Header keywords

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Header keywords have been replaced by system stores. While all these header keywords will continue to be available in future versions of Keyman, new features are only be accessible through system stores, and system stores should be used in place of header keywords when updating layouts.

&baselayout store

Can be tested with if to determine the current system hardware keyboard layout

&Bitmap store, BITMAP statement, BITMAPS statement

An image that appears in the language menu

&CapsOnOnly store, CAPS ON ONLY statement

Manages CAPS LOCK behaviour - pressing Caps Lock key only switches on Caps Lock state

&CapsAlwaysOff store, CAPS ALWAYS OFF statement

Manages CAPS LOCK behaviour - pressing Caps Lock key has no effect

&ShiftFreesCaps store, SHIFT FREES CAPS statement

Manages CAPS LOCK behaviour - pressing Shift key turns off Caps Lock

&Copyright store and COPYRIGHT statement

A copyright message for the keyboard

&EthnologueCode store

The ISO 639-3 (formerly SIL Ethnologue) code for the language (Deprecated)

&Hotkey store and HOTKEY statement

Sets a default activation hotkey for the keyboard

&includecodes store

Reference an external file for named character constants

&keyboardversion store

Specifies the version of the keyboard

&kmw_embecss store

Specifies an additional library of CSS code to be embedded in a web or touch keyboard

&kmw_embedjs store

Specifies an additional library of Javascript code to be embedded in a web or touch keyboard

&kmw_helpfile store

Specifies the embedded help html file for web keyboards

&kmw_helptext store

Specifies the embedded help text for web keyboards

&kmw_rtl store

Specifies the directionality of text controls for web keyboards

&Language store, LANGUAGE statement

Specifies the system language to install or associate with the keyboard (Deprecated)

&layer store

Tests or sets the current touch keyboard layer visible on the on screen keyboard

LAYOUT statement

Windows system layout for the keyboard (Deprecated)

&layoutfile store

Specifies the JSON format touch keyboard layout filename

&Message store and MESSAGE statement

A message that appears when the keyboard is installed

&mnemoniclayout system store

Sets a keyboard to be mnemonic or positional

&Name store and NAME statement

The name of the keyboard

&OldCharPosMatching store

Turns on the Keyman 5.0 and earlier character position matching (not implemented)

&platform store

Can be tested with if to determine current platform keyboard is operating on

&targets store

Specifies the platforms which the compiler will generate outputs for

&Version store and VERSION statement

The Keyman keyboard version

&VisualKeyboard store

Specifies the .kvk visual keyboard file associated with the keyboard

&windowslanguages store

Specifies a set of Windows language codes to which the keyboard can be associated (Deprecated)