change keyboard layout

[matzeeg3]

hi there,
i try to use it and until now i liked it a lot.
but i have an issue. i have to setup a different keyboard layout.
hope someone can help i this case.
thanks a lot
kind regards
matze

[peterfritz]

Hi, there's quite a lot regarding keyboard layouts happening in the HID module used by this project. In pull request #61 of the Adafruit CircuitPython HID module, @AngainorDev is trying to make it easier to add more keyboard layouts without increasing too much the bundle size for it to remain compatible with boards that have a smaller flash memory.
As soon as they approve the PR, the pico-ducky code will be able to easily accept other languages.

I encourage you take a look at his PR and keyboard layout code and maybe, while you're at it, start messing around to figure out how to create one for your language 😉

[Neradoc]

I started a repository of keyboard layouts, which is now the preferred way of adding layouts.
This sits here: https://github.com/Neradoc/Circuitpython_Keyboard_Layouts

I am experimenting with an online automated generator (for windows layouts), if you want to try: [removed, it's broken]

Or feel free to open an issue on the layout repo, or ask me on the Adafruit discord #help-with-circuitpython (no PM) - I've already seen a few people using pico-ducky ask the same question over there.

[lucas2kdk]

Anyone got a solution for a Danish keyboard?

[matzeeg3]

I started a repository of keyboard layouts, which is now the preferred way of adding layouts.
This sits here: https://github.com/Neradoc/Circuitpython_Keyboard_Layouts

I am experimenting with an online automated generator (for windows layouts), if you want to try:
https://www.neradoc.me/layouts/

Or feel free to open an issue on the layout repo, or ask me on the Adafruit discord #help-with-circuitpython (no PM) - I've already seen a few people using pico-ducky ask the same question over there.

i tryed the online generator but it did not work

[Neradoc]

Oh yeah the page is easily defeated by browser security rules that stop it from downloading the layout file from kbdlayout.info. I completely forgot that. I could make a server-side version of the script on the page, but I have concerns with security. I should remove the link, sorry.

The idea is rather to make them myself with a python script I'm working on and add them to the layout repo as people request them. But first I want to have a good enough version of the generator, so I don't have to give a pass to all of the files later, especially if they have hand-made fixes. At least not too soon.

Right now, it doesn't handle dead/composite keys very well (having write("ô") type ^ then o).

It would be better to ask about layouts over there:
https://github.com/Neradoc/Circuitpython_Keyboard_Layouts

Here is the danish version. @lucas2kdk
da-layout.zip

You put the files into the board's CIRCUITPY or its lib directory.
You then need to modify the ducky code as follows with the correct language files.
Change this:

from adafruit_hid.keyboard_layout_us import KeyboardLayoutUS
from adafruit_hid.keycode import Keycode

to this (note the language part of the module names)

from keyboard_layout_win_da import KeyboardLayout
from keycode_win_da import Keycode

And this:

layout = KeyboardLayoutUS(kbd)

to this:

layout = KeyboardLayout(kbd)

[NadSeries]

It will be great if you could provide an italian keyboard layout for the pico ducky

[magnificent3]

Does anyone have a Portuguese layout?

[dbisu]

I have pushed a branch, Kronos, as a test for German keyboard layout.
Also, I think based on the site http://kbdlayout.info/ it should be possible to create other keyboard layout/scan code support.

[Neradoc]

Yeah it is possible, and I fixed the page for the javascript error: https://www.neradoc.me/layouts/

You can try it locally from that branch, though you'll need to know your way around python and shell scripts a little. Look at tests/make_validated.sh for usage. I should merge all that in the layout repository as well as a bunch of keyboard layouts that I made with it as they were requested and tested at least a bit by users. (Mostly from people using pico-ducky).

Pico ducky could use a trick like this to avoid having to change the code when changing keyboard, by only renaming the layout and keycode files to keyboard_layout_ducky and keycode_ducky (not changing the extension).

try:
    from keyboard_layout_ducky import KeyboardLayout
except ImportError:
    from adafruit_hid.keyboard_layout_us import KeyboardLayoutUS as KeyboardLayout
# Keycodes
    from keycode_ducky import Keycode
except ImportError:
    from adafruit_hid.keycode import Keycode

And change layout = ... with that line:

layout = KeyboardLayout(kbd)

[NadSeries]

Ok great!! Thanks a lot it was painful trying to map all the US character over an italian keyboard(and sometimes certain characters like { } wasn't available or rather they could not be injected). I used http://kbdlayout.info/ and https://www.neradoc.me/layouts/, it works just fine for me.

[dbisu]

I've updated the code in the kronos branch to offer more generic import of new keyboard layouts from Neradoc/Circuitpython_Keyboard_Layouts
I also added keyboard-layouts.md with instructions on how to add non-US keyboard layouts.
I would appreciate it if someone with a non-US keyboard could try this out to validate the instructions.

[Timovl]

Is there an azerty layout? And how do I implement this in the code.py file?