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
- battery life - programmability - did you figure out how to turn on the lighting - WPM issues noted below - quality - etc.
I emailed MD about the questions we're having. Effectively MD can't answer the questions we're having, but, the "...buyer will reach out via the discussion page if they have the opportunity to. "
Haven't tried programming it yet.
With a lack of any instructions from the manufacturer, I have tried so many combinations of keys to try and figure the lighting out and just can't. So irritating. The one I have is the black case and it has a red underglow.
a) the bottom of the case just has open slots. So the underlighting looks like a series of dots. You need to attach a diffuser on the inside of the case if you like it to be a smooth diffused look. b) I have tried so hard to turn off the under lighting as its annoying but cant figure that key combo out either. So frustrating.
WPM I didn't have problems with.
Quality: the sad part is, it feels quite nice and the case and backplate make it feel solid. But with all of these issues, especially lack of literature, it's not quite a home-run.
Bluetooth functions: Fn + Q (3 s) = start pairing Fn + Q = reconnect
Composite keys: Fn + Control = swap control with Caps Lock Fn + Win = disable Win key
IPad functionality (when paired with my iPad): Fn + 1 = Dim screen Fn + 2 = Brighten screen Fn + 7 = media - previous track Fn + 8 = media - pause/play Fn + 9 = media - next track Fn + 0 = media toggle mute Fn + - = media volume down Fn + = = media volume up
Lighting functions:
Fn + Enter = toggle fixed (white, off, red, green, blue, yellow, purple, cyan) Fn + \ = Switch modes (unclear at present) Fn + up arrow = LED brighter Fn + down arrow = LED dimmer Fn + Del = Enter pre-programmed display patterns (snake, ...) Fn + space bar = Pause/enable pre-programmed display pattern Fn + left arrow = speed up keyboard animation Fn + right arrow = slow down keyboard animation
Numeric keypad: Fn + n = 0 Fn + m = 1 Fn + , = 2 Fn + . = 3 Fn + j = 4 Fn + k = 5 Fn + l = 6 Fn + u = 7 Fn + i = 8 Fn + o = 9