Keyboard layouts history

The list of keyboard layouts as they evolved through the history of Windows.

This website operates on layout metadata snapshots that are grabbed from live systems and keyboard driver files that can also be retrieved offline or from installation media. The history is not comprehensive, check the sidebars for which versions were used to compile the lists below. Note that prior to Windows Vista, far east layouts shipped only with separate far east editions of Windows.

Layout metadata history

Note that displayed layout names are valid at the Windows version under which they are listed.

Windows 10.0.27686.1000

+ 0002045d Inuktitut - Nattilik + 00020850 Traditional Mongolian (MNS)

Windows 10.0.26040.1000

+ 00060409 Colemak + 0003040d Hebrew (Standard, 2018)

Windows 10.0.26002.1000

+ 00020407 German Extended (E1) + 00030407 German Extended (E2)

Windows 10.0.25247.1000

+ 0001040c French (Standard, AZERTY) + 0002040c French (Standard, BÉPO)

Renamed:

• 0000040c French → French (Legacy, AZERTY)

Windows 10.0.25211.1001

+ 00030449 Tamil Anjal

Windows 10.0.21390.1

Renamed:

• 00090c00 N’Ko → N’Ko

Windows 10.0.21318.1000

+ 00001409 NZ Aotearoa

Windows 10.0.19608.1000

Renamed:

• 0000042f Macedonian (North Macedonia) → Macedonian
• 0001042f Macedonian (North Macedonia) - Standard → Macedonian - Standard
• 00090c00 N’Ko → N’Ko

Windows 10.0.19592.1001

Renamed:

• 0000042c Azeri Latin → Azerbaijani Latin
• 00000445 Bengali → Bangla
• 00010445 Bengali - INSCRIPT (Legacy) → Bangla - INSCRIPT (Legacy)
• 00020445 Bengali - INSCRIPT → Bangla - INSCRIPT
• 0000082c Azeri Cyrillic → Azerbaijani Cyrillic

Windows 10 Version 1903

+ 00140c00 ADLaM + 00150c00 Osage

Renamed:

• 0000042f Macedonian (FYROM) → Macedonian (North Macedonia)
• 0001042f Macedonian (FYROM) - Standard → Macedonian (North Macedonia) - Standard

Windows 10 Version 1809

+ 00020449 Tamil 99 + 00130c00 Myanmar (Visual order)

Renamed:

• 00010c00 Myanmar → Myanmar (Phonetic order)

Windows 10 Version 1607

+ 00000c51 Dzongkha

Renamed:

• 0000041a Croatian → Standard

Windows 8.1 RTM

+ 00020426 Latvian (Standard) + 0001042c Azerbaijani (Standard) + 00010444 Tatar + 00010451 Tibetan (PRC) - Updated + 00000474 Guarani + 00010850 Traditional Mongolian (Standard) + 0000085f Central Atlas Tamazight + 000b0c00 Buginese + 000c0c00 Gothic + 000d0c00 Ol Chiki + 000e0c00 Osmanya + 000f0c00 Old Italic + 00100c00 Sora + 00110c00 Javanese + 00120c00 Futhark

Renamed:

• 00000444 Tatar → Tatar (Legacy)

Windows 8 RTM

+ 0000105f Tifinagh (Basic) + 0001105f Tifinagh (Extended)

- 00050c00 Tifinagh (Basic) - 00060c00 Tifinagh (Extended)

Renamed:

• 0000042f Macedonian (F.Y.R.O. Macedonia) → Macedonian (FYROM)
• 0001042f Macedonian (F.Y.R.O. Macedonia) - Standard → Macedonian (FYROM) - Standard
• 00030437 Georgian Ministry of Education and Science Schools → Georgian (MES)

Windows 8 Consumer Preview (released with Windows 8 RTM)

+ 0002040d Hebrew (Standard) + 00020419 Russian - Mnemonic + 00050429 Persian (Standard) + 0002042b Armenian Phonetic + 0003042b Armenian Typewriter + 00030437 Georgian Ministry of Education and Science Schools + 00040437 Georgian (Old Alphabets) + 00010453 Khmer (NIDA) + 0000045c Cherokee Nation + 0001045c Cherokee Phonetic + 00000475 Hawaiian + 00000492 Central Kurdish + 00010c00 Myanmar + 00020c00 New Tai Lue + 00030c00 Tai Le + 00040c00 Ogham + 00050c00 Tifinagh (Basic) + 00060c00 Tifinagh (Extended) + 00070c00 Lisu (Basic) + 00080c00 Lisu (Standard) + 00090c00 N’Ko + 000a0c00 Phags-pa + 00004009 English (India)

