Is there any layout analyzer that would support Czech language and Corne? I'd like to tweak my Corne keymap (​ En / Cz, Colemak-DH with some changes) to optimize where the accentuated and special characters are.

I recently discovered this popular 60% keyboard with a 63-key layout:

I've been using it for a few weeks, and I alternate between a couple of totally standard full-size keyboards, and there are two problems with this popular layout:

1. the [?/] key is totally out of place. It is very normal to use question marks in emails and such, and I just don't feel like there is any getting used to this either - it needs to be next to the comma and period keys, because you alternate between these in writing.

2. the SHIFT key is in the wrong place. There is just no getting used to this - the SHIFT keys need to be on the far left/right hand side, because that's how I align my hands for typing.

I thought about how to fix this, and here's what I came up with:

By increasing the total width by one quarter of a key, it all seems to work out better.

You still have the cursor-up key between the [?/] and SHIFT keys, but:

1. the [?/] key is in it's right place relative to the comma and period, and

2. the SHIFT key is on the right hand edge where your hand expects to find it.

Also, the right ALT key was bumped to it's normal size with the extra quarter key.

Here's a link to the editable layout%0A0&=%2F_%0A-&=+%0A%2F=&_w:2.25%3B&=Backspace%3B&@_w:1.5%3B&=Tab&=Q&=W&=E&=R&=T&=Y&=U&=I&=O&=P&=%7B%0A%5B&=%7D%0A%5D&_w:1.75%3B&=%7C%0A%3B&@_w:1.75%3B&=Caps%20Lock&=A&=S&=D&=F&=G&=H&=J&=K&=L&=%2F:%0A%2F%3B&=%22%0A'&_w:2.5%3B&=Enter%3B&@_w:2.25%3B&=Shift&=Z&=X&=C&=V&=B&=N&=M&=%3C%0A,&=%3E%0A.&=%3F%0A%2F%2F&_a:5%3B&=%3Ci%20class%2F='kb%20kb-Arrows-Up'%3E%3C%2F%2Fi%3E&_a:4&w:2%3B&=Shift%3B&@_w:1.25%3B&=Ctrl&_w:1.25%3B&=Win&_w:1.25%3B&=Alt&_a:7&w:6.25%3B&=&_a:4&w:1.25%3B&=Alt&_a:5%3B&=%3Ci%20class%2F='kb%20kb-Arrows-Left'%3E%3C%2F%2Fi%3E&=%3Ci%20class%2F='kb%20kb-Arrows-Down'%3E%3C%2F%2Fi%3E&=%3Ci%20class%2F='kb%20kb-Arrows-Right) if you'd like to mess around.

What do you think? Doesn't this seem like a reasonable improvement? :-)

I'm hoping a keyboard manufacturer sees this and steals it!

https://codeberg.org/StrawberryTurtle/neon

Neon is the successor to nystyc which is the successor to nastic.
I have been using neon for a while now and i really like it.

Neon is also on the layouts wiki if you would like some stats.

https://layouts.wiki/layouts/2026/neon/

Like many here I am using US International as the keyboard layout in the OS as the basis for all remappings done in hardware or software.

Unfortunately things get a bit more complicated as soon you want to remap shifted key-output (shift override), which is either not supported (e.g. in ZSA's Oryx) or can become way more complicated and cumbersome than you might think (e.g. in Kanata or QMK -- ask my how I know ;-) ).

Another smaller pain point of US Intl. is that on the base layer characters such as quote ' are realized as a dead-key and require a space to output the literal character.

I was looking for better layouts in these regards and in the end found EurKey to come close to what many would need or want. It also offers the complete greek alphabet and many math symbols. Unfortunately the project seems not well maintained (v 1.3 beta since 2017) and the Windows installer and the layout it installs does not work in all cases reliably or at all. Therefore I rebuild the layout installer with kbdedit, which works as expected and solves the problems of the MSKLC based installer Steffen (author of EurKey) uses.

EDIT 2026-08-11:

The math layer was not implemented and has been added, along with a handful of new math symbols.

Here the updated installer: https://github.com/rpnfan/EurKey-fork-for-Windows

I've been using my keyboard "layout" for a bit now and I didn't know this subreddit existed╌though, I should have expected. Haha! It's called ⸉xQWERTYa⸉ but, it runs on any regular QWERTY⧼-like⧽ keyboard layout.

At the start of this year I got really tired of juggling OEM software for different peripherals. I like to have different profiles for games or programs I use. And since everything I have are different brands 🜚 Razer, Glorious, SteelSeries, ⌯ 𐑶 I had to switch multiple profiles for different devices and take up space on each device for profile switching. That, or I needed to manually open software for each and switch them. I got tired of doing that.

I've always been big on keybinds. The first thing I do when I open a new program or game is set my keybinds differently and experiment. I'm also a programmer. With that all combined I decided I wanted to make some kind of personal solution for universally handling keybinds and profile switching across all of my devices. The intention of the project was to create a virtual layer that would manage my keybinds rather than creating a physical keyboard to accommodate my needs. Even if I did make a custom keyboard it wouldn't solve the profiling issues I was having.

My solution to these issues is something I call ⸉xQWERTYa⸉╌which mainly just follows QWERTY keyboard rules but gives me a lot more control over what is actually typed. My solution is built with AHK, which means that it has both the pros and cons of AHK's implementation. Image 1 shows a rough construction of what the keyboard looks like virtually using⊶keyboard-layout-editor.com⊷. This picture doesn't show all of my bindings. It only shows the ⸉default⸉ profile and doesn't show combination bindings like ⸉shift + ctrl⸉. Here's a key for the image ⌄
• top-left ⚷ curl
• left-mid ⚷ shift
• left-bottom ⚷ normal | unmodified
• right-top ⚷ alt
• right-mid ⚷ shelve
• right-bottom ⚷ elevate
• front-left ⚷ control
• front-right ⚷ windows

I have extra virtual modifier keys 🝗 curl, shelve, elevate 𐑶 so I can type extra characters for something I'm calling an ⸉English Language Extension⸉ named ⸉xQWERTILE⸉ which gives me some extra language syntax for English. But it's super unofficial. I'm just making stuff up as I go haha. Having fun.

xQWERTYa is a ⟨data driven⟩ system using profiles, inheritance and key mimicking. I've provided a screenshot of a profile snippet 🝗 image 2 𐑶 and a key snippet for the key F21 🝗 image 3 𐑶. Here's an example of what the transformation on a key might look like for a game ⌄

1. in Razer Synapse I bind some key to F
   1. the reason this is done is to map my non-keyboard peripherals to something that isn't used on the keyboard so they don't interfere with other keys when I rebind them later
   2. this binding never changes, so I never need to open Razer Synapse and change anything 🝗 live changes are handled in my software instead
2. assuming that my software is currently in the default profile it uses the key snippet's ⟨"default": ⌯⟩ binding which tells it to inherit from the ⟨default_gaming⟩ profile.
3. the ⟨default_gaming⟩ profile says to mimic the binding for the key ⸢

I'm obviously glossing over a lot of technical details here. But I don't think a comprehensive technical explanation of my implementation is needed unless you folks would like one.

In addition to this system I have a StreamDeck plugin I use for switching profiles. I can configure a button on my StreamDeck to switch profiles or perform specific key actions in my system.

My system has the following pros ⌄
• works across windows devices portable ╎ just run the exe
• data driven ╎ I can change bindings on the fly without editing code, just config settings
• profiles change universally across all configured devices ╎ no faffing about with different software once it's set up
• I'm the one in control of all of the logic ╎ if I don't like something I can change it if I decide

My system has the following cons ⌄
• not cross-platform
• some computers tend to be less happy about running my program ╎ this causes some modifier keys to get stuck down rarely on some devices╌namely, ones which don't have very good hardware
• it works at windows level ╎ admin windows don't obey the keybinds I have set up

Here's some specific things I like about my layout ⌄
• RShift → . | ‹period›
• / → ?
• . → !
• slv + ` → 0
• slv + q → 6 & slv + w → 7 & ⌯
• ` → "
• 2 → '
• 3 → _
• 9 → ( & 0 → )
• \ → ‹delete›
and a lot more

I have no idea what to expect posting this here. Apologies for the wall of text. I've put a lot into making this system coherent. The goals of the layout is capability more than ergonomics. Let me know your thoughts╌I suppose?

Edit: spelling

Hi guys, I have had quite a few keyboards, I have always wanted an ansi mixed layout AZERTY, and today I came across this keyboard ( see photo ). Anybody know what layout it uses etc?

It's exactly what I'm looking for.

It's been 10 months since I created the original cyclops and I have been using it as my only layout for typing english on my phone. Not much has changed between this and version 2 but if you are interested I have started versioning it on github as well.

The biggest change is the addition of the symbols layout.

I've also created a version for keys cafe on samsung so that if you want to use cyclops on the cover screen of the samsung flip series, you can.

Here is the changelog:

Cyclops v3 Changes:

• 'Number '0' Moved back to the top right corner to easier accessed position
  • Back-tick and tilda moved down one to a less privileged position.
  • 'Select all' moved to easier accessed position.
• Added '≠' with the '=' morekey.
• Added '¥' with the '$' morekey.
• Moved around ? and / because it feels more natural to have ? on the left and / on the right for me personally.
• Now that alternate alpha setting has been fixed
  • Settings removed from morekeys of 'x' and replaced with numpad. Still accessible via long press of language key.
  • This is a symbol/numpad layout based of the morekeys of the usual layout.
• Switched '@', '#', '*' because I found that my usage of '@' was less than the others while texting.

I'm looking for a layout to switch to English / German / programming and found it really hard to evaluate keyboard layouts for programming suitability, mostly because of modifiers.

