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## Custom Layout
Kinesis Contoured family of keyboards belong to a relatively small group of keyboards that utilize thumb clusters. The keycap profiles of thumb cluster keys make it easy to press multiple keys simultaneously by a thumb finger. Co-locating CTRL, SHIFT and KEYPAD modifiers in the thumb cluster gives truly unique capabilities to these keyboards.
### "alvicstep" Layout
The **alvicstep** layout is optimized for software development on a Windows machine. It is a result of many years of daily usage. It is a great starting point for your own design.
#### Layout Features
- 3 layers: default layer, keypad layer, numpad layer
- keypad layer allows for 2 finger operation using **arrow** keys together with
- **CTRL** and/or **SHIFT** modifiers OR
- **HOME/END** keys OR
- **PAGEUP/PAGEDOWN** keys.
- two finger operations can be achieved by holding up to 3 modifier keys (KEYPAD/SHIFT/CTRL) with a thumb finger and using index/middle/ring finger by pressing keywell keys. For example, you can fully control caret position and text selection of:
- each letter
- each word
- from a current caret position to the beginning of the line
- from a current caret position to the end of the line
- multiple lines
- multiple pages
- with little practice you will be able to string together different key combinations. For example, executing `KEYPAD + O` and then `KEYPAD + SHIFT + U` selects the whole line of text with barely any finger movement. The best part is that it works in any text editor!
- keypad layer allows accessing **F1-F12** and **ESC** keys by moving only a single finger away from the home row, making it very fast and convenient
- **KEYPAD** key can be used to access US ANSI Shifted Symbols instead of pressing a SHIFT key. This gives you two advantages: it makes KEYPAD key a "go to" key which is used in almost all operations unrelated to typing of letters. To understand the second advantage, compare pressing `SHIFT + 0` and `KEYPAD + 0` using the right hand
- **NUMPAD** "momentary" modifier key can be used to quickly switch to a numeric pad while typing alphanumeric strings. In a stock Kinesis firmware you would have to switch to KEYPAD layer and then press NUMLOCK key which makes it unusable for this task
- **NUMPAD** key in the right thumb cluster can be used to switch to a numeric pad for long numeric sequences
#### Layout Layers
#### Notes
- MO(1) - switch to **KEYPAD** layer while key is being pressed
- MO(2) - switch to **NUMPAD** layer while key is being pressed
- TO(0) - switch to **BASE** layer
- TO(2) - switch to **NUMPAD** layer
- Rsft(Enter) - acts as an ENTER key when pressed and released. Acts as a SHIFT modifier in combination with other keys
- Bt - enter bootloader mode
- Alt(Tab) - toggle between last two active applications
- Ctrl(Tab) - toggle between last two active tabs
### Differences From Stock
- **{}[]** keys are moved to the left side of the keywell to be easily accessible
- **-** and **+** keys are switched
- **CAPS LOCK** key is moved to **KEYPAD** layer and is mapped to **DELETE** on **BASE** layer
### Shortcuts
|Shortcut | Control Caret |
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|`KEYPAD + J` | move caret one character left |
|`KEYPAD + L` | move caret one character right |
|`KEYPAD + I` | move caret one line up |
|`KEYPAD + K` | move caret one line down |
|`KEYPAD + CTRL + J` | move caret one word to the left |
|`KEYPAD + CTRL + L` | move caret one word to the right |
|`KEYPAD + U` | move caret to the start of the line |
|`KEYPAD + O` | move caret to the end of the line |
|`KEYPAD + H` | move caret one page up |
|`KEYPAD + N` | move caret one page down |
|Shortcut | Scroll Lock |
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|`KEYPAD + CTRL + I` | scroll page up |
|`KEYPAD + CTRL + K` | scroll page down |
|Shortcut | Select Text |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|`KEYPAD + CTRL + SHIFT + J` | select one word to the left |
|`KEYPAD + CTRL + SHIFT + L` | select one word to the right |
|`KEYPAD + CTRL + SHIFT + I` | select one line up |
|`KEYPAD + CTRL + SHIFT + K` | select one line down |
|`KEYPAD + SHIFT + H` | select one page up |
|`KEYPAD + SHIFT + N` | select one page down |
|`KEYPAD + CTRL + SHIFT + U` | select from beginning of the file up to the caret position |
|`KEYPAD + CTRL + SHIFT + O` | select from caret position to the end of the file |
|Shortcut | US ANSI Shifted Symbols |
|---------------------|---------------------------------------|
|`KEYPAD + -` | _ |
|`KEYPAD + 1` | ! |
|`KEYPAD + 2` | @ |
|`KEYPAD + 3` | # |
|`KEYPAD + 4` | $ |
|`KEYPAD + 5` | % |
|`KEYPAD + 6` | ^ |
|`KEYPAD + 7` | & |
|`KEYPAD + 8` | * |
|`KEYPAD + 9` | ( |
|`KEYPAD + 0` | ) |
|`KEYPAD + =` | + |
|`KEYPAD + \` | \| |
|`KEYPAD + '` | " |
|`KEYPAD + ;` | : |
|`KEYPAD + /` | ? |
|`KEYPAD + [` | { |
|`KEYPAD + ]` | } |
|`KEYPAD + ,` | < |
|`KEYPAD + .` | > |
|`KEYPAD + BACKTICK` | ~ |
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