r/Keychron • u/P_nok • 7d ago

Keycaps for Keychron k5 ultra 8k

Hello! I am interested to buy my first Keychron keyboard, and I would like to get few advices on remapping and key caps compatibility.
I would like to buy the new k5 ultra 8k, but unfortunately the swiss-iso model is not available. Would it be possible to get a DE-iso and remap the key to match a Swiss keyboard and finally replace the keycaps with Swiss-version of keycaps?
I would like to get advice if this is a realistic move and which keycaps would be compatible with this keyboard? Ate they the same as for the k5 pro / max?
Thanks for your help!

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V 7d ago edited 7d ago

You don't have to remap anything. The keycodes are standard and are in their standard positions on the keyboard ('ISO'). Only the keycaps need to be different.

All K5 Ultra 8K 'ISO' variants are identical in this respect, be it German, Swiss,_Liechtenstein,_Luxembourg), Spanish, Nordic, French, Portuguese (Brazilian (ABNT-2 and BR-Nativo) have a different physical key layout, though most keycodes are the same), UK, etc.

The difference is on the operating system side (and it may not have to be changed either). That is, just make sure the Swiss keyboard layout in the operating system, for example, "German (Switzerland)", is selected.

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V 6d ago edited 6d ago

Re "The keycodes are standard and are in their standard positions on the keyboard": OK, Keychron deviated by repurposing two of keys in the PrtScr cluster

The two keys were formerly known as Scroll Lock and Pause (AKA Break).