You can actually try it on your Windows computer. May be that's all you need, and that's ok.
My layout is
based on two things:
- tri-state
layers used in Planck/OLKB boards,
- and SpaceFN
layout.
The former
allows to have four layers controlled by two keys. It works only if you have a
programmable keyboard.
The SpaceFN
layout can be used on its own, on any regular computer, provided you can
install a program to it.
The idea is
to turn space bar into a modifier key. That is when you hit it once it works as
a space bar. But when you press and hold it - it activates another layer, like
Shift or Control. This post on
Geekhack.org describes
this idea in more details.
For SpaceFN
(when I don't have my ThumbsUp! keyboard) I use TouchCursor utility.
You can
download and use it for free.
To use my
layout - launch TouchCursor double click on its icon in the clock area to open
the configuration window. Change any of the key bindings and close the window
with OK button.
Then exit
from TouchCursor by right-clicking on its icon, and choose Exit.
Download this
file:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9palixumrhksvrk0iyz8a/settings.cfg?rlkey=2llydt44s7t11r4x3fi17u2fe&dl=0
From that
archive unzip and save "settings.cfg" into this folder, replacing the
existing file, if any:
"C:\Users\{YourUserNameHERE}\AppData\Roaming\TouchCursor"
Launch
TouchCursor again.
When
TouchCursor is running and is active, holding the space bar gives me this layer
(the key action is in the center of each key):
This
layout is
especially good with the laptops, in which the navigation and editing keys are
placed in very uncomfortable and often unusual spots, and the F-keys are either
grouped differently or shifted to the side a bit, contradicting my muscle
memory, or require holding FN key to use.
SpaceFN
removes the need in those separate keys, and makes me feel better with any
laptop keyboard.
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