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&baselayout store
Can be tested with if to determine the current system hardware keyboard layout
&Bitmap store
An image that appears in the language menu
&CapsOnOnly store
Manages CAPS LOCK behaviour - pressing Caps Lock key only switches on Caps Lock state
&CapsAlwaysOff store
Manages CAPS LOCK behaviour - pressing Caps Lock key has no effect
&ShiftFreesCaps store
Manages CAPS LOCK behaviour - pressing Shift key turns off Caps Lock
&Copyright store
A copyright message for the keyboard
&Hotkey store
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_embedcss 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
&layer store
Tests or sets the current touch keyboard layer visible on the on screen keyboard
&layoutfile store
Specifies the JSON format touch keyboard layout filename
&Message store
A message that appears when the keyboard is installed
&mnemoniclayout store
Sets a keyboard to be mnemonic or positional
&Name store
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
The Keyman keyboard version
&VisualKeyboard store
Specifies the .kvk visual keyboard file associated with the keyboard

Deprecated System Stores

&EthnologueCode store
The ISO 639-3 (formerly SIL Ethnologue) code for the language (Deprecated)
&Language store
Specifies the system language to install or associate with the keyboard (Deprecated)
&windowslanguages store
Specifies a set of Windows language codes to which the keyboard can be associated (Deprecated)

Note

The older header keywords are deprecated and will be not be supported for

keyboards that target Keyman 19.0 or later.

[system stores](stores#toc-system-stores) should be used in place of

header keywords.