Questions about re-arranging your keyboard layout (ex switching to Dvorak or remapping your Caps Lock key).
Questions tagged [keyboard-layout]
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Apple keyboard for a developer?
I am using a Mac Mini for both everyday tasks and developing software. I don't feel the original keyboard layout to develop on Mac is the right one.
For instance, typing in '[' involves 3 keys: Alt + Shift + 5.
I know, it's not a big deal. But I'd…
yves Baumes
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Typing L with stroke (Ł) with US international dead keys layout
US international with dead keys under Linux seems to be perfect for typing most of the accented characters. Recently however I was unable to find a valid combination for typing the “L with stroke” (Ł or ł). I don't seem to find it in the layout. Is…
Anonymous
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Apple UK / British English keyboard key mapping
I've recently started using a Mac at work, and after having been used to PCs running Linux for many years, it's taken a while for me to resolve a few niggles. But there's still one that remains: I'm using a MacBook Pro which has an English…
Mike
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Typing capital ç on a French keyboard
I am using a French keyboard, but I'm not sure how to type a capital-ç on Windows XP SP2.
The key on the keyboard that has ç on it produces 9 when used with shift and ^ when used with Alt-Gr. Is the only option to type Alt+0199 (on the numeric…
Rich
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What is this Thinkpad keyboard layout?
Thinkpad X1 Carbon (2015?). What layout is this, and are there any peculiarities about using it?
I notice for example that Shift, Alt, Ctrl, Del, PG up, PG down, etc are not spelled out, but rather in pictograms.
adatum
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Non-English characters on English Keyboard -
I am looking for a convenient way to write Danish Characters on an English and similar keyboard, without changing the layout to Danish, or remembering cryptic sequences. Normally I use Windows.
There are 3 extra characters, all with…
Olav
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Russian Computer Input
I want to know what keyboard layout is most popular in Russia. There are many choices.
Typewriter:
Phonetic:
Windows:
As the US has qwerty(mainstream), dvorak, and colemak (non-mainstream, but supposedly better), I want to know more about…
JDong
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What is the name of this keyboard layout?
I attached a picture of my keyboard (i.e. for a Dell Inspiron SE 7520). I'm running Ubuntu on it and I can't find neither the English not the Arabic layouts for this keyboard on Ubuntu by default.
Would someone help identifying the exact name of…
Muhammad Gelbana
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How do I map a key into the shift key in Windows? (see picture of Canadian French keyboard)
As luck would have it, my computer dealer shipped me a laptop with a Canadian French keyboard
instead of a US keyboard
Instead of saying how much Canadians from sea to sea hate this keyboard layout and hate being transitioned into it in the last…
William C
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MSKLC : How to tell Windows about the first row of my custom keyboard layout
In Windows, one can install a custom keyboard layout, made with MSKLC.
However, when using the Language and Keyboard Options dialog, the "moniker" that consists in the sequence of characters found on the first row of the layout, is not displayed for…
Maxime Labelle
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Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator doesn't accept ZWNJ (U+200c) as white space character
I'm using Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 to create a custom Persian keyboard layout.
I want to define Shift + Space as ZWNJ ('' - U+200c) character like Persian (Standard) layout. However, when I want to build DLL and setup package, it…
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Angle brackets --portuguese keyboard not able to find
I am using portuguese laptop and keyboard. I am unable to find the keys for typing angle brackets through keyboard.
Any help is appreciated.
Arjun Kumar
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Unremovable Keyboard Layout on Windows 10
It seems that in a recent update a keyboard layout was added to my keyboard layout list, which is "Spanish (Mexico)". This layout doesn't appear on the Region & Language configuration tab.
Keyboard layout list:
Region & Language:
It's really…
Aureal
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How to open the in-game console in Source engine games?
In PC games, developer console is commonly opened by pressing ~ (tilde) key. The key is commonly placed directly below Esc key (in my keyboard layout § is on the place, has no effect). For me the console often doesn't open and I have to rebind keys…
user198350
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Physically mapping the 'alt gr' button to a 'menu' button?
I've recently purchased a new laptop which has a slightly different keyboard layout than my old laptop. Essentially my new laptop has an 'alt gr' button which I never use in place of a 'menu' button on my previous laptop which I used regularly. I…
CiaranWelsh
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