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105 lines
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## Custom Layout
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Kinesis Contoured family of keyboards belong to a relatively small group of keyboards that utilize thumb clusters. The keycap profiles of thumb cluster keys make it easy to press multiple keys simultaneously by a thumb finger. Co-locating CTRL, SHIFT and KEYPAD modifiers in the thumb cluster gives truly unique capabilities to these keyboards.
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### "alvicstep" Layout
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The **alvicstep** layout is optimized for software development on a Windows machine. It is a result of many years of daily usage. It is a great starting point for your own design.
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#### Layout Features
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- 3 layers: default layer, keypad layer, numpad layer
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- keypad layer allows for 2 finger operation using **arrow** keys together with
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- **CTRL** and/or **SHIFT** modifiers OR
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- **HOME/END** keys OR
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- **PAGEUP/PAGEDOWN** keys.
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- two finger operations can be achieved by holding up to 3 modifier keys (KEYPAD/SHIFT/CTRL) with a thumb finger and using index/middle/ring finger by pressing keywell keys. For example, you can fully control caret position and text selection of:
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- each letter
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- each word
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- from a current caret position to the beginning of the line
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- from a current caret position to the end of the line
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- multiple lines
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- multiple pages
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- with little practice you will be able to string together different key combinations. For example, executing `KEYPAD + O` and then `KEYPAD + SHIFT + U` selects the whole line of text with barely any finger movement. The best part is that it works in any text editor!
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- keypad layer allows accessing **F1-F12** and **ESC** keys by moving only a single finger away from the home row, making it very fast and convenient
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- **KEYPAD** key can be used to access US ANSI Shifted Symbols instead of pressing a SHIFT key. This gives you two advantages: it makes KEYPAD key a "go to" key which is used in almost all operations unrelated to typing of letters. To understand the second advantage, compare pressing `SHIFT + 0` and `KEYPAD + 0` using the right hand
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- **NUMPAD** "momentary" modifier key can be used to quickly switch to a numeric pad while typing alphanumeric strings. In a stock Kinesis firmware you would have to switch to KEYPAD layer and then press NUMLOCK key which makes it unusable for this task
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- **NUMPAD** key in the right thumb cluster can be used to switch to a numeric pad for long numeric sequences
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#### Layout Layers
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#### Notes
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- MO(1) - switch to **KEYPAD** layer while key is being pressed
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- MO(2) - switch to **NUMPAD** layer while key is being pressed
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- TO(0) - switch to **BASE** layer
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- TO(2) - switch to **NUMPAD** layer
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- Rsft(Enter) - acts as an ENTER key when pressed and released. Acts as a SHIFT modifier in combination with other keys
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- Bt - enter bootloader mode
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- Alt(Tab) - toggle between last two active applications
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- Ctrl(Tab) - toggle between last two active tabs
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### Differences From Stock
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- **{}[]** keys are moved to the left side of the keywell to be easily accessible
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- **-** and **+** keys are switched
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- **CAPS LOCK** key is moved to **KEYPAD** layer and is mapped to **DELETE** on **BASE** layer
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### Shortcuts
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|Shortcut | Control Caret |
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|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
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|`KEYPAD + J` | move caret one character left |
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|`KEYPAD + L` | move caret one character right |
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|`KEYPAD + I` | move caret one line up |
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|`KEYPAD + K` | move caret one line down |
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|`KEYPAD + CTRL + J` | move caret one word to the left |
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|`KEYPAD + CTRL + L` | move caret one word to the right |
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|`KEYPAD + U` | move caret to the start of the line |
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|`KEYPAD + O` | move caret to the end of the line |
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|`KEYPAD + H` | move caret one page up |
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|`KEYPAD + N` | move caret one page down |
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|Shortcut | Scroll Lock |
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|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
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|`KEYPAD + CTRL + I` | scroll page up |
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|`KEYPAD + CTRL + K` | scroll page down |
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|Shortcut | Select Text |
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|`KEYPAD + CTRL + SHIFT + J` | select one word to the left |
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|`KEYPAD + CTRL + SHIFT + L` | select one word to the right |
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|`KEYPAD + CTRL + SHIFT + I` | select one line up |
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|`KEYPAD + CTRL + SHIFT + K` | select one line down |
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|`KEYPAD + SHIFT + H` | select one page up |
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|`KEYPAD + SHIFT + N` | select one page down |
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|`KEYPAD + CTRL + SHIFT + U` | select from beginning of the file up to the caret position |
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|`KEYPAD + CTRL + SHIFT + O` | select from caret position to the end of the file |
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|Shortcut | US ANSI Shifted Symbols |
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|`KEYPAD + -` | _ |
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|`KEYPAD + 1` | ! |
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|`KEYPAD + 2` | @ |
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|`KEYPAD + 3` | # |
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|`KEYPAD + 4` | $ |
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|`KEYPAD + 5` | % |
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|`KEYPAD + 6` | ^ |
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|`KEYPAD + 7` | & |
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|`KEYPAD + 8` | * |
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|`KEYPAD + 9` | ( |
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|`KEYPAD + 0` | ) |
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|`KEYPAD + =` | + |
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|`KEYPAD + \` | \| |
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|`KEYPAD + '` | " |
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|`KEYPAD + ;` | : |
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|`KEYPAD + /` | ? |
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|`KEYPAD + [` | { |
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|`KEYPAD + ]` | } |
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|`KEYPAD + ,` | < |
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|`KEYPAD + .` | > |
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|`KEYPAD + BACKTICK` | ~ |
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