#Windows mac keyboard mapping windows#

Dvorak Assistant lets you use Dvorak wherever you want, and to keep shortcuts consistent for you personally between computers, use the same shortcut characters (in their new locations).

DO NOT use the Dvorak/QWERTY combo mode like you mentioned above.

Things will get better as you improve, and before you know it you'll be more comfortable on Dvorak than you were on QWERTY. I had lots of problems with the l key initially, but it was because I simply wasn't used to it and the pressure of learning kept me tense.

Initially your fingers will hurt after typing on Dvorak.

It's been a long time and unfortunately I don't remember where I was practicing.

DO practice every day with an online typing software.

DO NOT switch back to QWERTY while you are initially learning Dvorak 'so you can get something typed faster.'.

It's touch typing, stop looking! Moving the keys messes up the critical f/j hints and changes the keyboard feel, all to provide you with visual information you'll never use.

DO NOT rearrange the keys on your keyboard.

It makes all the difference in the world. Now I'm marginally faster than when I used QWERTY, but more than anything I've found that my hands no longer hurt at the end of a long day.

It took 3 weeks to reach 50WPM, and for some reason I capped out there for like 2 months! I kept training, and about 3 months in I surpassed my original normalized efficiency (counts accuracy) from when I used QWERTY. Every day I spent 2-3 hours training for the keyboard. That was by far the best and most painful decision. I made a pact with myself: no QWERTY, at all, until my Dvorak typing reaches my current QWERTY abilities. I wasn't in school or work for a bit, so poor typing abilities wouldn't negatively affect my day-to-day activities. I started the change shortly into Christmas break 2.5 years ago. I use Dvorak exclusively now, including all shortcuts. the common X C V being cut-copy-paste, together at the bottom of the keyboard) and there's no reason to lose that good shortcut positioning when moving to Dvorak. These are often chosen with good reasons (eg. Good keyboard shortcuts are about their positions on the keyboard more than the character that represents it. While I agree with the sentiment of Sam Harwell's advice for new dvorak users, I disagree with the suggestion of not changing shortcut characters. AutoHotKey gets around this to ensure I get exactly what I want in any application.

They seem to ignore Windows' own keymaps when using meta keys, rendering the hybrid layouts useless. I've been a dvorak user for sixteen years, and for years I've used the various alternative keymaps mentioned in this thread, but all of them fall down when using a number of recent incarnations of Microsoft applications, such as the Office apps and SQL Server Management Studio. Thanks to ftvs for the AutoHotKey answer that inspired me to write this script. This is an old question, but I've kept coming back here over the years and no solution has been without annoyances.

#Windows mac keyboard mapping windows#

Sorry about the messed up syntax highlighting.Р”В®ventually this may become a shot in the foot because it cannot be used with GNU/Linux, so another solution may be required if you ever try it out.Р”Вvertkey, an AutoHotKey script, caters for more scenarios than any other Windows solution I've used.

While Ctrl or Alt is held down QWERTY behaviour takes over. This will use DVORAK when typing normally and when holding Shift.