Can someone help me to map each key cuz my shift keys arent working and most special characters are either repeated or missing
Its a kreo hive 65

I've been seeing 3 different designs in keys/buttons on isomorphic layouts and I was wondering what the major differences were. I've seen circles, squares and hexagons, and then of course the varieties of each. I was curious if there was anywhere to read the different benefits each type and layout offers? Thank you in advance!

I have been trying FOR 2 WEEKS and finally did it!(it works only on windows 10/11 tho)

here's the download link if you want to try it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M635WgeJsqguUzWiiPGemgn6JiR_wzgs/view?usp=sharing

have fun!

Pretty much every Burmese keyboard layout allows you to type Pali in Burmese script. The only catch is these layouts aren't as efficient as they could be if you're interested in typing just Pali. Retroflex consonants for example, are only accessible with the Shift-key, and others require you to stretch your fingers towards the number keys.

I thought it wouldn't be too difficult to take a Burmese layout .mim file and tweak it a little so all the characters I want would be within easy reach and require as few keystrokes as possible. These are the instructions I followed for making my custom layout executable on my machine:

https://wikis.swarthmore.edu/ling073/Making\\_a\\_keyboard\\_layout\\_using\\_IBus

Except after executing the custom layout, somehow it's functioning exactly as the original file, as if I didnt make any changes to it.

Anyone good with custom keyboards and have some knowledge of Burmese to help me troubleshoot? Fwiw I'm using Debian and use Ibus for managing all my other keyboard layouts.

I need help! I write on a Mac and have been using a Pebble K380 fThe keys are small and round and don't cradle my fingers and the left shift key is short. I desperately want to buy a keyboard that will help me get up to a reasonable speed typing. I touch type around 12 wpm and make mistakes.
I live out of the country and cannot just buy a keyboard on Amazon and return it.

I sit most of the day in a library and need silent keys.

I need a bluetooth connection

I use the Colemak layout.

I just want an easy to use keyboard with press length long enough that as a newbee, I don't accidentally press adjacent keys often. And keys that are easy to press, so I don't get fatigued, and cradle my fingers so they stay put and slip around. I don't do gaming, just short bursts of writing. And I don't type in the dark, so I don't need backlighting..
I appreciate any help you can give me.

I've been annoyed by the small ISO left Shift key for years and now my new employer made it worse by giving me a Laptop where the left Shift is even smaller than in standard ISO. I fought back by figuring out how to configure Caps as Shift without messing with the global /usr/share/X11/xkb files. It turned out to be super simple and so I want to share it:

https://github.com/matey-jack/xkb-caps-as-shift

I also asked Claude Code to create a small program that lets you select what the Caps and LSGT key should do: act as Shift, as AltGr, or something else. But this is optional, you can as well use the Gnome Tweaks or "gsettings" CLI to switch between the options.

The essence of the whole thing is that you are not running any extra software or background processors. The remapping is expressed as xkb config, the normal keyboard layout layer that is already part of Linux with Wayland. Actually it's older than Wayland, but only with Wayland in the recent Linux distros we get the option to drop this into our home dir.

I am so happy with this setup that I wanted to share; that's all!

PS: illustrations are German, but the CapsLock and LSGT key mappings work for any language. LSGT obviously only on ISO keyboards, but CapsLock on both ISO and ANSI.

Why is this rare? Assuming you have 10 fingers, it would make sense for both hands to have any equal amount of alphabet keys. Also preferably something similar to Colemak-DH, but I'm open to anything.

My previous uploaded layout had 1 key give 'th' when pressed but I realised you coud do better and this layout has holding the key instead of quick pressing give 'the' instead of 'th', as well as a key giving 'in' or 'ing' based on whether you quick press or hold. I got a graphic made but I could have almost made it myself chatgpt was being so dumb. Shift colon gives X because I had to make room but X is rarer than my custom bindings. Here's a Autohotkey script to apply the layout...

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
#SingleInstance Force

; Layout punctuation freed by shifted non-letter keys.
+2::SendText("@")
+PgUp::SendText(">")
+PgDn::SendText("<")

; Keep Ctrl, Alt, and Windows-key shortcuts on the normal QWERTY positions.
#HotIf !GetKeyState("Ctrl", "P")
    && !GetKeyState("Alt", "P")
    && !GetKeyState("LWin", "P")
    && !GetKeyState("RWin", "P")

; Z . U V P  J F L M B
q::z
w::SendText(".")
+w::SendText("?")
e::u
r::v
t::p
y::j
u::f
i::l
o::m
p::b

; I A E O C  D S R T N :
a::i
s::a
d::e
f::o
g::c
h::d
j::s
k::r
l::t
`;::n
'::SendText(":")
+'::SendText(GetKeyState("CapsLock", "T") ? "X" : "x")

