To add onto what @mwra says, so much has been added to the program in the past 2+ years, and so many of its features are customizable, that I think you’re [@jfontana] doing yourself a disservice by relying on an old version (and being concerned by things it appears not to do).
My experience is:
- You can set up keyboard shortcuts for the vast majority of the routine functions you rely on, via either the MacOS System Preferences menu, or an app like Keyboard Maestro. I am very strongly anti-mouse, and I can do most of what I want by keyboard only.
- The main functional improvements have been in areas other than mapping, in particular in the indispensable “Attribute Browser,” in which I do 3/4ths of all my work. (Eg How to use the Attribute Browser )
Since I use this program all day long, on my working days, the upgrade costs are completely worth it. FWIW.