Questions tagged [keyboard-layout]
Questions about re-arranging your keyboard layout (ex switching to Dvorak or remapping your Caps Lock key).
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How to change keyboard layout in Win 10?
Before you downvote this for being a stupid question, bear with me here. I installed Windows 10 in English, with standard US keyboard layout. However, I created my own keyboard layout which is a US ...
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Czech (?) keyboard layout identification
I've got an ancient HP ProBook 4510s here which I'm trying to find the proper (Windows 10) keyboard for.
It's been used by a czech family, but the layout doesn't seem to match that either.
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How to type the 'ro' kana and yen symbol directly with US keyboard?
I recently brought the Japanese 106/109 keyboard stickers for my US keyboard. I applied stickers and changed my hardware keyboard layout from English 101/102 to Japanese 106/109. Then I realized that ...
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How can I install japanese keyboard layout on windows 10 without admin privilages
So, I don't know Japanese, but I am trying to learn hiragana and katakana so that I can write my notes in them, cause it looks cool, and it makes it look like I know Japanese. I want to install the ...
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MSKLC : How to associate a country to a custom keyboard layout
I made a custom keyboard layout with MSKLC.
I thought I followed the instructions carefully and chose appropriate values for the LOCALENAME and LOCALID parameters.
However, in the switch-keyboard ...
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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 ...
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Self-installed Chinese languages in language bar remain despite deleting their registry keys
My Windows 10 had suddenly entries of three Chinese languages in the language bar, without me having them installed.
They are not present in the keyboard layout, so I cannot uninstall them.
The ...
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Canadian multilingual standrard keyboard dead key not working
I am using Windows 10 with English US as a primary language. I have also added French Canada language and added Canadian Multilingual Standard keyboard there.
Normally, in CMS layout [ is a dead key ...
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Windows emits an "error" sound when using the EurKEY keyboard layout
OS: Windows 10 20H2
Language setup:
English (United States)
US (QWERTY)
English (Germany)
EurKEY Keyboard Layout by Steffen Brüntjen
Example: Clicking on the Search box in File Explorer = Error ...
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Keyboard Layout Change Windows 10
My keyboard layout is quite messy.
I study in Germany, my physical keyboard layout is German (QWERTZ), but since my program is in English, so is my OS language. In addition to that, I also quite ...
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Shift accented letters not working on Windows 10
So accented letters using Shift just stopped working here. This never happened to me before. I'm wondering VERY much what the heck happened, because I see it's all in Portuguese language on the ...
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Remap keys per keyboard
Background: I typically wish to remap keys on my laptop keyboard, but not on external USB keyboards I connect to the laptop. I'm aware of a solution for linux, as well as several options how to remap ...
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How _quickly_ disable all keyboard layouts, except default? Windows 10
I have three languages and four keyboard layouts on my Windows 10.
Most of the time I need only one language and one keyboard (default, "US-EN") for my main work.
Is there any way (using ...
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Keyboard problems with my W key
My W key doesn't work correctly, for instance in order for it to work I have to press it multiple times and sometimes the key will work. How do I fix this?
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MSKLC unhandled exception
I tried to create my custom keyboard layout using Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 (MSKLC). (Something like Russian mnemonic, but QWERTZ and a possibility to write every letter directly.)
It ...
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I have Windows in English, can I have only the French Keyboard?
I want Windows to be in English (US). I would like to use all the applications in English US (apps like Windows Mail/Calendar by eg).
However I am in France and I use the French FR keyboard.
But I don'...
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Complete reset windows 10 system-wide user keyboards [duplicate]
My Windows 10 system keyboards are messed up since I received this new laptop. I mean there are 5 keyboards and only 2 are necessary. Is there any way to completely reset keyboards into two only , ...
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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, ...
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Left shift + c and left shift + 2 don't result in C or @
I need help figuring out what could be happening to my keyboard (Logitech K470): using left Shift+C or 2 doesn't result in C nor @; instead, nothing happens with this combination, but everything else ...
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Fn-Lock not working on external keyboard
I have an external keyboard connected to my laptop (easier usage). But the problem is Fn-lock function does nothing. On my laptop pressing Fn-Lock would allow me to access the other keys without ...
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How to use my Apple Keyboard on Windows 10?
I have a Apple keyboard very similar to this one (I never had a Mac, but these keyboards are really good in keying with a very smooth touch), but it only partially works on Windows 10.
This Apple ...
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Using Japanese layout, how to input accented letters?
Behind the Japanese layout there seems to be a standard US layout, however only US-International is extended for the use of accented letters. Is there a way to utilise it? Or any other way to input ...
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Remap keys in the keyboard for a specific language only in Windows 10
I wonder how can I remap keys in the keyboard for a specific language only in Windows 10?
I'm using three languages in my OS: English, Hebrew, and Syriac. The problem is that the Syriac layout in ...
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keyboard layout on English keyboard for Utsaah hindi font
I want to know where can I get Hindi keyboard map for Utsaah hindi font.
I know typing in Hindi with Kruti dev font using English keyboard.
[url]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/...
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How to input Chinese (Microsoft Pinyin) in a Japanese keyboard layout PC?
So my PC has a Japanese keyboard layout:
I added English (Japanese Keyboard), so I can type English correctly. (striking key next to P got @)
But if I use Chinese (Microsoft Pinyin), I get [ when ...
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How to set the standard Persian keyboard via a Set-WinUserLanguageList PowerShell command?
In PowerShell’s Set-WinUserLanguageList command when I set LanguageList to fa my Keyboard layout changed to the legacy windows Persian keyboard layout.
But I need standard Persian keyboard layout.
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Why do UK keyboards have the backtick key?