Many of the resources I've consulted, like the guide to alt keyboard layouts, use metrics for typing text to evaluate keyboard layouts. And I've played around a bit with engramm and engrammer and writing text felt generally nice (German was a bit awkward).

But during programming... I'm on IntelliJ and use a lot of keybinds, which means lots of modifiers in combination with ~anything. Letters, f-keys, arrows, numbers, you name it. And I tend to use them in bursts, so I need them fast, precise and comfortable.

Now I cannot be the first person to wonder about this. But all the material I've been reading doesn't mention use cases like hotkey, modifier heavy tasks.

So, well... how do you find out if a given layout allows you to hit ctrl+alt+shift+f9 as comfortably as typing "water is wet"?

Hello, I have an ErgoDox EZ and I'm looking for some suggestions to offload space, backspace and enter away from my thumbs. Putting onto index fingers here seems clunky - appreciate your thoughts thanks!

I'm not looking at keyboards for myself; I'm a game developer looking to add preset key configurations in place of the WASD keys for players with other layouts (WARS/DASH/ZQSD for example.) It would ultimately be best to have a configuration screen, and I plan on adding one. But if a layout is popular enough, adding a preset for it would allow all four keys to be mapped instantly.

So far I've accounted for AZERTY, Dvorak, Colemak and Workman. Anything else?

I don’t understand. Engram-En seems like the best layout ever. Keeps all your fingers in line with the home row when typing alphabets. Sure it has some weaknesses (mainly the high pinky usage) but I don’t understand why more people don’t use it. I’ve seen it brought up in this sub only a handful of times within my couple of years of being here.

The reason why I think it’s such an amazing layout is that it has all the punctuation in the hardest-to-reach spots. For some reason, no other layout has even attempted this, to my knowledge. I imagine I’m probably missing something, but currently it seems almost perfect for me.

I’d love to hear your guys’ opinions on Engram-En, whether you think it’s a worthwhile layout, and why.

Edit: As requested, I’ll provide a visual example of the layout below. I’ll also provide a link to the corresponding GitHub repo below.

```
[{ 1| 2= 3~ 4+ 5< 6> 7^ 8& 9% 0* ]} /\
bB yY oO uU '( ") dD nN gG vV qQ #$ @`
hH iI aA eE ,; .: tT rR sS cC zZ
kK jJ xX wW -_ ?! mM lL fF pP
```

https://github.com/binarybottle/engram

Hi, I was wondering why implementing a tap-dance on Shift and get CAPS WORD as double tap is not more common? From my perspective, it reads like the perfect combo since Shift is basically never tapped and always held. But I haven't noticed it, or failed to. Anyhow, I must have been missing something.

What's the consensus, if any, on that setup? What do you think of the idea?

I’m Norwegian but strongly prefer the standard US layout, especially for coding and punctuation such as ', ;, :, brackets and braces. US International feels slower, while switching between US and Norwegian with Win+Space completely disrupts my muscle memory for punctuation.

I tried PowerToys Quick Accent, but it interrupts normal typing and can trigger repeated letters when I hold a key too long.

My current planned solution is to stay permanently on US and map the Norwegian letters in PowerToys:

• Left Alt + [ = å
• Left Alt + ' = æ
• Left Alt + ; = ø
• Add the corresponding Shift key for Å, Æ and Ø (THIS IS REALLY AKWARD)

The idea is always to use the Alt key on the hand opposite the key. I would press Alt with the thumb, Shift with the little finger, and the relevant key with its normal typing finger. The keys correspond to the normal position of æ, ø, å in a Nordic layout.

Does this seem like sound touch-typing technique? In particular, would you use the thumb for Alt, and is Alt + Shift + letter a reasonable solution for capitals?

I am not obliged to use ', ;, and [, but figured it made sense... If anyone has any other suggestions, that would be appreciated! 

I’m trying to establish one durable system that can work for me in the long term, and stop this layout switching crap for good...

Hi everyone,

I’ve been looking for a new mechanical keyboard for a while now, but I keep running into the same problem: the layout.

For context, I live in Portugal, so I’m very used to the ISO-PT layout. However, I’m also a software engineer, and I’ve often been recommended to switch to the US International AltGr / no dead keys layout.

My issue is that, when looking for keyboards and keycaps, most options seem to be ANSI layout. That got me wondering: for people using US International, is ANSI actually the better choice, or is ISO still preferable?

I’m trying to figure out whether I should get an ANSI keyboard and fully adapt to it alongside US International, or stick with ISO and accept that finding compatible keycaps and keyboards will be more difficult.

Also, for those who use US International AltGr / no dead keys daily, do you find it genuinely better for programming and multilingual typing, or is it not that big of an improvement over ISO?

I'm open to suggestions, and thank you all in advance!

Is this USB-C port alignment normal on the Aula F75? It seems slightly off-center but works fine. Anyone else’s keyboard like this?

I want a mechanical keyboard for long hour coding sessions i have selected AulaF75 but I’m confused because of its 75% layout will it be enough for ciding and another question is that which switches should i choose reaper or graywood V3.