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Keyman Keyboard Language Reference


any() statement
Matches on an array of characters
&baselayout store
Determines the current system hardware keyboard layout
baselayout() statement
Determines the current system hardware keyboard layout
beep statement
Generates a beep on the speaker (or a flash on web devices)
begin statement
Defines the starting group for the keyboard layout
&Bitmap store, BITMAP statement, BITMAPS statement
An image that appears in the language menu
call() statement
Calls an Input Method Extension
&CapsAlwaysOff store, CAPS ALWAYS OFF statement
Manages CAPS LOCK behaviour - pressing Caps Lock key has no effect
&CapsOnOnly store, CAPS ON ONLY statement
Manages CAPS LOCK behaviour - pressing Caps Lock key only switches on Caps Lock state
&CasedKeys store
Defines a range of virtual keys affected by Caps Lock
context statement
Outputs the context part of a rule
&Copyright store and COPYRIGHT statement
A copyright message for the keyboard
deadkey(), dk() statement
Matches and generates deadkeys
&displayMap store
Specifies a mapping file for on screen keyboard display data
&EthnologueCode store
The ISO 639-3 (formerly SIL Ethnologue) code for the language (Deprecated)
group() statement
Starts a new group of rules
&Hotkey store and HOTKEY statement
Sets a default activation hotkey for the keyboard
&includecodes store
Reference an external file for named character constants
if() statement
Tests a store or system state for a value
index() statement
Outputs from an array of characters
&keyboardversion store
Specifies the version of the keyboard
&kmw_embedcss store
Specifies an additional library of CSS code to be embedded in a web or touch keyboard
&kmw_embedjs store
Specifies an additional library of Javascript code to be embedded in a web or touch keyboard
&kmw_helpfile store
Specifies the embedded help html file for web keyboards
&kmw_helptext store
Specifies the embedded help text for web keyboards
&kmw_rtl store
Specifies the directionality of text controls for web keyboards
&Language store, LANGUAGE statement
Specifies the system language to install or associate with the keyboard (Deprecated)
&layer store
Tests or sets the current touch keyboard layer visible on the on screen keyboard
layer() statement
Sets the current touch keyboard layer visible on the on screen keyboard
LAYOUT statement
Windows system layout for the keyboard (Obsolete)
&layoutfile store
Specifies the JSON format touch keyboard layout filename
match rule
A system rule that is fired after another rule is matched in the same group
&Message store and MESSAGE statement
A message that appears when the keyboard is installed
&mnemoniclayout system store
Sets a keyboard to be mnemonic or positional
&Name store and NAME statement
The name of the keyboard
&newLayer store
Reports on which layer the current touch keyboard has recently changed to in a PostContext process
nomatch rule
A system rule that is fired when no rule is matched in a group
notany() statement
Matches anything not in a particular array of characters
nul statement
Forces no output on a rule, or enforces empty context
&OldCharPosMatching store
Turns on the Keyman 5.0 and earlier character position matching (not implemented)
&oldLayer store
Reports on which layer the current touch keyboard has recently changed from in a PostContext process
outs() statement
Outputs an array of characters
&platform store
Determines the current platform keyboard is operating on
platform() statement
Determines the current platform keyboard is operating on
reset() statement
Resets a store to its initial value
return statement
Stops processing of the current keystroke
save() statement
Persists a store value for next edit session
set() statement
Sets a store or system state to a specific value
&ShiftFreesCaps store, SHIFT FREES CAPS statement
Manages CAPS LOCK behaviour - pressing Shift key turns off Caps Lock
store() statement
Defines an array of characters
&targets store
Specifies the platforms which the compiler will generate outputs for
use() statement
Starts processing in another group
&Version store and VERSION statement
The Keyman keyboard version
&VisualKeyboard store
Specifies the .kvk visual keyboard file associated with the keyboard
&windowslanguages store
Specifies a set of Windows language codes to which the keyboard can be associated (Deprecated)

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