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Header keywords have been replaced by system stores.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)