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
-Cherry MX switches (customization during checkout)
-RGB backlighting
- TKL
-Full line of F-keys
-Bluetooth 4.0/Wireless & Wired
-Auto-sleep after a few minutes when in bluetooth mode
I'm currently using an inexpensive Drevo Calibur (http://a.co/i2q5Opb) that I bought to test the waters with a mech keyboard. I really like it except for the lack of F-keys. I'd be willing to spend some money if I found what I'm looking for and what other features it has, but the above would be the bare minimum.
Thanks!