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Daniel Loos
2025-05-17 21:08:27 +02:00
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@@ -11,19 +11,24 @@ Features:
- brackets and punctuation on default layer
- Symbol layer with numpad
- function layer with vim navigation
- hold character to use `Ctrl` layer
- character combos to switch tabs, windows, and wrokspaces
- character combos to switch tabs, windows, and workspaces
- thumb cluster for modifiers and layer switching
![](keymap.svg)
## Layers
| L1 | L2 | L3 |
| --- | ------------- | ------------ |
| | control layer | symbol layer |
- 3 layers: default with characters and most common symbols e.g. punctuations, symbols with more symbols and a numpad, and nav with function keys and a navigation cluster.
- switch layers using the corresponding left thumb cluster key: hold for momentary and double tap for permanent layer switch
- combo of the two innermost thumb cluster keys, i.e. space and backspace to go back to the default layer permanently
- Upper case characters by holding backspace on the default layer (activates left shift). Some symbols, e.g. brackets have alternative shift behavior. Same with Ctrl, Alt and Windows.
- Uses thumb cluster hold instead of home row mod to allow dynamic typing rates
- Thumb cluster and 4 extra keys are persistent across all layers
- switch layers using left thumb cluster
- hold key to activate layer temporarily (e.g. just one symbol)
- double tap key to activate layer persistently (e.g. navigation for a while), removing muscle strain.
- Alternatively, holding a character key will yield its `ctrl` variant, e.g. hold `c` to copy, removing the need to hold the ctrl modifier
## Thumb cluster
| action | L1 | L2 | L3 | R1 | R2 | R3 |
| ---------- | --------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----- | -------- | ----- |
| tab | Esc | Tab | Backspace | Space | Enter | Super |
| hold | mom. nav | mom. symbols | Shift | Ctrl | Alt | Super |
| double tab | perm. nav | perm. symbols | remove word | --- | Launcher | Super |