diff --git a/web/source/keymanweb.ts b/web/source/keymanweb.ts
index 4c5d793d7b..bb5783815d 100644
--- a/web/source/keymanweb.ts
+++ b/web/source/keymanweb.ts
@@ -107,15 +107,6 @@ if(!window['keyman']['initialized']) {
         
     keymanweb.delayedInit();
 
-    // I732 START - Support for European underlying keyboards #1
-    if(typeof(window['KeymanWeb_BaseLayout']) !== 'undefined') 
-      com.keyman.osk.Layouts._BaseLayout = window['KeymanWeb_BaseLayout'];
-    else
-      com.keyman.osk.Layouts._BaseLayout = 'us';    
-    
-    
-    keymanweb._BrowserIsSafari = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit') >= 0);  // I732 END - Support for European underlying keyboards #1      
-
   //TODO: find all references to next three routines and disambiguate!!
     
     // Complete page initialization only after the page is fully loaded, including any embedded fonts
diff --git a/web/source/kmwbase.ts b/web/source/kmwbase.ts
index 6d4e9c0a4c..71632a5fe1 100644
--- a/web/source/kmwbase.ts
+++ b/web/source/kmwbase.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 /// <reference path="text/kbdInterface.ts" />
 // Defines keyboard data & management classes.
 /// <reference path="keyboards/kmwkeyboards.ts" />
-// Defines built-in keymapping.
-/// <reference path="kmwkeymaps.ts" />
 // Defines KMW's hotkey management object.
 /// <reference path="kmwhotkeys.ts" />
 // Defines the ui management code that tracks UI activation and such.
@@ -55,7 +53,8 @@ namespace com.keyman {
 
     initialized: number;       // Signals the initialization state of the KeymanWeb system.
     isHeadless = false;        // Indicates that KMW lacks any access to the DOM.  Nothing yet implemented for '= true'.
-    'build' = 300;           // TS needs this to be defined within the class.
+    'build' = 300;             // TS needs this to be defined within the class.
+    _BrowserIsSafari: boolean; // A legacy browser-check variable.
 
     // Used as placeholders during initialization.
     // The corresponding class properties should be dropped after a refactor;
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ namespace com.keyman {
     domManager: DOMManager;
     hotkeyManager: HotkeyManager;
     uiManager: UIManager;
-    keyMapManager: KeyMapManager;
     textProcessor: text.Processor;
     modelManager: text.prediction.ModelManager;
 
@@ -118,8 +116,17 @@ namespace com.keyman {
       this.domManager = new DOMManager(this);
       this.hotkeyManager = new HotkeyManager(this);
       this.uiManager = new UIManager(this);
-      this.keyMapManager = new KeyMapManager();
-      this.textProcessor = new text.Processor();
+
+      // I732 START - Support for European underlying keyboards #1
+      var baseLayout: string;
+      if(typeof(window['KeymanWeb_BaseLayout']) !== 'undefined') {
+        baseLayout = window['KeymanWeb_BaseLayout'];
+      } else {
+        baseLayout = 'us';
+      }
+      this._BrowserIsSafari = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit') >= 0);  // I732 END - Support for European underlying keyboards #1      
+
+      this.textProcessor = new text.Processor(baseLayout);
       // Used by the embedded apps.
       this['interface'] = this.textProcessor.keyboardInterface;
       
diff --git a/web/source/osk/defaultLayouts.ts b/web/source/osk/defaultLayouts.ts
index 5c24fd7654..4880de8e2e 100644
--- a/web/source/osk/defaultLayouts.ts
+++ b/web/source/osk/defaultLayouts.ts
@@ -101,12 +101,6 @@ namespace com.keyman.osk {
       'leftctrl-shift': '*LCtrlShift*',
       'rightctrl-shift': '*RCtrlShift*'
     };
-
-    static _BaseLayout: string = 'us';       // default BaseLayout
-    static _BaseLayoutEuro: {[code: string]: string} = {
-      'se': '\u00a71234567890+´~~~QWERTYUIOP\u00c5\u00a8\'~~~ASDFGHJKL\u00d6\u00c4~~~~~<ZXCVBNM,.-~~~~~ ',  // Swedish
-      'uk': '`1234567890-=~~~QWERTYUIOP[]#~~~ASDFGHJKL;\'~~~~~\\ZXCVBNM,./~~~~~ ' // UK
-    };     // I1299 (not currently exposed, but may need to be e.g. for external users)
     
