The Latest

October 26-27, 2026

DRAFT NEW CAPABILITIES

• New R&D: Drafted ideas for new capabilities that are not yet public available in GLIDE.

• Improved Flows Security: GLIDE Guard protects your layout and has a shield icon. It asks before removing something your keys use, stops changes that would break your layout, and tells you when it fixes something small. Show details shows exactly which keys are affected.

• Several tiny improvements: Mobile experience, unwanted select 

October 25, 2026

MAGIC CLIPBOARD

• Improved Smart Multi-Key & Layout Transfer: Copy and paste keys, layers, or combos across layouts (including Glove80 and Go60) while preserving shape, complete with live keyboard previews and hover placement.

• Unified Duplication Workflow: Standardized copying across all elements (replacing Clone), featuring persistent multi-select highlights and auto-indexed combo copies (e.g., my_combo_2).

AUTOMATION AND SAFETY (FLOWS)

• Timeout Protection: Auto-terminates flows after 10 seconds to prevent workspace freezing.

• Pre-Flight Validation: Validates options and flags exact line numbers with plain-English error reporting.

SYSTEM ENGINE (POLICY) & DOCUMENTATION

• The Engine Room Power-Up! — Part 2: All the checks behind “Check my layout” now come from one list, so warnings stay consistent.

• Unified Diagnostics: Consolidated Check My Layout rules into a single policy engine for consistent warnings.

FIX

• Legacy keycodes removed

• Mouse symbol on Touchpad

October 23-25, 2026

SMALL THINGS AND BIG THINGS

• Small fixes: Fine-tuned syntax checks logic to make things a little more predictable. 

• Behavior Filters in Library: Extended the UI.

• MacOS templates: Default layouts are now included for macOS.

• Layer interaction: Double-clicking a layer no longer triggers renaming.

A STRONGER ENGINE, A BRIGHTER FUTURE!

• The Engine Room Power-Up! — Part 1: Codebase Restructure 

• Style Guide: Establishing consistent coding conventions to keep the codebase clean, consistent, and easier to maintain.

October 22, 2026

ALIGNMENT

• Improve the Combo overlay:  Inspired by Keymap vieuwer

• Keymap edit:  Experimental, without save!
  
  

October 21, 2026

GREAT RESULTS START WITH A SOLID PLAN

• ZMK Keymap Import:  All keymap files should work, 20+ are natively detected and displayed in their actual hardware layouts.

• Key Decorations:  You can now set all decorations, incl. the images.
  
  

October 20, 2026

TASK ASSASSINATION

• UX Improvements:  Themes and consistency in ZMK/Friendly names

• Conversion: Auto recognize more ZMK boards
  
  

October 19, 2026

KEYS GOT DRESSED, ZMK DTS GOT ADDRESSED - OH, AND THE CLIPBOARD ROCKS

• Key Icons: Introducing initial support for decorative icons on keys. A little extra personality for your layout!

• ZMK Keymap:  Both Import and Export ZMK Keymap files.

  • ZMK DTS Edits: Create or edit native behaviors directly in DTS, with syntax validation.

  • DTS Conversion converts DTS to native behaviors.  (Still not working for Glorious Engrammer)

• Combos can now be shown as overlays on the keyboard.

• Our Super Clipboard can really copy everything. We now copy multiple keys, layers, combos. Really nice!

October 18, 2026

POLISH THE PIXELS, PLOT THE FUTURE

• Web Content: We’ve cleaned up the details and refreshed the site for a smoother experience.

• Roadmap & Future Vision: Crafting new designs and big ideas for what’s coming next!
  
  

October 17, 2026

CUSTOM DEFINED BEHAVIORS, USE THEM. LOVE THEM. WOW!

• Custom Defined Behaviors: Now available directly in the behavior picker, no typing required, fewer typos, and fewer compiler errors!
  Tested with community's most advanced layouts from Sunaku, Mrpotatohead and Inxi.

• Custom Code Editor: Features undo, redo, adjustable font size, search, and replace for a smoother editing experience.

• UI:  Polished text, refined details, and small usability improvements throughout.

LESS CONFIGURING, MORE AUTOMAGIC

• Flows rocks BIG TIME: Automations are more than just cool, they’re the superpower that unlock the real value!

  • Custom Defined Behaviors migration: Improved custom migration and added support for mouse commands. Note: No C-style preprocessor directives.

  • Sunaku's World and Emoji layers:  Wauw, this creates a ton of cool macros.

PIMP 

• UI:  Polished text, refined details, and small usability improvements throughout.

October 16, 2026

TA-DA!  FUN FRIDAY

• Demos: Made a few bite-sized videos to show off the value. Because sometimes seeing is believing (and nobody reads the manual).

