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List of International/Extended US (UK) Keyboard Layouts

 

This page contains a list of websites which I found on the internet,
working on similar enhancements for US (or UK) QWERTY and usually,
also having the dead keys on AltGr (Right Alt), like UltimateKEYS :

 

GitHub - Projects with AltGr Dead Keys (Windows/Linux/macOS)
Website :  https://github.com/topics/altgr-dead-keys

EurKEY - European Keyboard Layout (GPL v3, Windows/Linux/macOS)
Website :  https://eurkey.steffen.bruentjen.eu/
GitHub :  https://github.com/pieter-degroote/EurKEY-clone (clone project, unofficial)

Western European keyboard (with AltGr dead keys) (Windows/Linux/macOS)
Website :  https://altgr-weur.eu/altgr-intl.html / https://altgr-weur.eu/

USA International (AltGr dead keys) on Windows
Website :  https://code.google.com/archive/p/usialtgr/

United States - Reformed International (Windows/Linux/macOS)
GitHub :  https://github.com/barkloaf/US-Reformed-International

Conkey - A keyboard layout for conlangers (Windows/Linux/macOS)
GitHub :  https://github.com/bradrn/Conkey

QWERTY-fr - QWERTY layout with extra symbols and diacritics (Windows/Linux/macOS)
Website :  https://qwerty-fr.org/
GitHub :  https://github.com/qwerty-fr/qwerty-fr

US QWERTY+ Keyboard Layout (Windows)
Website :  https://bkeyboard.wixsite.com/bkeyl

US International Scientific Keyboard Layout - BelugaHaechi (Windows)
GitHub :  https://github.com/BelugaHaechi/US-International-Scientific-Keyboard

KreativeKorp - SuperLatin Keyboard Layout (Windows/Linux/macOS)
Website :  https://www.kreativekorp.com/software/keyboards/superlatin/

KbdKaz 500 - free keyboard layout for Windows
Website :  https://www.omega-com.pl/kbdkaz.htm / https://www.omega-com.pl/
gHacks :  https://www.ghacks.net/2014/04/18/add-600-special-characters-keyboard-layout/

Pan-European keyboard layout (Windows)
Download :  https://www.doxdesk.com/software/win/eurokb.html
US :  https://www.doxdesk.com/file/software/win/v/eurokb-0.7/readme-us.html
UK :  https://www.doxdesk.com/file/software/win/v/eurokb-0.7/readme-uk.html
Main page :  https://www.doxdesk.com/

English (intl., with AltGr dead keys) keyboard layout - by Scott Severance (Windows)
Website :  https://www.scottseverance.us/html/keyboard/win_intl_altgr/
Main page :  https://www.scottseverance.us/

Zolid - UK International keyboard (Windows/Linux)
Windows :  https://zolid.com/uk-intl-kb/index.htm
Linux :  https://github.com/jmrio/uk-intl-kb
Main page :  https://zolid.com/

US Multilingual Keyboard Layout (Windows)
Website :  https://www.brianhetrick.com/kb/ (on Internet Archive)

French qwerty keyboard - clavier qwerty avec accents français (Windows/Linux/macOS)
Website :  http://marin.jb.free.fr/qwerty-fr/
Main page :  http://marin.jb.free.fr/

QWaccent - QWERTY keyboard layout with additional shortcuts to easily write in French (Windows)
GitHub :  https://github.com/vaemendis/qwaccent

QWERTY-Lafayette - A Qwerty layout for French-speaking users (Windows/Linux/macOS)
Website :  https://qwerty-lafayette.org/ (in French)
GitHub :  https://github.com/fabi1cazenave/qwerty-lafayette

Alternate Keyboards (and 'New US Keyboard Layouts') for Windows
Website :  https://keyboards.jargon-file.org[/#us-gen]

English (International) Keyboard Layout - NAROD·RU (Windows)
Website :  https://kbd-intl.narod.ru/english/en (EN/RU)
Main page :  https://kbd-intl.narod.ru/english (EN/RU)

Q International QWERTY Keyboard - Omniglot (Windows)
Website :  https://omniglot.com/mlcomputing/qkeyboard.htm

Keyferret - Intuitive Unicode keyboard input (Windows)
Website :  https://keyferret.com/