I'm curious about the history and purpose of the top-leftmost key on UK keyboards.
The primary symbol is the backtick ` which I know is useful in some technical contexts (e.g. Perl programming and ...
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Changing key mapping of wrong model keyboard
The keyboard of my laptop broke recently so I ordered a new one and managed to swap it out, but when I turned the laptop on I noticed that a lot of keys were wrongly assigned or not even assigned at ...
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Windows 10: English Igbo keyboard appeared in the Language bar after Outlook Mail client setup?
Everyone,
I have set up the default Mail app in Windows 10, however, directly afterwards a new language was added to the Language bar (as per the below screenshot):
ENG IG keyboard layout is not ...
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How to debug a keyboard's keys matrix row and column and microcontroller?
I was wondering how you can find the "address" of a key on a keyboard, that usually gets sent to a microcontroller on the motherboard, probably.
As example, these addresses can be called &...
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Incomplete Debian live localisation
I have a live installation of Debian 10.6.0 amd64, burnt on a DVD-RW using imgBurn, for school and I need it to be easily available in italian without much hassle.
If I boot it using its italian ...
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Remap already bound keys with xmodmap
I recently bought a 17" LG Gram and I want to remap some of the keys to be more like my 80% keyboard. Using a tiling window manager (qtile), it's nice to have a Super key on both the left and ...
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What is the purpose of the QWERDF Replacement Key Caps?
Keyboards often come with an extra set of key caps for WASD keys, designed for improved use controlling movement in gaming.
However, I also note that an extra set of QWERDF keys is also often included....
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Windows two keyboards mapped differently
With Win10, I have two keyboards and would like to use keyboard #1 as usual and keyboard #2 mapped in another way. Is it possible to hack Windows so that e.g. Q on keyboard #1 emits a different ...
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Win10 change Alt Gr behaviour
I've got a United Kingdom keyboard layout. I want to use English as preferred language, but at the same time be able to type Polish special characters using AltGr / right alt. I think that Ubuntu ...
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Magic-FN like Binds For Normal Keyboards
SO, I'm obsessed with my Anne Pro 2 (even though it really is not reliable) but I wanna know if there is another way to use its software (Obinskit) or something similar to it. Basically I want to hold ...
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Pressing the tilde key (~) waits for a second key stroke, how do I disable this? (2020 version)
Answers to this question are outdated, as the tool from Microsoft is no longer avaiable.
Are there any other solutions?
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I'm using Windows 10, and my keyboard layout is polish.
EDIT 2:
The links ...
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Disable a specific key without downloading software?
One of the F keys on a laptop keyboard is broken and causing problems. Removing the key itself does little to resolve the issue. Replacing the keyboard or taking it in to the shop isn't an option ...
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What is the name of this Japanese physical keyboard layout that's made for Japan but has no visible Kana?
My employer has tis marked as a Japanese keyboard.
This keyboard has only latin characters, a few extra punctuation marks including the Yen, and a different Capslock key.
Every Japanese keyboard I can ...
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How to remap keys on win10 for single user
I'm working in Windows 10 server with multiuser and trying to find a way to switch CapsLock and left Ctrl. I tried different methods but they either work for all users (Registry) or unstable (...
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Prevent Windows from using keyboard layout when switching with Shift+Alt
I currently have English and Russian keyboard layouts which I use frequently. Occasionally I also need Greek keyboard, which I'd like to install. But getting used to dealing with three layouts is a ...
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How can I add extra functionality to the modification keys on my keyboard when they are pressed stand alone? (Arch Linux)
Quickly, press the control key and hold it. Then release it. Nothing happens. This is my problem. I could add so much more functionality to my keyboard if I made shift, ctrl, and alt do something when ...
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Changing keyboard layout when keyboard is plugged with udev
I want the activate a keyboard layout and to enable "sticky" modifier keys when my external keyboard is plugged in.
I've made this udev rule:
/etc/udev/rules.d/keyboard.rules
ACTION=="...
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How to type Japanese with kana input in a たていすかん (109-key) layout using a 104-key ANSI layout
I want to practice typing with a kana input たていすかん keyboard layout, however I don't have an 109-key たていすかん Japanese keyboard.
After browsing amazon.co.jp, I found that a lot of QWERTY/104-key ...
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Preventing keyboard switching
I know this has been addressed many times here, but without reading through all 500 results on a search, I am hoping that this is simple to solve / explain.
I live in Germany, but my mother-language ...
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Created custom keyboard, installed it, but can't start using it
I'm currently on Windows while my MacBook gets repaired. I used Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to tweak Arabic (101) so that layout matched the layout of Arabic letters on my Macbook.
I installed ...
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Windows 10 Microsoft IME Japanese changed (via registry) QWERTY to QWERTZ; Can't switch to Kana Input via Shortcut
Playing games in Japanese I noticed, that the MS IME for Japanese sometimes uses the QWERTZ Layout (I'm using a German Keyboard) instead of the QWERTY it usually is stuck to.
I couldn't find a pattern ...
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Easier way to remap keys per keyboard (multiple keyboards), on Windows 10
I need more keys. Currently I have to use a lot of awkward key combinations for shortcuts like Shift+F6 to rename a variable or Alt+Shift+F to format a document. My life would be a lot easier if I ...
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Laptop with an unknown keyboard layout
Does anyone recognise this keyboard layout? It looks like a cross between Swedish (because of the capital O-uml and A-uml) and German (because of the positions of the hash etc)? I cannot find a named ...
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How can I use a second keyboard as a Soundboard on Windows (remapping keyboard)?
I want have some Sound Effects ready if I'm on Discord or something, but don't have enough keys on my keyboard.
So my idea was to use a second keyboard and map the Sounds in Soundpad to my second ...
