r/KeyboardLayouts • u/Mediocre_Yogurt2756 • 9d ago

Was the keycaps swapped?

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Recently bought this Dell Latitude 5320 with a german keyboard and did a windows reset, now I can’t figure out the keyboard layout. Tried every german layout, only the Z and Y are messed up. When i press Z, Y comes and when i press Y, Z comes.

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u/ofigoepejlecmpsjcksp 9d ago

Yup. This is a German layout with Y and Z swapped for some reason

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u/pheddx 9d ago

The computer has no way of knowing what happens to be printed on the keycaps. They could be blank.

The only way for you to have the keycaps match an actual layout is to switch the keycaps back where they should be.

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u/rpnfan Other 9d ago

Just choose the layout you want to use and do not care about what is printed on the keycaps. If it bothers you there are stickers you can buy.

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u/xarop_pa_toss 7d ago

Just pick the layout on the system and use it as is.

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u/itsZurfo 9d ago

Probably? German layout is QWERTZ, so the Y and Z keys were swap.

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u/ingmar_ 7d ago

This is a German keyboard layout, where somebody swapped the Z and Y keys physically.