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Bluestacks Shortcut Keys

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Customize & Use BlueStacks. You can customize the keyboard shortcuts used to do things like tap, swipe, tilt, and zoom. Click the keyboard keys icon at the top of the screen. If you don't want to use the keyboard, click the 'Disable Key Mapping' slider button on the left. For this, press Esc+Option+Command keys, select BlueStacks App and click Force Quit. Note: This keyboard shortcut does not work for hidden processes. Alternatively, you can launch Activity Monitor click All Processes select the processes linked with BlueStacks Quit Process click Quit in the pop-up dialog box. When playing for longer time, I prefer the control via the touchpad over the touchscreen, and Bluestacks has the added feature of adding some shortcut keys. For many users the performance (Bluestacks claims its performance is far superior to smart phones) is a very important benefit. I tend to combine the use on Bluestacks and my mobile phone.

Sometimes the keyboard within BlueStacks is improperly configured for your country-specific keyboard. This is a known bug, where BlueStacks doesn't correctly detect your keyboard layout. What is emulator for pubg. This causes the wrong characters to appear when you press buttons on your keyboard.

For example, the @ sign turns into a double quote on US-Standard keyboards.

To fix this, we have to modify the keyboard/language settings within BlueStacks.

Open up the BlueStacks home screen, and click the All Apps button on the top right of the screen. On the screen that appears, click the BlueStacks Settings button.

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Next, click Keyboard Settings.

Change BlueStacks Keyboard Settings

Under the Physical Keyboard section, click the first item. It has the name of the current keyboard setting.

A new window will pop up with the currently installed keyboard layouts. If yours is not on the list, click Set up keyboard layouts.

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Set up keyboard layouts in BlueStacks

Deselect the wrongful layout, and tick the correct one. In my case, I had to disable the Dutch keyboard, and select the US international style.

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Next, click Keyboard Settings.

Change BlueStacks Keyboard Settings

Under the Physical Keyboard section, click the first item. It has the name of the current keyboard setting.

A new window will pop up with the currently installed keyboard layouts. If yours is not on the list, click Set up keyboard layouts.

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Set up keyboard layouts in BlueStacks

Deselect the wrongful layout, and tick the correct one. In my case, I had to disable the Dutch keyboard, and select the US international style.

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Select the correct keyboard layout for your keyboard

Where to view. To confirm your settings, press the Back button in the bottom left corner (yes, typical Android logic).

If you have selected the correct layout, you will now find that the keyboard works correctly within BlueStacks.

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Finding the correct layout for your keyboard

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If you don't know what keyboard layout you are using on your computer, you can find out by clicking the keyboard sign, near the clock area on the bottom right of your screen. Or refer to this Wikipedia article.





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