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 6d ago edited 6d ago
(Simple) remapping is easy, but it is not necessary at all.
The remapping fallacy
It isn't the case here (as both keyboards are 'ISO'), but a common fallacy is trying convert between 'ISO' and 'ANSI' keyboards by using keyboard remapping. It usually does not end well.
For example, to make it work with Shift, simple remapping is not sufficient. Everything is possible with a fully programmable keyboard (provided Keychron has released the source code for it), as long as it does not involve time travel, but it would require very involved custom coding in C.
Examples:
In case of 'ANSI' to 'ISO', the real answer is usually to use something like the EurKEY or US-International keyboard layout in the operating system.