🌐 International Keyboard Setup (Beginner-Friendly)

If you're typing in a language other than US English, this guide will help you get set up correctly.


How Keyboards Work

When you press a key, your keyboard sends a code to the computer — not a letter, just the key's position. Your computer uses something called a locale (keyboard layout setting) to figure out what letter or symbol to show.

Different countries have different layouts, so:


Matching Layouts = Correct Output

To type the correct characters:

✅ When both match, your keys will behave exactly as expected.

❌ If they don’t match, you might see the wrong characters when you type.


Supported Keyboard Layouts in Glove80

The Glove80 Layout Editor supports many common layouts:

en-US – US English (default)en-GB – UK Englishde-DE – German QWERTZfr-FR-AZERTY – French AZERTYfr-FR-BÉPO – French BÉPOjp-JP – Japaneseko-KR – Koreanru-RU – Russiannb-NO – Norwegian

…and others

Each layout has its own set of keycodes (like DE_ for German or FR_ for French).


Example: How It Works

If your computer is set to French AZERTY and your Glove80 editor is also set to AZERTY:

➡️ As long as the layout editor and computer locale match, everything "just works."



Use en-US or Your Local Layout?

Let’s say you’re in Germany. You have two options:

Option 1: Use de-DE (German Layout)

You’ll get full support for German characters like:

Everything will appear where you're used to seeing it on a German keyboard.


Option 2: Use en-US (US Layout)

Set both your computer and layout editor to en-US

Pros:

Cons:


Pro Tip

If you sometimes use a regular (non-Glove80) keyboard: