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
Is this a known issue for Zealios switches? It appears to me that the metal parts are often not properly aligned inside... could I have caused this during soldering? Heating the components too much or something perhaps (used 340° C).
EDIT: I just got a super nice reply by Henry from Zealios switches/Zeal PC. He explained to me that the transparent switches have a lower melting point due to a fiber glass percentage. Being a layman solderer I probably overheated them, causing the bottom part of the plastic to deform ever so slightly. He also gave me instructions on how to fix the key-chattering with an image containing arrows etc. He also recommended heating the joints for no more than 2-3 seconds during soldering. So, a big public thank you to Zealios switches for the explanation and the great support!