VADemon's enhanced keyboard layout: en_US + DE + various symbols

Download: Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MSKLC) Version 1.4
or just download my current keyboard layout:

Motivation: I love the en-US (QWERTY) layout and have a QWERTY keyboard but, being a German speaker, I clearly still need to type all the necessary characters: öäüÖÄÜß. Switching between keyboard layouts? Tedious!

So at first I created a small AutoHotKey macro... and was banned from PUBG for using it (FVCK BATTLEYE AND PUBG SUPPORT! But I was lucky and was unbanned after weeks, contacting them in an unconventional way (Thank you, Robo ❤))

That was the move that pushed me to investigate: Can I create a custom keyboard layout? YES! And it's simple.

Windows users: Just use MSKLC. It's very easy.

Linux users: A bit of googling searching online and editing configs is required. Ultimately, plan for 1-3 hours.

My own PimpMyKeyboard layout

  1. Normal: en_US layout
  2. AltGr (right Alt): German umlauts (ö) and characters like ¡²³€¿µ
    1. AltGr + Space = No-LineBreak Space (yes, the screenshot and the tool don't show it)
  3. AltGr+Shift: This is where the custom fun begins. I decided to add often used Unicode symbols like ✔✘❤←→, oh and the symbol for QED ∎. Also this is where CAPITAL German umlauts reside: ÖÄÜ.
    1. AltGr+Shift + Space = Zero-Width Space (this one is a motherfucker to break websites and software with ^​​​_​​^ - there're a couple hidden inside this smiley, copy it and try to erase it one character at a time

My layout with AltGr key pressed
my layout with AltGr key pressed


My layout with AltGr and Shift keys pressed
my layout with AltGr and Shift keys pressed

Made with ❤ by VADemon. Hand-written HTML, not a single character was copied from elsewhere but typed on my keyboard layout. (also see this)