Greetings,
I recently received a Corsair STRAFE RGB keyboard as a gift. I am primarily a Mac user, but I also have Windows 10 64-bit installed on my machine (a 2008 Mac Pro). I am running Mac OS Sierra (installed using DosDude's installer patch).
That being said, when I first connected the STRAFE RGB keyboard to my Mac, the keyboard seemed to work OK (though I didn't do thorough testing), and most of the keys were lit up red.
Anyhow, I managed to stumble upon the CKB driver through some Googling. It seems to work OK for me, but I've noticed something odd with the modifier keys (Shift, Control, Option and Command). I've used the Mac OS Keyboard preferences pane to remap the "Windows" command to serve as the Mac "Option" key and the "ALT" key to serve as the "Command" key, just because of my muscle memory being used to the Apple keyboard layout over the last 9 years of use.
My problem with the modifier keys is that they don't work correctly in some Mac applications. For example, if I use the Shift (or re-mapped Command (ALT) key) key to highlight multiple files in the Finder, the modifier key is not recognized at all and it won't select multiple files. In addition, if I click on a menu and press the Option (re-mapped Windows key) key, the menu entries do not show their alternative options (for example in the Apple menu, pressing the Option key bypasses the confirmation dialog box when Shut Down or Restart is selected).
I first thought that this was a problem with CKB, so I uninstalled it (after all, I can live without the fancy lighting effects). After I rebooted, my keyboard would not work at all until I re-installed CKB. The keyboard then seems to work fine (minus the modifier key behavior) whether CKB is running or not.
If I plug in an Apple USB keyboard to my Mac, the modifier keys on the Apple keyboard work as expected (but the ones on the Corsair do not). Does anyone have any suggestions on how to resolve this? Other than of course, keeping an Apple keyboard plugged in all the time (or when needed)?
Regards,
Geoffrey
