I’ve used a US-QWERTY keyboard layout my entire life. I’ve seen other layouts that do things like reduce the size of the enter/backspace keys, move the pipe operator (|) and can’t wrap my head around how I would code on those.

What are your experiences? Are there any layouts that you prefer for coding over US English? Are there any symbols that you have a hard time reaching ($ for example)?

  • OscarEnglish
    1•10 months ago

    I want to try ANSI also, but it seems pretty hard to find in EU. I’ve considered getting a keychron for my gaming setup but I don’t want a full on mechanical for work, and I don’t want to use ISO at work and ANSI at home because it will screw with my muscle memory.

    • @FleetingTit
      1•9 months ago

      AliExpress is your friend. Also there are great options on Amazon, depending on your location.

      Why not use a mech at work? Because it’s too loud?

      • OscarEnglish
        1•9 months ago

        Yeah I don’t want to be a nuisance to my office neighbours. Right now I’m using a logitech mx keys, I could try looking for an ansi version of that.

        I will probably order a keychron with low profile switches for my home setup, so I depending on how quiet it is I might get that for work as well.