Hardware keyboard forms

Keyman works transparently across all the common hardware keyboard form factors. The following table lists the most common forms:

• US (ANSI) form
• European (ISO) form
• Brazilian (ABNT2) form

Most modern Korean and Japanese layouts are similar to US (ANSI) layout, with some additional control keys. They are not pictured here.

Virtual Key Visual Layout

The layouts below show US English "QWERTY" key caps, with a few of the variations for French "AZERTY" and German "QWERTZ". They do not show variations for punctuation, in order to maintain visual clarity.

The US virtual key identifiers are shown here, because these reflect the identifiers that Keyman always uses, independent of the hardware layout.

US / ANSI form

Some rare layouts move the [K_BKSLASH] / [D13] key up a row, to the left of Backspace. The key identifiers do not change.

European / ISO form

The keys shown in blue differ from the US / ANSI form:

• The key [K_oE2] / [B00] to the right of the left Shift key is not found on the US / ANSI form.
• The Enter key is two rows high.
• The key [K_BKSLASH] / [D13] is moved down a row on the European / ISO. Note that it retains its designation of D13 despite being on row C.

Brazilian / ABNT2 form

The keys shown in blue differ from the US / ANSI form:

• The key [K_oE2] / [B00] to the right of the left Shift key is not found on the US / ANSI form.
• Right hand blue key [K_?C1] / [B11] is not found on the US / ANSI form.
• The Enter key is two rows high.
• The key [K_BKSLASH] / [D13] is moved down a row on the European / ISO. Note that it retains its designation of D13 despite being on row C.