Keyboard azerty/qwerty on pc

[Gvgd94]

hi all

i live in belgium where we use the azerty layout on our keyboards Im planning to buy a gaming keyboard that only has qwerty laybout. So i wonder that when i push the 'Q" button on my new keyboard will my pc recognize it as an "A"? thnx for your help

 

[ssddx]

you should be able to change your keyboard layout in windows settings and have it work.

if this doesnt work work and you bought a product which has key mapping software you could remap all the keys.

it will get confusing unless you buy a mechanical keyboard where you can swap the keys around to your layout.

if you buy a keyboard without keymapping drivers and windows keyboard layout doesnt work then as a last resort you could use autohotkey to map all of the letter keys to what you want.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

You can change the keyboard layout to whatever you want - the keyboard simply tells windows the 2nd key in the 3rd row has been pressed, and windows goes "Ah - that's an A on this layout".

 

[Gvgd94]

you should be able to change your keyboard layout in windows settings and have it work.

if this doesnt work work and you bought a product which has key mapping software you could remap all the keys.

it will get confusing unless you buy a mechanical keyboard where you can swap the keys around to your layout.

if you buy a keyboard without keymapping drivers and windows keyboard layout doesnt work then as a last resort you could use autohotkey to map all of the letter keys to what you want.

So when i dont change my windows settings and just unplug the azerty keyboard and then plug in the qwerty and i press the first letter, 'Q', would i still give an 'A' in ms Word?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

If you change the layout, when you press the new A key it would show A. If not, then if you are a touch typer and know that the Q key is really an A, you can continue typing like normal. My dad does that with a Qwerty laptop keyboard mapped as Dvorak.