Renamed:

• 00000404 Chinese (Traditional) - US Keyboard → Chinese (Traditional) - US
• 00000416 Portuguese (Brazilian ABNT) → Portuguese (Brazil ABNT)
• 00010416 Portuguese (Brazilian ABNT2) → Portuguese (Brazil ABNT2)
• 0000042b Armenian Eastern → Armenian Eastern (Legacy)
• 0001042b Armenian Western → Armenian Western (Legacy)
• 0000042f Macedonian (FYROM) → Macedonian (F.Y.R.O. Macedonia)
• 0001042f Macedonian (FYROM) - Standard → Macedonian (F.Y.R.O. Macedonia) - Standard
• 00000437 Georgian → Georgian (Legacy)
• 00000448 Oriya → Odia
• 00000485 Yakut → Sakha
• 00000804 Chinese (Simplified) - US Keyboard → Chinese (Simplified) - US
• 00000c04 Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong S.A.R.) - US Keyboard → Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong S.A.R.) - US
• 00001004 Chinese (Simplified, Singapore) - US Keyboard → Chinese (Simplified, Singapore) - US
• 00001404 Chinese (Traditional, Macao S.A.R.) - US Keyboard → Chinese (Traditional, Macao S.A.R.) - US
• 00011809 Gaelic → Scottish Gaelic

Windows 7 RTM

+ 00040402 Bulgarian (Phonetic Traditional) + 0002042e Sorbian Standard + 00000432 Setswana + 00000468 Hausa + 0000046a Yoruba + 0000046c Sesotho sa Leboa + 00000470 Igbo + 00010480 Uyghur + 00000488 Wolof + 00000c04 Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong S.A.R.) - US Keyboard + 00001004 Chinese (Simplified, Singapore) - US Keyboard + 00001404 Chinese (Traditional, Macao S.A.R.) - US Keyboard

Renamed:

• 00020427 Lithuanian New → Lithuanian Standard
• 0000042e Sorbian Standard → Sorbian Standard (Legacy)
• 00000480 Uighur → Uyghur (Legacy)

Windows Vista SP2

+ 00020402 Bulgarian (Phonetic) + 00030402 Bulgarian + 00000404 Chinese (Traditional) - US Keyboard + 00000411 Japanese + 00000412 Korean + 00010418 Romanian (Standard) + 00020418 Romanian (Programmers) + 00020422 Ukrainian (Enhanced) + 00020427 Lithuanian New + 00000428 Tajik + 0000042e Sorbian Standard + 0001042e Sorbian Extended + 0001042f Macedonian (FYROM) - Standard + 00010437 Georgian (QWERTY) + 00020437 Georgian (Ergonomic) + 00000442 Turkmen + 00020445 Bengali - INSCRIPT + 00000448 Oriya + 0000044d Assamese - INSCRIPT + 00000451 Tibetan (PRC) + 00000453 Khmer + 00000454 Lao + 0000045b Sinhala + 0001045b Sinhala - Wij 9 + 0001045d Inuktitut - Naqittaut + 0000046d Bashkir + 0000046f Greenlandic + 00000480 Uighur + 00000485 Yakut + 00000804 Chinese (Simplified) - US Keyboard + 00000850 Mongolian (Mongolian Script)

- 0000141a Bosnian

Renamed:

• 00000402 Bulgarian → Bulgarian (Typewriter)
• 00000418 Romanian → Romanian (Legacy)
• 00000429 Farsi → Persian
• 0000042f FYRO Macedonian → Macedonian (FYROM)
• 0000043a Maltese 47-key → Maltese 47-Key
• 0001043a Maltese 48-key → Maltese 48-Key
• 00010445 Bengali (Inscript) → Bengali - INSCRIPT (Legacy)
• 00000463 Pashto → Pashto (Afghanistan)
• 0000085d Inuktitut Latin → Inuktitut - Latin
• 0000201a Bosnian Cyrillic → Bosnian (Cyrillic)