     /**
     * Build a default layout for keyboards with no explicit layout
diff --git a/web/source/text/kbdInterface.ts b/web/source/text/kbdInterface.ts
index 386f63eb99..89bbe1bfcb 100644
--- a/web/source/text/kbdInterface.ts
+++ b/web/source/text/kbdInterface.ts
@@ -528,12 +528,11 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
      * @return      {boolean}     true if keypress event
      * Description  Test if event as a keypress event
      */    
-    isKeypress(e: KeyEvent):boolean {
-      let keyman = com.keyman.singleton;
+    isKeypress(e: KeyEvent): boolean {
       if(this.activeKeyboard.isMnemonic) {   // I1380 - support KIK for positional layouts
         return !e.LisVirtualKey;             // will now return true for U_xxxx keys, but not for T_xxxx keys
       } else {
-        return keyman.keyMapManager._USKeyCodeToCharCode(e) ? true : false; // I1380 - support KIK for positional layouts
+        return KeyMapping._USKeyCodeToCharCode(e) ? true : false; // I1380 - support KIK for positional layouts
       }
     }
     
diff --git a/web/source/kmwkeymaps.ts b/web/source/text/keyMapping.ts
similarity index 78%
rename from web/source/kmwkeymaps.ts
rename to web/source/text/keyMapping.ts
index a81faaea54..cb45620394 100644
--- a/web/source/kmwkeymaps.ts
+++ b/web/source/text/keyMapping.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ namespace com.keyman {
   class LanguageKeyMaps {
     [languageCode: string]: KeyMap;
 
+    // // Here are some old legacy definitions that were no longer referenced but are likely related:
+    // static _BaseLayoutEuro: {[code: string]: string} = {
+    //   'se': '\u00a71234567890+´~~~QWERTYUIOP\u00c5\u00a8\'~~~ASDFGHJKL\u00d6\u00c4~~~~~<ZXCVBNM,.-~~~~~ ',  // Swedish
+    //   'uk': '`1234567890-=~~~QWERTYUIOP[]#~~~ASDFGHJKL;\'~~~~~\\ZXCVBNM,./~~~~~ ' // UK
+
     constructor() {
       /* I732 START - 13/03/2007 MCD: Swedish: Start mapping of keystroke to US keyboard #2 */
       // Swedish key map
@@ -45,17 +50,17 @@ namespace com.keyman {
     }
   }
 
-  export class KeyMapManager {
-    browserMap: BrowserKeyMaps = new BrowserKeyMaps();
-    languageMap: LanguageKeyMaps = new LanguageKeyMaps();
+  export class KeyMapping {
+    static readonly browserMap: BrowserKeyMaps = new BrowserKeyMaps();
+    static readonly languageMap: LanguageKeyMaps = new LanguageKeyMaps();
 
-    _usCharCodes: KeyMap[];
+    private static _usCharCodes: KeyMap[];
 
-    constructor() {
-      this._usCodeInit();
+    private constructor() {
+      // Do not construct this class.
     }
 
-    _usCodeInit() {
+    private static _usCodeInit() {
       var s0=new KeyMap(),s1=new KeyMap();
 
       s0['k192'] = 96;
@@ -154,7 +159,7 @@ namespace com.keyman {
       s1['k190'] = 62;
       s1['k191'] = 63;
 
-      this._usCharCodes = [s0,s1];
+      KeyMapping._usCharCodes = [s0,s1];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -164,8 +169,16 @@ namespace com.keyman {
      * @return      {number}                Character code 
      * Description Translate keyboard codes to standard US layout codes
      */    
-    _USKeyCodeToCharCode(Levent: com.keyman.text.KeyEvent) {
-      return this._usCharCodes[Levent.Lmodifiers & 0x10 ? 1 : 0]['k'+Levent.Lcode];
+    static _USKeyCodeToCharCode(Levent: com.keyman.text.KeyEvent) {
+      return KeyMapping.usCharCodes[Levent.Lmodifiers & 0x10 ? 1 : 0]['k'+Levent.Lcode];
     };
+
+    public static get usCharCodes() {
+      if(!KeyMapping._usCharCodes) {
+        KeyMapping._usCodeInit();
+      }
+
+      return KeyMapping._usCharCodes;
+    }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/source/text/processor.ts b/web/source/text/processor.ts
index 4e2713e6db..5283e9d509 100644
--- a/web/source/text/processor.ts
+++ b/web/source/text/processor.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 /// <reference path="defaultOutput.ts" />
 // Defines the keyboard wrapper object.
 /// <reference path="../keyboards/keyboard.ts" />
+// Defines built-in keymapping.
+/// <reference path="keyMapping.ts" />
 
 namespace com.keyman.text {
   export class LegacyKeyEvent {
@@ -35,9 +37,12 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
     swallowKeypress: boolean = false;
 
     keyboardInterface: KeyboardInterface;
+
+    baseLayout: string;
     private keyboard: keyboards.Keyboard;
 
