu – when it was clicked, it occasionally brought up the system menu along with the Key Manager menu.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the program icon to disappear from the notification area.
  • Fixed a big – template RTF text appeared in a wrong encoding when pasted as plain text.
  • Fixed a bug – the reset button of the 9th user modifier didn’t work.
  • Fixed a bug that reset exceptions when the “clear key” button was clicked.
  • Fixed a bug – the names of some actions were not saved if the Enter key was pressed during their editing.
  • Added a German localization.
  • Added template dates in the Russian format to the Russian version of the program.
  • Added a template for converting a selected text fragment or text in the clipboard from the Russian keyboard layout to the German one (and vice versa).

New in Key Manager 1.7 Build 287 (Jan 11, 2013)

  • Fixed the error with the emulation of X1 and X2 mouse button presses.

New in Key Manager 1.7 Build 284 (Jan 8, 2013)

  • Added a possibility to remap mouse wheel left and right rotation/tilting (only for Windows Vista and newer versions).
  • Fixed the error with the emulation of X1 and X2 mouse button presses.
  • Fixed the error in exceptions – programs could not be recognized by the window title if user-defined strings contained uppercase letters.
  • Fixed the error with auto-naming of exceptions.

New in Key Manager 1.6 Build 279 (Nov 21, 2012)

  • All the application's executables are now signed with VeriSign's (Symantec) digital certificate.
  • Fixed localization issue - failure to keep the language selected during the installation when the application runs for the first time.
  • Fixed bug in templates %km_seltext_skl_enru and %km_cbtext_skl_enru.

New in Key Manager 1.6 Build 277 (Nov 5, 2012)

  • Fixed bugs in the "Paste Text" -> "Plain Text" action - it truncated large texts (approximately 2 KB and above) and sometimes pasted wrong characters.
  • Fixed UNICODE support bug in the "Paste Text" action.

New in Key Manager 1.6 Build 274 (Oct 29, 2012)

  • Added remapping the left mouse button.
  • Simplified setting the left mouse button.
  • Fixed error - "Exceptions" did not work with 64-bit applications (as well as with some 32-bit ones).
  • Fixed error - "Exceptions" did not work on the second press.
  • Added waiting cancellation on the second press of a wrong (not predefined) key/mouse button.
  • Fixed error - template %st (currently selected text) sometimes returned empty value.
  • Added new templates:
  • su/cu - returns selected text/clipboard content in UPPERCASE.
  • sl/cl - returns selected text/clipboard content in lowercase.
  • sksl/cksl - returns converted selected text /clipboard content from Cyrillic layout to Latin and vice versa (depending on the original text characters).
  • Added setting specific volume level (action "System command"->"Sound"->"Set volume").
  • Added internal labels to interface elements to help users with disabilities recognize the applications.

New in Key Manager 1.5 Build 267 (Oct 25, 2012)

  • Fixed compatibility issues in Windows 8.
  • Fixed the bug that prevented Key Manager from running on certain systems.

New in Key Manager 1.5 Build 262 (Oct 25, 2012)

  • Fixed issues with memory leaks and termination of "Type text" and "Paste text" actions

New in Key Manager 1.5 Build 250 (Oct 25, 2012)

  • Added a possibility to select items from the actions popup menu using the keyboard cursor and a hotkey combination matching the initial letters of corresponding menu items.
  • Added a possibility to instantly launch menu items using a hotkey that can be defined right in the names of nested menu actions by inserting the "&" character before the necessary character/key. Example: Paste &date - "d" will be the hotkey for this menu item:
  • Fixed the incorrect display of program icons in the notifications area of the taskbar when enlarged Windows screen fonts were used.