Windows XP

+ 00000401 Arabic (101) + 00010401 Arabic (102) + 00020401 Arabic (102) AZERTY + 00000402 Bulgarian + 00010402 Bulgarian (Latin) + 00000405 Czech + 00010405 Czech (QWERTY) + 00020405 Czech Programmers + 00000406 Danish + 00000407 German + 00010407 German (IBM) + 00000408 Greek + 00010408 Greek (220) + 00020408 Greek (319) + 00030408 Greek (220) Latin + 00040408 Greek (319) Latin + 00050408 Greek Latin + 00060408 Greek Polytonic + 00000409 US + 00010409 United States-Dvorak + 00020409 United States-International + 00030409 United States-Dvorak for left hand + 00040409 United States-Dvorak for right hand + 00050409 US English Table for IBM Arabic 238_L + 0000040a Spanish + 0001040a Spanish Variation + 0000040b Finnish + 0000040c French + 0000040d Hebrew + 0000040e Hungarian + 0001040e Hungarian 101-key + 0000040f Icelandic + 00000410 Italian + 00010410 Italian (142) + 00000413 Dutch + 00000414 Norwegian + 00000415 Polish (Programmers) + 00010415 Polish (214) + 00000416 Portuguese (Brazilian ABNT) + 00010416 Portuguese (Brazilian ABNT2) + 00000418 Romanian + 00000419 Russian + 00010419 Russian (Typewriter) + 0000041a Croatian + 0000041b Slovak + 0001041b Slovak (QWERTY) + 0000041c Albanian + 0000041d Swedish + 0000041e Thai Kedmanee + 0001041e Thai Pattachote + 0002041e Thai Kedmanee (non-ShiftLock) + 0003041e Thai Pattachote (non-ShiftLock) + 0000041f Turkish Q + 0001041f Turkish F + 00000420 Urdu + 00000422 Ukrainian + 00000423 Belarusian + 00000424 Slovenian + 00000425 Estonian + 00000426 Latvian + 00010426 Latvian (QWERTY) + 00000427 Lithuanian IBM + 00010427 Lithuanian + 00000429 Farsi + 0000042a Vietnamese + 0000042b Armenian Eastern + 0001042b Armenian Western + 0000042c Azeri Latin + 0000042f FYRO Macedonian + 00000437 Georgian + 00000438 Faeroese + 00000439 Devanagari - INSCRIPT + 00010439 Hindi Traditional + 0000043a Maltese 47-key + 0001043a Maltese 48-key + 0000043b Norwegian with Sami + 0001043b Sami Extended Norway + 0000043f Kazakh + 00000440 Kyrgyz Cyrillic + 00000444 Tatar + 00000445 Bengali + 00010445 Bengali (Inscript) + 00000446 Punjabi + 00000447 Gujarati + 00000449 Tamil + 0000044a Telugu + 0000044b Kannada + 0000044c Malayalam + 0000044e Marathi + 00000450 Mongolian Cyrillic + 00000452 United Kingdom Extended + 0000045a Syriac + 0001045a Syriac Phonetic + 00000461 Nepali + 00000463 Pashto + 00000465 Divehi Phonetic + 00010465 Divehi Typewriter + 0000046e Luxembourgish + 00000481 Maori + 00000807 Swiss German + 00000809 United Kingdom + 0000080a Latin American + 0000080c Belgian French + 0001080c Belgian (Comma) + 00000813 Belgian (Period) + 00000816 Portuguese + 0000081a Serbian (Latin) + 0000082c Azeri Cyrillic + 0000083b Swedish with Sami + 0001083b Finnish with Sami + 0002083b Sami Extended Finland-Sweden + 00000843 Uzbek Cyrillic + 0000085d Inuktitut Latin + 00000c0c Canadian French (Legacy) + 00000c1a Serbian (Cyrillic) + 00001009 Canadian French + 00011009 Canadian Multilingual Standard + 0000100c Swiss French + 0000141a Bosnian + 00001809 Irish + 00011809 Gaelic + 0000201a Bosnian Cyrillic

Keyboard driver history

Note that the driver names are valid at the Windows version under which they are listed. Currently this list does not contain removed drivers.

