Fuller Keyboard

watty · 08-04-2009 7:31pm #1

The standard UK/Irish Keyboard has a lot of wasted empty keys

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Here is maps. The existing keys are unchanged

AltGr = Alt Control   (shift = 6)
&#166; &#185; &#178; &#179; &#8364; &#165; &#162; &#188; &#189; &#190; &#186; &#247; &#177;
   &#222; &#248; &#233; &#170; &#183; &#253; &#250; &#237; &#243; &#182; &#167; &#8224;
    &#225; &#223; &#240; &#402; &#8230; &#8240; &#176; &#8216; &#8217; &#8220; &#8221; &#8364;
   &#161; &#8211; &#215; &#231; &#8225; &#8222; &#241; &#181; &#171; &#187; &#191;

Shift AltGr  = Shift Alt Control  (shift = 7)
&#8226; &#169; &#174; &#8482; &#230; &#339;    &#198; &#338; &#8212; .
   &#254; &#216; &#201;   &#221; &#218; &#205; &#211; . 
    &#193; &#208;                 . ` *
           &#199;    &#209;    &#8249; &#8250; .

** Shift Control creates Problems **
Shift Control = Func  (Shift = 3)
  p q r s t u v w % 0 . +
     * &#174;   &#175;         7 8 9 *
    &#168; &#710; &#710; ` &#180; &#184; &#175; &#176; 4 5 6 - &#732;
                   1 2 3 /

Normal  (Shift = 0)
` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
   q w e r t y u i o p [ ]
    a s d f g h j k l ; ' #
   \ z x c v b n m , . /

Shift   (Shift = 1)
&#172; ! " &#163; $ % ^ & * ( ) _ +
   Q W E R T Y U I O P { }
    A S D F G H J K L : @ ~
   | Z X C V B N M < > ?


These are "dead keys"   (A S D F G H J  #or ~ using Shift Control)
&#168; &#710; &#710; ` &#180; &#184; &#175; &#176;         &#732;
The next letter is accented, or if not possible, 
the accent is printed in front. 
DeadKey + space gives character.
&#208; &#240; &#248; &#216; &#352; &#353; &#382; or &#381; are all selected by 
Func then &#175; then
D d o O S s z or Z

AltGr <space bar> is binding space
Shift AltGr = is soft hyphen

Meant for XP/Vista/Win7

Not sure if it works on Win2K /NT4.0

Built using version 1.4 of Microsofts keyboard layout editor.

You may need to go to Control Panel > Regional & Language Options > Languages > Details > Select Euro-Netbook as default keyboard

If you download the free MSKLC.exe ver 1.4 from Microsoft you can load this and edit layout to suit French, USA, German etc keyboards.

p q r are audio controls to a program I have if it detects that Shift & Control is active

ALL keyboards ALT + Control = AltGr (handy if you need a AltGr 4 for € and its missing)

byte · 08-04-2009 10:46pm

Tried that, just crashes my computer when I press AltGr and any charachter.

watty · 09-04-2009 8:30am

Which version of Windows?
Service Pack?
What Keyboard?

Tis odd considering it's made by the tool MS used to make Vista Keyboard layouts.

*** UPDATE ***

Iv'e removed the download for now, pending more testing, especially using Shift Control as Function Key.

byte · 11-04-2009 3:05pm

Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
Keyboad is a Dell jobby Sk-8135

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