changing keyboard layout

[ki8aras]

if i buy a german layout keyboard and use it with a uk layout pc does anyone know what will happen?

will it work as a normal uk keyboard or wot

 

and also is there a way to remap keyboard shortcuts (like @ or %) without changing keyboard layouts?

[GoldenLag]

set the keyboard to UK and it fixes itself. you wont be able to use the keyboard by looking at it. you will be spending money on keycaps afterwards if you want to look at it. 

 

why are you buying keyboards in Germany?

[ki8aras]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

set the keyboard to UK and it fixes itself. you wont be able to use the keyboard by looking at it. you will be spending money on keycaps afterwards if you want to look at it. 

 

why are you buying keyboards in Germany?

the version with the german layout is 60 euros cheaper than the uk one

[minibois]

If you set the layout to UK it will work like a UK board, except what character you see on the specific key might not match what type on your screen.

You could change around such keyboard function with a program like AutoHotKey, which is able to see a specific combination of keys (like Shift + 4) and do whatever you want it to do (like paste a specific character).

[ki8aras]

3 minutes ago, Minibois said:

If you set the layout to UK it will work like a UK board, except what character you see on the specific key might not match what type on your screen.

You could change around such keyboard function with a program like AutoHotKey, which is able to see a specific combination of keys (like Shift + 4) and do whatever you want it to do (like paste a specific character).

okay thx so much