Windows 10.0.27686.1000

+ KBDINUK3.DLL Inuktitut - Nattilik Keyboard Layout + KBDMONS2.DLL Traditional Mongolian (MNS) Keyboard Layout

Windows 10.0.26090.1

Renamed:

• KBDFRNB.DLL French (Standard, BÉPO) Keyboard Layout → French (Standard, BÉPO) Keyboard Layout

Windows 10.0.26040.1000

+ KBDCMK.DLL Colemak Keyboard Layout + kbdhebsi.dll Hebrew (Standard, 2018) Keyboard Layout

Windows 10.0.26002.1000

+ KBDGRE1.DLL German Extended (E1) Keyboard Layout + KBDGRE2.DLL German Extended (E2) Keyboard Layout

Windows 10.0.25284.1000

Renamed:

• KBDFRNB.DLL French (Standard, BÉPO) Keyboard Layout → French (Standard, BÉPO) Keyboard Layout

Windows 10.0.25247.1000

+ KBDFRNA.DLL French (Standard, AZERTY) Keyboard Layout + KBDFRNB.DLL French (Standard, BÉPO) Keyboard Layout

Windows 10.0.18305.1000 (released with Windows 10 Version 1903)

+ KBDADLM.DLL Adlam Keyboard Layout + KBDOSA.DLL Osage Keyboard Layout

Windows 10.0.17025.1000 (released with Windows 10 Version 1803)

+ KBDTAM99.DLL Tamil99Keyboard Keyboard Layout

Windows 10 Version 1607

+ KBDDZO.DLL Dzongkha Keyboard Layout

Renamed:

• KBDINEN.DLL English - India Keyboard Layout → English (India) Keyboard Layout

Windows 8.1 RTM

+ KBDAZST.DLL Azerbaijani (Standard) Keyboard Layout + KBDBUG.DLL Buginese Keyboard Layout + KBDFTHRK.DLL Futhark Keyboard Layout + KBDGN.DLL Guarani Keyboard Layout + KBDGTHC.DLL Gothic Keyboard Layout + KBDJAV.DLL Javanese Keyboard Layout + KBDLVST.DLL Latvian (Standard) Keyboard Layout + KBDMONST.DLL Traditional Mongolian (Standard) Keyboard Layout + KBDOLDIT.DLL Old Italic Keyboard Layout + KBDOLCH.DLL Ol Chiki Keyboard Layout + KBDOSM.DLL Osmanya Keyboard Layout + KBDSORA.DLL Sora Keyboard Layout + KBDTIPRD.DLL Tibetan (PRC) - Updated Keyboard Layout + KBDTT102.DLL Tatar Keyboard Layout + KBDTZM.DLL Central Atlas Tamazight Keyboard Layout

Renamed:

• KBDTAT.DLL Tatar_Cyrillic Keyboard Layout → Tatar (Legacy) Keyboard Layout

Windows 8 Consumer Preview (released with Windows 8 RTM)

+ kbdarmph.dll Armenian Phonetic Keyboard Layout + kbdarmty.dll Armenian Typewriter Keyboard Layout + kbdfar.dll Persian Standard Keyboard Layout + kbdgeome.dll Georgian (MES) Keyboard Layout + kbdgeooa.dll Georgian (Old Alphabets) Keyboard Layout + KBDHAW.DLL Hawaiian Keyboard Layout + kbdhebl3.dll Hebrew Standard Keyboard Layout + KBDCHER.DLL Cherokee Nation Keyboard Layout + KBDCHERP.DLL Cherokee Phonetic Keyboard Layout + KBDINEN.DLL English - India Keyboard Layout + KBDKNI.DLL Khmer (NIDA) Keyboard Layout + KBDKURD.DLL Central Kurdish Keyboard Layout + kbdlisub.dll Lisu Basic Keyboard Layout + kbdlisus.dll Lisu Standard Keyboard Layout + KBDMYAN.DLL Myanmar Keyboard Layout + kbdnko.dll N'Ko Keyboard Layout + KBDNTL.DLL New Tai Leu Keyboard Layout + KBDOGHAM.DLL Ogham Keyboard Layout + kbdphags.dll Phags-pa Keyboard Layout + KBDRUM.DLL Russian - Mnemonic Keyboard Layout + KBDTAILE.DLL Tai Le Keyboard Layout + KBDTIFI.DLL Tifinagh (Basic) Keyboard Layout + KBDTIFI2.DLL Tifinagh (Extended) Keyboard Layout

Renamed:

• KBDINORI.DLL Oriya Keyboard Layout → Odia Keyboard Layout
• KBDTAT.DLL Tatar (Legacy) Keyboard Layout → Tatar_Cyrillic Keyboard Layout

Windows 7 SP1

Renamed:

• KBDTAT.DLL Tatar_Cyrillic Keyboard Layout → Tatar (Legacy) Keyboard Layout
• KBDYAK.DLL Yakut - Russia Keyboard Layout → Sakha - Russia Keyboard Layout

Windows 7 RTM

+ KBDBGPH1.DLL Bulgarian (Phonetic Traditional) Keyboard Layout + KBDHAU.DLL Hausa Keyboard Layout + KBDIBO.DLL Igbo Keyboard Layout + KBDNSO.DLL Sesotho sa Leboa Keyboard Layout + KBDSORS1.DLL Sorbian Standard Keyboard Layout + KBDUGHR1.DLL Uyghur Keyboard Layout + KBDWOL.DLL Wolof Keyboard Layout + KBDYBA.DLL Yoruba Keyboard Layout

Renamed:

• KBDGAE.DLL Gaelic Keyboard Layout → Scottish Gaelic (United Kingdom) Keyboard Layout

Windows Vista SP2+

+ kbd101b.dll KO Hangeul Keyboard Layout for 101(Type B) + kbd101c.dll KO Hangeul Keyboard Layout for 101(Type C) + kbd103.dll KO Hangeul Keyboard Layout for 103 + kbd106.dll JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for 106 + KBDBASH.DLL Bashkir Keyboard Layout + KBDBGPH.DLL Bulgarian Phonetic Keyboard Layout + kbdbhc.dll Bosnian (Cyrillic) Keyboard Layout + KBDBULG.DLL Bulgarian Keyboard Layout + kbdfi1.dll Finnish-Swedish with Sami Keyboard Layout + kbdgeoer.dll Georgian (Ergonomic) Keyboard Layout + kbdgeoqw.dll Georgian (QWERTY) Keyboard Layout + KBDGRLND.DLL Greenlandic Keyboard Layout + KBDINASA.DLL Assamese (Inscript) Keyboard Layout + kbdinbe1.dll Bengali - Inscript (Legacy) Keyboard Layout + KBDINBE2.DLL Bengali (Inscript) Keyboard Layout + kbdinben.dll Bengali Keyboard Layout + kbdinmal.dll Malayalam Keyboard Layout Keyboard Layout + KBDINORI.DLL Oriya Keyboard Layout + KBDINUK2.DLL Inuktitut Naqittaut Keyboard Layout + KBDIULAT.DLL Inuktitut Latin Keyboard Layout + KBDJPN.DLL JP Japanese Keyboard Layout Stub driver + KBDKHMR.DLL Cambodian Standard Keyboard Layout + KBDKOR.DLL KO Hangeul Keyboard Layout Stub driver + KBDLAO.DLL Lao Standard Keyboard Layout + KBDLT2.DLL Lithuanian Standard Keyboard Layout + KBDMACST.DLL Macedonian (North Macedonia) - Standard Keyboard Layout + kbdmaori.dll Maori Keyboard Layout + kbdmlt47.dll Maltese 47-key Keyboard Layout + kbdmlt48.dll Maltese 48-key Keyboard Layout + KBDMONMO.DLL Mongolian (Mongolian Script) Keyboard Layout + kbdnepr.dll Nepali Keyboard Layout + kbdno1.dll Norwegian with Sami Keyboard Layout + kbdpash.dll Pashto (Afghanistan) Keyboard Layout + KBDROPR.DLL Romanian (Programmers) Keyboard Layout + KBDROST.DLL Romanian (Standard) Keyboard Layout + kbdsmsfi.dll Sami Extended Finland-Sweden Keyboard Layout + kbdsmsno.dll Sami Extended Norway Keyboard Layout + KBDSN1.DLL Sinhala Keyboard Layout + KBDSOREX.DLL Sorbian Extended Keyboard Layout + KBDSORST.DLL Sorbian Standard (Legacy) Keyboard Layout + KBDSW09.DLL Sinhala - Wij 9 Keyboard Layout + KBDTAJIK.DLL Tajik Keyboard Layout + KBDTIPRC.DLL Tibetan (PRC) Keyboard Layout + KBDTURME.DLL Turkmen Keyboard Layout + KBDUGHR.DLL Uyghur (Legacy) Keyboard Layout + kbdukx.dll United Kingdom Extended Keyboard Layout + KBDUR1.DLL Ukrainian (Enhanced) Keyboard Layout + KBDYAK.DLL Yakut - Russia Keyboard Layout

Renamed:

• KBDGAE.DLL Scottish Gaelic (United Kingdom) Keyboard Layout → Gaelic Keyboard Layout
• KBDRO.DLL Romanian Keyboard Layout → Romanian (Legacy) Keyboard Layout
• KBDYCC.DLL Serbian_Cyrillic Keyboard Layout → Serbian (Cyrillic) Keyboard Layout
• KBDYCL.DLL Serbian_Latin Keyboard Layout → Serbian (Latin) Keyboard Layout

Windows 2003

+ KBDA1.DLL Arabic_English_101 Keyboard Layout + KBDA2.DLL Arabic_2 Keyboard Layout + KBDA3.DLL Arabic_French_102 Keyboard Layout + KBDDIV1.DLL Divehi Phonetic Keyboard Layout + KBDDIV2.DLL Divehi Typewriter Keyboard Layout + KBDFA.DLL Persian Keyboard Layout + KBDHEB.DLL KBDHEB Keyboard Layout + KBDINDEV.DLL Devanagari Keyboard Layout + KBDINGUJ.DLL Gujarati Keyboard Layout + KBDINHIN.DLL Hindi Keyboard Layout + KBDINKAN.DLL Kannada Keyboard Layout + KBDINMAR.DLL Marathi Keyboard Layout + KBDINPUN.DLL Punjabi/Gurmukhi Keyboard Layout + KBDINTAM.DLL Tamil Keyboard Layout + KBDINTEL.DLL Telugu Keyboard Layout + KBDSYR1.DLL Syriac Standard Keyboard Layout + KBDSYR2.DLL Syriac Phoenetic Keyboard Layout + KBDTH0.DLL Thai Kedmanee Keyboard Layout + KBDTH1.DLL Thai Pattachote Keyboard Layout + KBDTH2.DLL Thai Kedmanee (non-ShiftLock) Keyboard Layout + KBDTH3.DLL Thai Pattachote (non-ShiftLock) Keyboard Layout + KBDURDU.DLL Urdu Keyboard Layout

Renamed:

• KBDCAN.DLL Canadian National Standard Keyboard Layout → Canadian Multilingual Standard Keyboard Layout

Windows XP

+ KBDKYR.DLL Kyrgyz Keyboard Layout + KBDMON.DLL Mongolian Keyboard Layout

Windows 2000

+ kbd101.dll JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for 101 + kbd101a.dll KO Hangeul Keyboard Layout for 101 (Type A) + kbd106n.dll JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for 106 + KBDARME.DLL Eastern Armenian Keyboard Layout + KBDARMW.DLL Western Armenian Keyboard Layout + kbdax2.dll JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for AX2 + KBDAZE.DLL Azerbaijan_Cyrillic Keyboard Layout + KBDAZEL.DLL Azeri-Latin Keyboard Layout + KBDBENE.DLL Belgian Dutch Keyboard Layout + KBDCAN.DLL Canadian National Standard Keyboard Layout + KBDCZ2.DLL Czech_Programmer's Keyboard Layout + KBDFO.DLL Færoese Keyboard Layout + KBDGAE.DLL Scottish Gaelic (United Kingdom) Keyboard Layout + KBDGEO.DLL Georgian Keyboard Layout + KBDHEPT.DLL Greek_Polytonic Keyboard Layout + kbdibm02.dll JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for IBM 5576-002/003 + KBDKAZ.DLL Kazak_Cyrillic Keyboard Layout + kbdlk41a.dll DEC LK411-AJ Keyboard Layout + kbdlk41j.dll DEC LK411-JJ Keyboard Layout + KBDLT1.DLL Lithuanian Keyboard Layout + KBDMAC.DLL Macedonian (North Macedonia) Keyboard Layout + kbdnec.dll JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for (NEC PC-9800) + kbdnec95.dll JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for (NEC PC-9800 Windows 95) + kbdnecat.dll JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for (NEC PC-9800 on PC98-NX) + kbdnecnt.dll JP Japanese NEC PC-9800 Keyboard Layout + KBDTAT.DLL Tatar_Cyrillic Keyboard Layout + KBDUSA.DLL US IBM Arabic 238_L Keyboard Layout + KBDUZB.DLL Uzbek_Cyrillic Keyboard Layout + KBDVNTC.DLL Vietnamese Keyboard Layout

Renamed:

• KBDBLR.DLL Belarussia Keyboard Layout → Belarusian Keyboard Layout
• KBDBU.DLL Bulgarian Keyboard Layout → Bulgarian (Typewriter) Keyboard Layout

