As you troubleshoot this problem, there are two things to consider as 'filters' between your keyboard and your Windows instance. Those are OS X and Parallels. That is to say, if a keystroke isn't getting through to windows, it is being 'caught' by one of those layers, and you need to figure out which layer is the problem. The first thing to check is your Mac's System Preferences, under Keyboard. There is a checkbox that designates the F keys to be used as function keys or as media keys--make sure this is set for standard F keys. This may actually solve your problem since you mentioned trouble with F keys specifically. For the Parallels layer, you just need to be aware that Parallels will catch certain keyboard inputs for its own use, but these typically won't collide with windows shortcuts.
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These would be configured in Parallels preferences. Lastly, a good diagnostic tool for this kind of problem would be to use a keyboard viewer that shows you what keys the system sees as being pressed on the Mac and on the a Windows system. Os 10.3 format wd my passport mac journaled for airport extreme. You could use that to figure out where your keystrokes are being caught.
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Mar 26, 2016 - I did some research and found some useful information about mapping Mac Keyboard Shortcuts to Visual Studio (and Windows) in the. In Visual Studio for Mac preferences, under Key Bindings section, you can choose the Scheme of key bindings. You can select the scheme from this list. You can select the scheme from this list. This post will be about the first one: “Visual Studio”.