Support for Alternative Layouts
This is a summary of how alternative layouts have been supported by kits such as Colevrak and Homing. It is not a discussion of alt layout performance and development, but if that interests you I highly recommend starting with Pascal Getreuer’s A guide to alt keyboard layouts (why, how, which one?). It’s a concise and comprehensive overview with links to some great sites that go deeper. He also has a separate Links about keyboards page. The Keyboard layouts doc he recommends explains layout goals and metrics in detail, summarizing the alt layouts discussed here as well as more than one hundred others. Sculpted-profile The majority of custom keycap sets are sculpted-profile (Cherry, SA, MT3, KAT, etc. - more on profiles generally here) so let’s start there. Because each row has a unique keycap shape, alt layouts require a unique keycap for each legend that moves off its QWERTY row. At first there were two The Dvorak layout was patented in 1936 by August Dvorak & William L....
Apr 23, 2024
Leopold FC660C: - Common Kit - Modifier Keys (Text or Icon) - Extreme Modifiers (Text or Icon) - A single 6u spacebar that you can not find in this drop
You can find a single 6u spacebar in ABS or PBT and different colors (the Granite color codes are in the description) here: http://pimpmykeyboard.com/dsa-spacebars-pack-of-1/
For Novatouch TKL :
- Common Kit - Icon Modifiers - RGBYO Icon Modifiers
For Leopold FC660C :
- Elven Tongue Kit - Icon Pro Modifiers - Icon Extreme Modifiers - Bonus Pack
I think that should be enough. Am I missing something?
By the way thanks for that link to PMK. Will check it later (what is the color code of Granite anyway)?
@WNovizar no, your setup for the Leopold FC660C is wrong. You need:
- Elven Tongue Kit - Common Kit (you need it for the backslash cap \) - Modifier Keys (Icon or Text for insert, delete and bottom row) - Extreme Modifiers (Icon or Text for the 2.25u shift cap)
Colors Codes: ALPHA (Light Gray) : GKK MODS (Medium Gray) : GDE RED : RBH GREEN : VAZ BLUE : BCT YELLOW : YR ORANGE: OBB Dark Gray: GQT
The spacebar belongs to the ALPHA groupe.
Thanks for your help