mr_yellow
1st February 2008, 06:56 PM
Hi All,
I've looked around and I find that a lot of PCM keyboard layouts focus too much on the skin and not enough on the layout.
I created the following layout and I find that for my own usage, it works really well. I'm uploading it here so that others can use it and modify it to their liking.
The main benefits of my layout over the default english layout are:
Main Layout:
1) second row shifted over to better match real keyboard layout
2) ".com" button for easy web shortcuts
3) 123#? button has shortcuts for popular used punctuation (. , are easiest to access)
4) enter key has the cut/copy/paste/opt shortcut
Secondary Layout:
4) Number keys are double width and moved to left of screen (easier for right handers)
5) layout focused on calculator/excel input. so * / + - = . are all easily accessible
6) All bracket/parenthesis is accessible in the () shortcut key
7) All other symbol keys are accessible in the sym shortcut key
8) holding down 0 will give you a space
9) enter/backspace/123#? all remain in same location (i didn't like how backspace was on left of layout
This layout should work fine on any of the default skins.
I hope you guys like it!
EDIT: INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS
Looks like some of you are more inexperienced than I thought.
1) download the mr_yellow.layout.txt. remove the .txt extension and place it in your /program files/pcmkeyboard/ directory on your device
2) go to your input settings and select the options for pcm keyboard
3) "mr_yellow" should show up in the layout drop down box.
4) select and enjoy.
I've looked around and I find that a lot of PCM keyboard layouts focus too much on the skin and not enough on the layout.
I created the following layout and I find that for my own usage, it works really well. I'm uploading it here so that others can use it and modify it to their liking.
The main benefits of my layout over the default english layout are:
Main Layout:
1) second row shifted over to better match real keyboard layout
2) ".com" button for easy web shortcuts
3) 123#? button has shortcuts for popular used punctuation (. , are easiest to access)
4) enter key has the cut/copy/paste/opt shortcut
Secondary Layout:
4) Number keys are double width and moved to left of screen (easier for right handers)
5) layout focused on calculator/excel input. so * / + - = . are all easily accessible
6) All bracket/parenthesis is accessible in the () shortcut key
7) All other symbol keys are accessible in the sym shortcut key
8) holding down 0 will give you a space
9) enter/backspace/123#? all remain in same location (i didn't like how backspace was on left of layout
This layout should work fine on any of the default skins.
I hope you guys like it!
EDIT: INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS
Looks like some of you are more inexperienced than I thought.
1) download the mr_yellow.layout.txt. remove the .txt extension and place it in your /program files/pcmkeyboard/ directory on your device
2) go to your input settings and select the options for pcm keyboard
3) "mr_yellow" should show up in the layout drop down box.
4) select and enjoy.