Windows NT 4.0

+ KBDAL.DLL Albania Keyboard Layout + KBDBLR.DLL Belarussia Keyboard Layout + KBDCZ1.DLL Czech_101 Keyboard Layout + KBDEST.DLL Estonia Keyboard Layout + KBDGKL.DLL Greek_Latin Keyboard Layout + KBDGR1.DLL German_IBM Keyboard Layout + KBDHE220.DLL Greek IBM 220 Keyboard Layout + KBDHE319.DLL Greek IBM 319 Keyboard Layout + KBDHELA2.DLL Greek IBM 220 Latin Keyboard Layout + KBDHELA3.DLL Greek IBM 319 Latin Keyboard Layout + KBDHU1.DLL Hungarian 101-key Keyboard Layout + KBDIR.DLL Irish Keyboard Layout + KBDIT142.DLL Italian 142 Keyboard Layout + KBDLT.DLL Lithuania Keyboard Layout + KBDLV.DLL Latvia Keyboard Layout + KBDLV1.DLL Latvia-QWERTY Keyboard Layout + KBDPL.DLL Polish Keyboard Layout + KBDRU1.DLL Russia(Typewriter) Keyboard Layout + KBDSL1.DLL Slovak(QWERTY) Keyboard Layout + KBDUR.DLL Ukrainian Keyboard Layout + KBDUSL.DLL Dvorak Left-Hand US English Keyboard Layout + KBDUSR.DLL Dvorak Right-Hand US English Keyboard Layout + KBDYCC.DLL Serbian_Cyrillic Keyboard Layout + KBDYCL.DLL Serbian_Latin Keyboard Layout

Renamed:

• KBDBR.DLL Brazilian ABNT Keyboard Layout → Brazilian Keyboard Layout
• KBDCA.DLL Keyboard Layout for ca → Canadian Multilingual Keyboard Layout
• KBDCR.DLL Croation/Slovenian Keyboard Layout → Croatian/Slovenian Keyboard Layout
• KBDCZ.DLL Keyboard layout : Czech → Czech Keyboard Layout
• KBDES.DLL Alternate Spanish Keyboard Layout → Spanish Alernate Keyboard Layout
• KBDHU.DLL Hungarian Keyboard layout → Hungarian Keyboard Layout
• KBDPL1.DLL Polish Keyboard Layout → Polish Programmer's Keyboard Layout
• KBDUK.DLL UK Keyboard Layout → United Kingdom Keyboard Layout
• KBDUS.DLL US English Keyboard Layout → United States Keyboard Layout

Windows NT 3.50

+ KBDBR.DLL Brazilian ABNT Keyboard Layout + KBDBU.DLL Bulgarian Keyboard Layout + KBDCR.DLL Croation/Slovenian Keyboard Layout + KBDRO.DLL Romanian Keyboard Layout + KBDSL.DLL Slovak Keyboard Layout + KBDTUF.DLL Turkish F Keyboard Layout + KBDTUQ.DLL Turkish Q Keyboard Layout

Windows NT 3.10

+ KBDBE.DLL Belgian Keyboard Layout + KBDCA.DLL Keyboard Layout for ca + KBDCZ.DLL Keyboard layout : Czech + KBDDA.DLL Danish Keyboard Layout + KBDDV.DLL Dvorak US English Keyboard Layout + KBDES.DLL Alternate Spanish Keyboard Layout + KBDFC.DLL Canadian French Keyboard Layout + KBDFI.DLL Finnish Keyboard Layout + KBDFR.DLL French Keyboard Layout + KBDGR.DLL German Keyboard Layout + KBDHE.DLL Greek Keyboard Layout + KBDHU.DLL Hungarian Keyboard layout + KBDIC.DLL Icelandic Keyboard Layout + KBDIT.DLL Italian Keyboard Layout + KBDLA.DLL Latin-American Spanish Keyboard Layout + KBDNE.DLL Dutch Keyboard Layout + KBDNO.DLL Norwegian Keyboard Layout + KBDPL1.DLL Polish Keyboard Layout + KBDPO.DLL Portuguese Keyboard Layout + KBDRU.DLL Russian Keyboard Layout + KBDSF.DLL Swiss French Keyboard Layout + KBDSG.DLL Swiss German Keyboard Layout + KBDSP.DLL Spanish Keyboard Layout + KBDSW.DLL Swedish Keyboard Layout + KBDUK.DLL UK Keyboard Layout + KBDUS.DLL US English Keyboard Layout + KBDUSX.DLL US Multinational Keyboard Layout

Website changelog

Feedback, suggestions and error reports are always welcome at jan.kucera@matfyz.cz. Thanks to everyone who is supporting this website, your donations help to keep it running and up to date with latest Windows builds, as well as encourage adding new features.

