This AutoHotkey script is designed to emulate a 60% keyboard with any regular keyboard.
It remaps the keys so that the navigation and auxiliary keys are available from the main alphanumeric block.
Thus, you can test whether you will be comfortable working on a 60% keyboard.
In addition to remapping navigation keys, some additional features become available.
For example, this is what the first layer with remapped keys looks like:
The script features are described in more detail in the following articles:
- Как попробовать 60-процентную клавиатуру, если у вас её нет
- Типографская раскладка для 60-процентной клавиатуры
- Типографская раскладка для 60-процентной клавиатуры. Часть 2
Script files are located in the ‘Scripts’ folder. The main (start) script is Sukhe_60_percent_keyboard_emulator.ahk
To run this script automatically after user login, follow these steps:
- Install AutoHotkey
- Create shortcut of this script
- Move shortcut to startup folder (%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup)
For example — C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
For immediately script start:
- Install AutoHotkey
- Double click on this file in the explorer
If the script doesn't run, try using AutoHotkey64_UIA.exe instead of AutoHotkey.exe