I find the longer left shift to be more comfortable.Įdit: another thing I would add is a numlock somehow, so that numbers could be in the traditional position as well. I actually grew up typing on ISO-UK and have done right up until getting a HHKB. The short left shift and extra 1u key is a point of preference. I am so used to left ctrl, win, alt being in the 'standard' position, and I use my left thumb for alt, that's why I'd like the spacebar to start in the middle of X. The AZERTY keyboard layout is also designed to make it easier to type French accents. This is because the French language uses the letter 'A' more often than the letter 'Q'. My point about the space bar comes back to gaming a bit I think. The main difference is that the A and Q keys are swapped on the AZERTY keyboard. Maybe you could have function to the left of right shift and move that punctuation key to where you currently have Del. Then click on the Language Bar tab and you can select FR to appear on your taskbar (at lower right, with the EN for English) and toggle between them to change keyboards. I must add, I play a lot of games, so I would need ctrl and alt for keybinds (MMOs). You can add the French keyboard (and as many others as you want).

Kinda like you would use cmd-space in OSX for spotlight. One thing is for sure: it doesn’t make typing in French any easier. I use the win key for win-R for the run command, or just pressing it and starting to type to launch a program, which is much faster than finding it somewhere and clicking it. Why did the French end up with the AZERTY layout No one knows. The missing punctuation key would go where you have Del, and the delete function would be on the Fn layer of Backspace. So the answer basically is, there are no such keys.

• I would have a standard left shift, since I have found the ISO left shift to be a bit of a stretch when typing properly from the home row position. There appears to be no keys on a physically QWERTY keyboard that are mapped to < or > under Windows AZERTY layout.

Open your phones keypad to dial a number and see how it is, or on any chip and pin card machines. I have always hated how numpads have numbers from bottom to top, and would change it to top row 1,2,3 etc. This would also move the spacebar into the more standard position. But because I live in north america, I use a qwerty keyboard. Because of the first point, I'd probably have the left Ctrl, Win, Alt all standard 1.5 sized and have my new Fn (where your AltGr is) be a 1u. Its the french game so the shortcuts are sets for an azerty (french) keyboard. This item: Logitech K400 Plus Wireless Livingroom Keyboard, AZERTY French Layout - Black.Where you have Fn on the left, I would make a standard Windows key, since I use this a fair amount.Here are a few changes I would personally make: I really love the initial idea, I can see the thought process behind it and it's a great idea. The AZERTY keyboard layout is a popular keyboard layout primarily used in France, Belgium, and other French-speaking regions.

French keyboard layout azerty