Is the keymapping method than in openelec or libreelec?
I just updated my keyboard.xml in the userdata folder, restarted kodi, but it seems that it did not take the file, any pointers?
Yes, it’s the standard Kodi method.
Did you put it in ~.kodi/userdata?
I should look better before posting 
There wa s asyntax error in my xml file, found it with notepad++
Sorry guys for bothering , thanks fzinken
Is there a way to lock or close a topic?
Your solution tick is good enough