• Macro editor: Even more simplified

• Design new capabilities: Measure twice, code once.

• Convert to Go60/Glove80: For now it's under layout properties screen (not sure)

• Custom: intelligent validate custom parameters to prevent compiler errors

• Tiny fixes and improvement: Limit the keyboard movement on the canvas

October 15, 2026

RETURN OF MASTER YODA

• Firmware options: Can now be easily configured directly from the properties.

• Combo copying: Combos can now also be copied to another layout using the clipboard.

• Macro editor: Simple yet powerful for advanced users.
  
  

October 14, 2026

ANOTHER CREATIVE SPARK AFTER A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP

• Behavior Editor:  Improved the advanced behavior editors, including a macro recorder.

• ZMK names: Toggle ZMK behavior names on or off in the Advanced Behavior Editors.

• Support & Troubleshooting: Right-click any key and select Details for instant insights and easier troubleshooting.

• Hover Cards: Improved hover cards on the canvas for a smoother experience.

• Touchpad: Improved the touchpad UX and reorganized the layout to prioritize what matters most.

• Speed: Large layouts, such as GE, now load and edit much faster.
  
  

October 13, 2026

COPY THAT!

• Copy between layouts with ease using the familiar clipboard and all its expected behaviors.
  (Supports one layer and one key, but is super user-friendly.)
  'Intuitive by design, no manual or video tutorial needed!' - Moosy

• Export to PNG: Export your layouts as PNG images or print cheat sheets, all neatly combined in one menu without cluttering the UI.
  Multiple layers will become a  ZIP file.

• Mobile Support: Improved support for mobile

• Share a Flows link: share any automation with one link; the person opens their layout on the spot and applies it when ready.

• Layout Properties Extended:  Custom Defined Behaviors, Device Tree etc can now be edited in a fancy editor.

• Touchpad: UX improvements

• Picker improvements: params from mini picker

• Icons: aligned all to flat icons

• Experimental: new advanced behavior editors  (see behavior library), including a macro recorder.
  
  

October 12, 2026

LANGUAGES & KEYCAPS LOOKS

• Keyboard Languages: Added German, British English, French (AZERTY, BÉPO, OPTIMOT), Dutch, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian. Switch languages from the top menu, with browser-language suggestions and undo support.

• Keycap Legends: Keys now show Shift and AltGr characters in the corners. Legends follow your selected keyboard language and OS, and stay consistent across the canvas, clipboard bar, and printed cheat sheets.

• Highlight Special Keys: Enable MoErgo-style green highlighting for layer, Bluetooth, and other special keys. Enable in Config

• Improved Key Editing: Clearly highlight the key you're editing, with its keycode and position.

EDITING

• Key Navigation: See a key's name on hover, find Magic and Lower keys by searching for "MoErgo", and keep dismissed editing hints out of the way.

• About This Layout: Add a name, creator, tags, formatted notes, and video links to your layout.

FILE HANDLING & SETTINGS

• Open and Save: Clearer naming (no more import/export), warnings before opening another file with unsaved changes, and Ctrl+S to save.

• Improved Settings: A cleaner configuration screen with clearer labels, helpful descriptions, and a Done button that stays visible. Choose whether shifted characters appear on the base layer only or on all layers.

• Quick Return Home: Click the GLIDE logo to return to the main view without changing your layout.
  
  

October 10, 2026

EDITING

• Copy keys with drag-and-drop: Hold Ctrl (Cmd or Alt on Mac) while dragging a key onto another to copy it instead of swapping it.

• Select multiple keys: Hold Ctrl, Cmd or Shift and click keys to select several at once. Then colour, paste or clear them all together.

• Edit keys with quick actions: Right-click or long-press a key to copy, paste, rename its label, change its colour or clear it. Use the arrow keys to navigate, and Shift to select multiple keys.

• Copy keys and styles: Copy and paste full keys or just their styles, including actions, labels and colours. Special values like &none and &trans are supported. Preview copied keys in the clipboard bar.

• Change a colour everywhere: Click the ✎ next to a colour in the palette and enter a new one. Every key using that colour updates automatically.

• Customize your colour palette: Custom colours appear first in the picker, followed by presets. Add up to 12 custom colours, with clear guidance when you reach the limit.

• Improved native editor: We now edit params for non-native behaviors (non-native to GLIDE) - with guardrails

LOOKS

• Highlight special keys: A new Settings switch lets you give special keys (layers, Bluetooth and custom keys) distinct colours so they stand out. Off by default.

• Updated key icons: Added icons for Windows, Mac and Linux keys, plus a larger MoErgo logo.

• Show key text colours: The text colour set for each key is now displayed correctly.

LAYERS

• Reordered layer buttons: The layer buttons now appear in this order: Edit, Clone, Delete.
  
