with shift, ctrl, alt.įor this just click on a key, and you get a small window where you can enter a single character. The idea is to define the Unicode codes to be generated for each combination of states, i.e. klc (File -> Save Source File As…) and on next sessions just load the existing. You can start with a completely new layout (File -> New), but usually you’ll just base your design on an existing layout, already installed (File -> Load Existing Keyboard…). Installingīefore using it, the program needs to be installed, so run MSKLC.exe with administrative rights (on Windows 7 you can run it as any user, you’ll be asked for the administrative password). PrerequisitesĪccording to Microsoft, the version 1.4 of this program runs on almost everything, from Windows 2000 to Windows 7, and requires. There might be many other third party tools available, but for a simple customisation, a free tool like The Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator seemed enough.
Now, many years later, I faced once again the need to customise the Windows keyboard to match my new localised keyboard, and, to my surprise, Microsoft support made things a lot easier. When Windows first added support for local languages (was it Windows 95?) I thought the fight was over, but unfortunately it wasn’t so, and soon I had to edit the binary layout file to make it fit my needs. My struggle with custom keyboard layouts dates back to the old CP/M days, whose support for localised keyboards was not even planned.
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