Custom keyboard layouts

• MSKLC, pros & cons of custom keyboard layouts.

• Why I use custom keyboard layouts

  • even just for non-breaking space

I have created 5 custom keyboard layouts for the computer so far.

I first created custom layouts to add more symbols, because I grew up using Linux, which utilizes the 3rd and 4th keyboard levels via the Alt Gr key. Moving to Windows for work purposes, I felt rather suffocated being unable to access these useful symbols straight from my keyboard.

1. A standard keyboard with added symbols, like arrows ↑←↓→, non-breaking space, etc.

2. A standard keyboard with symbols and IPA symbols.

3. A topographic IPA keyboard, with symbols organized by position in the mouth.

4. A custom Vietnamese layout, for the new Vietnamesealphabet that I created.

5. A standard QWERTY layout, for the new English alphabet that I created, repurposing the numbers.

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Resources for creating your own keyboard layouts

• A guide on using MSKLC — https://msklc-guide.github.io/

• To create a keyboard layout image — https://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/