-    constructor() {
+    constructor(baseLayout?: string) {
+      this.baseLayout = baseLayout || 'us'; // default BaseLayout
       this.keyboardInterface = new KeyboardInterface();
       this.installInterface();
     }
@@ -225,7 +230,7 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
 
       // Support version 1.0 KeymanWeb keyboards that do not define positional vs mnemonic
       if(!activeKeyboard.definesPositionalOrMnemonic) {
-        Lkc.Lcode=keyman.keyMapManager._USKeyCodeToCharCode(Lkc);
+        Lkc.Lcode = KeyMapping._USKeyCodeToCharCode(Lkc);
         Lkc.LisVirtualKey=false;
       }
 
@@ -263,13 +268,12 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
 
     processKeystroke(keyEvent: KeyEvent, outputTarget: OutputTarget, fromOSK: boolean): RuleBehavior {
       let keyman = com.keyman.singleton;
-      let keyMapManager = keyman.keyMapManager;
 
       if(!keyman.isEmbedded && !fromOSK && keyman.util.device.browser == 'firefox') {
         // I1466 - Convert the - keycode on mnemonic as well as positional layouts
         // FireFox, Mozilla Suite
-        if(keyMapManager.browserMap.FF['k'+keyEvent.Lcode]) {
-          keyEvent.Lcode=keyMapManager.browserMap.FF['k'+keyEvent.Lcode];
+        if(KeyMapping.browserMap.FF['k'+keyEvent.Lcode]) {
+          keyEvent.Lcode=KeyMapping.browserMap.FF['k'+keyEvent.Lcode];
         }
       }
 
@@ -318,6 +322,7 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
      */
     processKeyEvent(keyEvent: KeyEvent, e?: osk.KeyElement | boolean): boolean {
       let keyman = com.keyman.singleton;
+      let formFactor = keyman.util.device.formFactor;
 
       // Determine the current target for text output and create a "mock" backup
       // of its current, pre-input state.
@@ -330,9 +335,6 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
         e = null as osk.KeyElement; // Cast is necessary for TS type-checking later in the method.
       }
 
-      let formFactor = keyman.util.device.formFactor;
-      let keyMapManager = keyman.keyMapManager;
-
       this.swallowKeypress = false;
 
       if(fromOSK && !keyman.isEmbedded) {
@@ -367,8 +369,8 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
       if(!keyman.isEmbedded && !fromOSK && keyman.util.device.browser == 'firefox') {
         // I1466 - Convert the - keycode on mnemonic as well as positional layouts
         // FireFox, Mozilla Suite
-        if(keyMapManager.browserMap.FF['k'+keyEvent.Lcode]) {
-          keyEvent.Lcode=keyMapManager.browserMap.FF['k'+keyEvent.Lcode];
+        if(KeyMapping.browserMap.FF['k'+keyEvent.Lcode]) {
+          keyEvent.Lcode = KeyMapping.browserMap.FF['k'+keyEvent.Lcode];
         }
       } //else 
       //{
@@ -1140,14 +1142,12 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
       var LisVirtualKeyCode = (typeof e.charCode != 'undefined' && e.charCode != null  &&  (e.charCode == 0 || (s.Lmodifiers & 0x6F) != 0));
       s.LisVirtualKey = LisVirtualKeyCode || e.type != 'keypress';
 
-      let keyMapManager = keyman.keyMapManager;
-
       // Other minor physical-keyboard adjustments
       if(activeKeyboard && !activeKeyboard.isMnemonic) {
         // Positional Layout
 
         /* 13/03/2007 MCD: Swedish: Start mapping of keystroke to US keyboard */
-        var Lbase=keyMapManager.languageMap[com.keyman.osk.Layouts._BaseLayout];
+        var Lbase = KeyMapping.languageMap[this.baseLayout];
         if(Lbase && Lbase['k'+s.Lcode]) {
           s.Lcode=Lbase['k'+s.Lcode];
         }
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ namespace com.keyman.text {
         if(!activeKeyboard.definesPositionalOrMnemonic && !(s.Lmodifiers & 0x60)) {
           // Support version 1.0 KeymanWeb keyboards that do not define positional vs mnemonic
           s = {
-            Lcode: keyMapManager._USKeyCodeToCharCode(s),
+            Lcode: KeyMapping._USKeyCodeToCharCode(s),
             Ltarg: s.Ltarg,
             Lmodifiers: 0,
             LisVirtualKey: false,