GLIDE - Features

What is Glide?

GLIDE is a community-built power tool and companion to the official MoErgo Layout Editor. Designed as a unified home for advanced layout utilities and experimental features, GLIDE bridges the gap between simple point-and-click customization and complex ZMK engineering.

Whether you want to apply 1-click Flows automations, manage multi-key combos visually, or write custom Device Tree code with real-time error checking, GLIDE gives you complete freedom to design your layout your way.

👥 Intuitive for Everyone. Powerful for Experts.

🌱 For Beginners

Design your layout by defining what you want it to do—not how ZMK works.

Simple Key Setup: Easily set up double-taps, hold-vs-tap actions, and shifted keys through a friendly visual interface, without the need to manually create ZMK behaviors.
1-Click Flows Automations: Instantly apply over 30 pre-built layout packages using Flows.
Visual Combo Editor: Discover and edit multi-key combinations graphically without needing to search abstract names.
Printable Desk Sheets: Export clean PDF cheat sheets for your layers and combo overlays.

🛠️ For Pro Users

Move faster, eliminate repetitive edits, and retain raw ZMK/DTS control.

Dual-Engine Editing: Switch fluidly between native GUI behavior builders and direct ZMK DTS code editing.
Live Syntax Validation: Catch typos, missing brackets, and syntax errors in real time before building. Migrate your custom behaviors to natives.
ZMK Keymap Import: Import existing keymap configuration files directly into GLIDE.
Magic Clipboard: Multi-copy and reuse entire layers, key groups, combos, and custom behaviors across layouts with dependencies intact.

Feature overview

Graphical Layout Intent Definition Editor (GLIDE), a visual keymap editor for MoErgo's ZMK-based keyboards or just GLove + IDE = GLIDE

✨ Core Capabilities

Behavior Management: Expanded options for creating and editing key behaviors without manually crafting behavior syntax.

Visual Combo Matrix: Graphically view, map, and organize multi-key shortcuts across all layers.

Full Dual-Hardware Support: Complete support for both Glove80 and Go60 keyboards, including dedicated touchpad gesture configuration.

Cross-Hardware Conversion: Seamlessly translate layouts between Glove80 and Go60, including automated Magic Layer handling.

Firmware & Code Environment: Custom/Device Tree and Firmware settings.

🌟 Unique Features

Flows Engine: Apply 1-click automation packages like PR36 RGB schemes, Home-Row Mods, Autoshift, and Alpha Swaps.

Magic Clipboard: Deep-copy layout elements—including keys, entire layers, and combo definitions—between different layouts effortlessly.

Layout Sanitizer & Usage Tracking: Identify unused behaviors, track usage across layers, and safely purge orphaned code to keep keymaps clean.

Custom Behavior Picker: Select custom behaviors directly from a guided list to prevent typing mistakes and compiler errors.

Advanced DTS Code Editor: Native Device Tree code editing equipped with auto-complete and live reference validation.

Convert Custom to Native Behaviors: Optional convert Custom to Native Behaviors. (limited support for ZMK C Preprocessor Macros)

Key Details & Troubleshooting: Deep visibility into key structures and underlying bindings for fast, effortless debugging.

Smart Assistant / Adivisor: Alert on errors, give advise

Convert ZMK Keymaps: Convert any ZMK keymap

🔓 Missing

❌ Backend integration, My Layouts, Catalog, Build

❌ Limited amount of locale language packs