Carpalx Kinesis Keymap

About this keymap

Carpalx layout (also known as QGMLWBY) is an optimized alternative keyboard layout. Learn more about it at: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?popular_alternatives

The layout also includes a QWERTY layer to help with the transition.

• Scroll Lock: QWERTY layer
• Esc (Fn row): Carpalx layer
• Keypad: Keypad and Media layer

Details mapping

    Function Keys on All Layers (Keypad toggles):
    ,---------------------------------------------------------------.
    |  L0  |  F1  |  F2  |  F3  |  F4  |  F5  |  F6  |  F7  |  F8   |
    `---------------------------------------------------------------'
    ,---------------------------------------------------------------.
    |  F9  |  F10 |  F11 |  F12 | PSCR |  L1  |  L2  |  L2  | RESET |
    `---------------------------------------------------------------'

    L0 Carpalx layer:
    ,-------------------------------------------.,-------------------------------------------.
    | Del    |   1  |   3  |   5  |   7  |   9  ||   0  |   8  |   6  |   4  |   2  |   -    |
    |--------+------+------+------+------+------||------+------+------+------+------+--------|
    | Tab    |   Q  |   G  |   M  |   L  |   W  ||   B  |   Y  |   U  |   V  |   ;  |   =    |
    |--------+------+------+------+------+------||------+------+------+------+------+--------|
    | ESC    |   D  |   S  |   T  |   N  |   R  ||   I  |   A  |   E  |   O  |   H  |   '    |
    |--------+------+------+------+------+------||------+------+------+------+------+--------|
    | LShift |   Z  |   X  |   C  |   F  |   J  ||   K  |   P  |   ,  |   .  |   /  | RShift |
    `--------+------+------+------+------+------'`------+------+------+------+------+--------'
             |   `  |   [  | Left | Rght |              |  Dn  |  Up  |   ]  |   \  |
             `---------------------------'              `---------------------------'
                               ,----------------.,----------------.
                               | LCtl  |  LAlt  ||  LAlt  | RCtl  |
                        ,------|-------|--------||--------+-------+-------.
                        |      |       |  RGUI  ||  RGUI  |       |       |
                        | BkSp |  ESC  |--------||--------| Enter | Space |
                        |      |       | MO(L2) || MO(L2) |       |       |
                        `-----------------------'`------------------------'

    L1 QWERTY layer:
    ,-------------------------------------------.,-------------------------------------------.
    | Del    |   1  |   3  |   5  |   7  |   9  ||   0  |   8  |   6  |   4  |   2  |   -    |
    |--------+------+------+------+------+------||------+------+------+------+------+--------|
    | Tab    |   Q  |   W  |   E  |   R  |   T  ||   Y  |   U  |   I  |   O  |   P  |   =    |
    |--------+------+------+------+------+------||------+------+------+------+------+--------|
    | ESC    |   A  |   S  |   D  |   F  |   G  ||   H  |   J  |   K  |   L  |   ;  |   '    |
    |--------+------+------+------+------+------||------+------+------+------+------+--------|
    | LShift |   Z  |   X  |   C  |   V  |   B  ||   N  |   M  |   ,  |   .  |   /  | RShift |
    `--------+------+------+------+------+------'`------+------+------+------+------+--------'
             |   `  |   [  | Left | Rght |              |  Dn  |  Up  |   ]  |   \  |
             `---------------------------'              `---------------------------'
                               ,----------------.,----------------.
                               | LCtl  |  LAlt  ||  LAlt  | RCtl  |
                        ,------|-------|--------||--------+-------+-------.
                        |      |       |  RGUI  ||  RGUI  |       |       |
                        | BkSp |  ESC  |--------||--------| Enter | Space |
                        |      |       | MO(L1) || MO(L2) |       |       |
                        `-----------------------'`------------------------'

    L2 Keypad + Media layer:
    ,-------------------------------------------.,-------------------------------------------.
    |        |      |      |      |      |      ||      | NmLk | KP = | KP / | KP * |        |
    |--------+------+------+------+------+------||------+------+------+------+------+--------|
    |        |      | Mute | Vol- | Vol+ |      ||      | KP 7 | KP 8 | KP 9 | KP - |        |
    |--------+------+------+------+------+------||------+------+------+------+------+--------|
    |        | Stop | Prev | Play | Next | Sel  ||      | KP 4 | KP 5 | KP 6 | KP + |        |
    |--------+------+------+------+------+------||------+------+------+------+------+--------|
    |        |      |      |      |      |      ||      | KP 1 | KP 2 | KP 3 |KP Ent|        |
    `--------+------+------+------+------+------'`------+------+------+------+------+--------'
             |      |      |      |      |              |   (  |   )  | KP . |KP Ent|      |
             `---------------------------'              `----------------------------------'
                               ,----------------.,----------------.
                               |       |        ||        |       |
                        ,------|-------|--------||--------+-------+-------.
                        |      |       |        ||        |       |       |
                        |      |       |--------||--------|KP Entr| KP 0  |
                        |      |       |        ||        |       |       |
                        `-----------------------'`------------------------'