UK super-extended keyboard - Andrew Swaine (Windows)
Website :  https://andrewswaine.uk/keyboard/driver
Main page :  https://andrewswaine.uk/

 

Colemak Keyboard Layout

Colemak Keyboard Layout (Windows/Linux/macOS)
Website :  https://colemak.com/
Website :  https://colemak.org/

Colemak-DH - DreymaR's Big Bag of Kbd Tricks - The Big Bag Theory
Website :  https://dreymar.colemak.org/

Colemak-DH - Ergonomic Keyboard Mods
Website :  https://colemakmods.github.io/ergonomic-mods/

 

New AZERTY - Proposed Keyboard Layout Reform

AFNOR - The new AZERTY - Le nouvel AZERTY
Website :  https://norme-azerty.fr/ (FR)
Website :  https://norme-azerty.fr/en/ (EN)

 

Other Tools

AutoHotkey - Needed for the AHK scripts (GPL v2, Windows)
Website :  https://www.autohotkey.com/
GitHub Releases :  https://github.com/AutoHotkey/AutoHotkey/releases

Keyboard Layout Editor (open source, all platforms)
Website :  https://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/

Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MSKLC) Version 1.4 (updated on 2020-10-02)
Website :  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=102134

Emoji Picker - Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (2017) and later
Press Win Key + Period (.) or Win Key + Semicolon (;) to type emoji, kaomoji and symbols.

Holdkey - Press and hold down a letter to view a list of symbols belonging to that same group (Windows)
Website :  https://www.holdkey.eu/

Keyboard Layout Files Creator - Create advanced keyboard layouts in various formats (GPL v3, runs on Linux)
GitHub :  https://github.com/39aldo39/klfc

KbdEdit - A comprehensive keyboard layout editor, which can read and import MSKLC (.KLC) files and also supports 'chained dead keys' (Windows)
Website :  http://www.kbdedit.com/

WinCompose - A compose key (by default: Right Alt) for Windows
Website :  http://wincompose.info/
GitHub :  https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose
gHacks :  https://www.ghacks.net/2014/12/29/wincompose-use-keyboard-shortcuts-to-write-special-characters/

Ukelele - A Unicode Keyboard Layout Editor for macOS
Website :  https://software.sil.org/ukelele/
Main page :  https://software.sil.org/

 

Websites - Documentation about Keyboard Layouts

A Visual Comparison of Different National Layouts on a Computer Keyboard - Miguel Farah
Website :  https://www.farah.cl/Keyboardery/A-Visual-Comparison-of-Different-National-Layouts/

Keyboard Layout Info - Website about keyboard layouts in Windows
Website :  https://kbdlayout.info/

Description of XCompose - Debian.org (Linux)
Website :  https://wiki.debian.org/XCompose

Complete list of AppleScript key codes - Eastmanreference.com (macOS)
Website :  https://eastmanreference.com/complete-list-of-applescript-key-codes

Where can I find a list of Mac virtual key codes? - Stack Overflow
Website :  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3202629/where-can-i-find-a-list-of-mac-virtual-key-codes

Virtual Key Codes (macOS) - Archive.org
Website :  https://web.archive.org/web/20100501161453/http://www.classicteck.com/rbarticles/mackeyboard.php

Remapping Keys in macOS 10.12 Sierra - Technical Note TN2450 - Apple
Website :  https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2450/_index.html

80 Mac Keyboard Layouts - Identification Guide + Illustrations - Keyshorts
Website :  https://keyshorts.com/blogs/blog/37615873-how-to-identify-macbook-keyboard-localization

How to customise keyboard layouts (macOS) - The Eclectic Light Company
Website :  https://eclecticlight.co/2021/07/29/how-to-customise-keyboard-layouts/

 

Important Notice - Security

=> Win/Linux :  Only use "BASIC LATIN" characters (codes 32 to 126) for your Windows, Microsoft Live and Linux passwords !
Otherwise, it might be impossible to type any Unicode character higher than "Basic Latin" at the login screen/prompt (due to a different keyboard configuration) !  =>  ACCOUNT LOCKOUT
=> Win/Linux :  ALWAYS make your system passwords VISIBLE during modification !

 

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