2024-03-05

• new custom layouts
• Fixed: KLC downloads were missing CapsLock + Shift state when equal to the Shift state (matching incorrect MSKLC output)

2023-08-17

• dead/ligature key highlight in HTML export

2023-07-10

• new custom layouts

2023-04-14

• ANSI104: fixed key above enter (scancode 0x2B, was 0x56)

2023-01-12

• data updated to Unicode 15, CLDR 42
• new custom layouts

2022-06-02

• how do I type recognizes single codepoint encoded using U+ or \u hexadecimal notation

2022-01-22

• initial virtual keys feature
• UI to switch physical arrangements on the layouts pages
• added data from Windows 11 insider builds

2021-07-03

• A-Z links on home page
• characters in shift states link to how do I type page which support ligatures
• NumLock + Shift + VK_DELETE no longer results in VK_DECIMAL
• layout overview: readable version of output on keys
• shift states: removed duplicate virtual key rows
• how do I type:
  • fixed crash in how to type not-yet-encoded characters
  • fixed incorrect results for some special characters, most notably ZWJ/ZWNJ

2021-03-09

Fixed: turns out Windows dead table accents are eligible as text output when chaining dead keys - does not happen in Windows layouts, but some user LDML layouts were affected.

2021-03-07

• initial online viewer release
• LDML output migrated to new model
  • non-Generic 101 vkeys now listed
  • base state included when same as any other
  • caps state included when same as base
  • chained dead keys support including intermediate tables' names

2021-02-27

• support for OADB109A has been added (still no switching UI, shown when layout defines 0x79 scancode)
• overview and shift state layout views as well as text overlays now fallback to key names if no output is defined

2021-02-06

• fixed chained dead keys reverse order in shift states
• support for ANSI104 and ABNT (via ?arrangement=) has been added, but no switching UI (currently whenever layout defines VK_ABNT_C1 or VK_ABNT_C2 keys, ABNT layout is shown)
• tooltips for ligatures show component names
• duplicated "Layout" in layout headings removed
• how do I type:
  • support for whitespace only requests
  • fixed report when the text cannot be typed on the selected keyboard but can on others
• new custom layouts
• shortcuts unknown/custom keyboard fallback to US
• shortcuts & terminology headings link to home page

2020-11-07

• KLC output fixes: name, locale, missing VKs (including non-default)
• new custom layouts
• fixed links

2020-06-02

• ligatures indicated in shift states, using colors for better visibility
• languages include default layouts even when they are associated with different language
• layout overview:
  • dead keys and ligatures indicated
  • names of layouts that are default to a language are sorted first
  • default layouts for different languages listed
• how do I type:
  • browser extension
  • control characters and backslashes accepted

2020-06-20

Added HTML download option for layouts and fixed VK_DECIMAL scan code in KLC files.

2020-05-11

Major update based on user feedback, putting more focus on the layout names rather than keyboard drivers and explaining the differences. Data source rewritten for offline files, allowing processing different versions and architectures.

• whenever possible, layouts and their names are used rather than driver descriptions
• layout and driver pages merged into driver pages listing all layouts, KLID redirects to driver pages
• unreferenced layouts introduced and listed with custom layouts separately when applicable
• default layout for input language indicated (based on the latest metadata version only)
• support for languages:
  • layouts list associated language
  • other layouts of the same language
  • by language feature listing
  • BCP-47 tags support in URL
• layout overview:
  • overlay selection
  • extra shift states showed whewn the keys are free
  • support for driver versions
  • downloads: XML, KLC, CLDR
• how do I type:
  • virtual keys listed when text to type not available
  • URL accepts slashes
• CAPLOK, CAPLOKALTR and KANALOK support for VK_CAPITAL shift state
• navigational improvements, index and overview links, title links
• Unicode 13, CLDR 37, history page

2018-07-22

Initial custom layouts support, ligature tooltips, canonical links and other search engine hints, Unicode 11.

2017-08-05

Website published.