  

October 9, 2026

KEY ICONS

• media, volume, brightness, Bluetooth, RGB, arrows, Tab, Enter and Shift now show pictures instead of text. They change per OS (⌘ on Mac, Windows logo on Windows). The layout file is unchanged.

• New Flow: “Tune home-row mod timing” sets home-row hold-tap timing with presets (Urob, BraveKarma, levels 0–5) and a faster/slower nudge.
  
  

October 8, 2026

PRINT YOUR LAYERS AND COMBOS

• Get a clean cheat sheet of every layer and combo as a PDF or on paper, so you can learn your layout and keep it next to your keyboard.

PR36 PER-KEY RGB, GUIDED BY FLOWS

• Your key colors become per-key lighting on the Glove80 and Go60, in a few clicks. Simple presets and sensible defaults do the thinking for you, and it warns you before anything could clash with your existing lighting.

FLOWS THAT EXPLAIN THEMSELVES

• Fifteen improved Flows now tell you what they did, check your layout first, and stop with a plain message instead of a technical error.

ADVANCED USERS & JSON EDITING

• The JSON editor is improved and read-only by default, so you can't change something by accident. Click the small lock to switch editing on, and the text turns green so you can see you're in editing mode.
  
  

October 7, 2026

BUILT-IN LAYOUT PROTECTION & SMART HEALTH

• Check My Layout: Instant plain-English layout checks that catch broken references, unused layers, unhittable combos, and risky hold-time settings with one-click auto-repair.

• Smart Name Corrections: Automatically spots mistyped or retired firmware key names, letting you safely update them in a single click with full undo support.

• Customizable GLIDE Safety: Choose your preferred safety level in Settings to stop, warn, or allow changes that might affect your setup.

KEY PICKING & NAVIGATION

• Complete Key Selection: Toggle "Show all keys" to instantly access every function key, keypad option, media control, and browser shortcut.

• Recent Keys Row: Keep your most frequently used keys right at your fingertips with a new top-row history of your last 12 picked keys.

MOBILE & TOUCH EXPERIENCE

• Pinch & Tap Zooming: Pinch to zoom smoothly across your layout, or double-tap any spot to quickly zoom in and out.

• Responsive Layout Drawers: Layers, combos, and key editor controls now slide in gracefully without squeezing or clipping the keyboard layout.

• Compact Mobile UI: Enjoy a streamlined header and smaller zoom controls tailored for small screens.

REDESIGNED FLOWS

• App-Store Experience: Browse flows with cleaner cards, single-sentence overviews, and collapsible details.

• Clear Result Summaries: Instantly see exactly what changed after applying a flow with direct access to an "Undo this" button on the completion screen.

• Smarter Navigation: Header back buttons now clearly show where you will return, keeping technical details out of your way if an issue arises.
  
  

October 6, 2026

BUILT-IN LAYOUT PROTECTION

• Automatic Safeguards: Changing, moving, renaming or deleting we will make sure nothing breaks.

• Safe Deletion & Previews: Preview where layers or shortcuts are used before deleting them, complete with "Check first" warnings and one-click repairs.

• Smart Validation: Prevents duplicate names and gives clear, plain-English guidance when something needs to be fixed.

USER EXPERIENCE & VISUAL ENHANCEMENTS

• Drag-and-Drop Swapping: Effortlessly move settings between Tap, Hold, Double-Tap, and Shift slots.

• Clutter-Free Workspace: Edit simple behaviors directly in the Simple Editor without complex setups, and dismiss warnings or popups in a single click.

• Smoother Visuals: Enjoy cleaner visual feedback when moving keys, layers, and settings around.

• Mini Picker: Enhancements, modifiers based on OS.

• Improved Right Mouse Click on the Canvas: Copy / Paste all, values, colors or clear using the clipboard.

HARDWARE & TOUCHPADS

• Full Go60 Touchpad Support: All Actions are now supported
  
  
  October 4, 2026

• Discover Flows More Easily — The Flows library is now more visible and easier to find for new users.

• Dismiss Announcements — Close announcements when you’re done with them, and they’ll stay out of the way.

• Rearrange Actions More Easily — Quickly move action settings between Tap, Hold, Double-Tap, and Shift actions where applicable.

• Custom Export Filenames — Choose your own filename when exporting layouts.

• Cleaner Workspace — Hide on-screen helper text for a more streamlined canvas.

• Faster Startup — Get to your workspace faster with an improved startup experience.

• Pro-Dark by Default — A polished dark theme is now enabled by default.

• Clear Cache — Easily clear cached data from Settings when needed.

• Flows Automations update for native editing

  • Programmer Punctuation Swap

  • Primeagen's NumRow v2