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Layouts: Using a keymap with multiple keyboards
The layouts/ folder contains different physical key layouts that can apply to different keyboards.
layouts/
+ default/
| + 60_ansi/
| | + readme.md
| | + layout.json
| | + a_good_keymap/
| | | + keymap.c
| | | + readme.md
| | | + config.h
| | | + rules.mk
| | + <keymap folder>/
| | + ...
| + <layout folder>/
+ community/
| + <layout folder>/
| + ...
The layouts/default/ and layouts/community/ are two examples of layout "repositories" - currently default will contain all of the information concerning the layout, and one default keymap named default_<layout>, for users to use as a reference. community contains all of the community keymaps, with the eventual goal of being split-off into a separate repo for users to clone into layouts/. QMK searches through all folders in layouts/, so it's possible to have multiple reposistories here.
Each layout folder is named ([a-z0-9_]) after the physical aspects of the layout, in the most generic way possible, and contains a readme.md with the layout to be defined by the keyboard:
# 60_ansi
LAYOUT_60_ansi
New names should try to stick to the standards set by existing layouts, and can be discussed in the PR/Issue.
Supporting a layout
For a keyboard to support a layout, the variable ([a-z0-9_]) must be defined in it's <keyboard>.h, and match the number of arguments/keys (and preferrably the physical layout):
#define LAYOUT_60_ansi KEYMAP_ANSI
The folder name must be added to the keyboard's rules.mk:
LAYOUTS = 60_ansi
LAYOUTS can be set in any keyboard folder level's rules.mk:
LAYOUTS = 60_iso