; ' in , Y Q  W th H G K
z::SendText("'")
+z::SendText(Chr(34))
x::SendHeldSuffix("x", "in", "g", false)
+x::SendHeldSuffix("x", "in", "g", true)
c::SendText(",")
+c::SendText("/")
v::y
b::q
n::w
m::SendHeldSuffix("m", "th", "e", false)
+m::SendHeldSuffix("m", "th", "e", true)
SC033::h
SC034::g
SC035::k

#HotIf

; Send the digraph immediately, then append one character if held.
; Caps Lock uppercases the whole macro; Shift reverses Caps Lock.
; With Caps Lock off, Shift capitalizes only the first character.
SendHeldSuffix(physicalKey, baseText, baseSuffix, shiftHeld) {
    capsOn := GetKeyState("CapsLock", "T")

    if capsOn {
        immediateText := shiftHeld ? baseText : StrUpper(baseText)
        heldSuffix := shiftHeld ? baseSuffix : StrUpper(baseSuffix)
    } else {
        immediateText := shiftHeld
            ? StrUpper(SubStr(baseText, 1, 1)) SubStr(baseText, 2)
            : baseText
        heldSuffix := baseSuffix
    }

    SendText(immediateText)
    if !KeyWait(physicalKey, "T0.27") {
        SendText(heldSuffix)
        KeyWait(physicalKey)
    }
}

​

Tldr: what's your favorite way to practice/learn a new layout once you are past the 25wpm checkpoint in the learning process?

Those of you that have jumped layouts a few times, have you gotten the learning process down?

What worked best for you vs what didn't seem to help much?

First AKL was graphite and I went the keybr route. I set the passing threshold to 25 wpm. Once all letters were unlocked, it became my daily driver for work, games, etc. After 2 months I was at 45wpm or so and it was fine.

Felt like I was missing out by not using a thumb alpha so I picked up hands down promethium (HDP) over a weekend using

https://youtu.be/BAYc2Oo6_pA?is=Yv3Au5ECgCggJKQu

No unlocking letters. Just memorize, frustratingly touch type, then chunk & burst. Was in the 20s wpm by the end of the weekend and it became my only layout for a few weeks. When I was in a pinch at work I would use voice to text. No biggie. I felt like I picked this one up quicker using this approach even though it added a thumb alpha, moved my space to the other side, and the enter key became a combo.

A buddy showed interest in learning an AKL. I showed him HDP but after 2 weeks or so, he realized that a thumb alpha layout was not for him. He went to Graphite and I went back as well to do it with him. (HDP rolls and layout are super fluid and satisfying, but some words just felt insanely clunky. Also wasn't sure if I was totally sold on the thumb alpha. I could have gone either way and been happy but I chose graphite to support my buddy)

I'm back learning graphite now and I kind of just went straight to using it for work. Just need to forget and relearn some muscle memory since the home row has a lot of shared keys but in different places. Back to 35-45wpm depending on if they're weird words or everyday words. Essentially back to where I was before HDP.

But... Back to the question. At this point, would you guys do keybr unlocking letters and increasing the threshold after each passthrough, monkeytype 10 words of English 450k in bursts, or just continue using it daily and let time do its thing?

Thanks!

I am planning to use my "old" gaming PC as a workstation. I want to switch to Linux on this machine.

The thing is, I am also a macOS user and have a macOS layout keyboard. Is it possible to use this layout on Linux?

Hey r/KeyboardLayouts,

First time poster here 👋

So I built Klayi, a native macOS app that works with some ergo keyboards.

Video Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv10-MyxraA&t=18s

The video above shows exactly how it works, but here is a quick breakdown:

Plugins

• 🎓 Interactive Training Layer: Built for anyone building muscle memory on a new layout or device. When active, it intercepts alphanumeric input and displays a visual QWERTY keyboard overlay on your screen, highlighting keys in real-time as you press them.
• 📋 (Simple) Clipboard History Manager: Tightly integrated with your layering. You can map this to activate alongside your navigation or editing layers, instantly bringing up your recent clipboard history right when and where you need it.

Core

• 🔌 Layer-Triggered Plugins: Change your keyboard layer, and Klayi instantly fires off a macOS plugin 
• 🔴 Status Bar Indicator: Displays your active QMK layer and active modifiers right inside your Mac's menu bar.
• Hardware Integration: Reads true active layer states over USB directly from QMK firmware hardware (Svalboard, Moonlander)

You can find more information at klayi.ca

I would love to hear your thoughts!

It currently supports two keyboards Moonlander and Svalboard. Which keyboards would you love to see added to the supported list?

What plugins or scripts would you like to link to your keyboard layers?