Latvian (Standard) Basic Keyboard Help
If square boxes are displayed instead of characters when using this keyboard (and in the keyboard layouts below), please read our troubleshooting guide.
This keyboard utilizes deadkey on the quote key (') next to the Return key of each layer. To get the desired character, press the deadkey and then the key corresponding with the character in the output.
Deadkey on Default or AltGr Layer | Deadkey on Shift or Shift AltGr Layer | ||
---|---|---|---|
Space | ’ | Space | " |
1 | Non break space | 4 | § |
2 | « | $ | § |
3 | » | 5 | ° |
$ | § | % | ° |
% | ° | 7 | ± |
6 | ' | & | ± |
& | ± | 8 | × |
* | × | * | × |
a | ā | a | Ā |
A | Ā | A | Ā |
c | č | c | Č |
C | Č | C | Č |
e | ē | e | Ē |
E | Ē | E | Ē |
g | ģ | g | Ģ |
G | Ģ | G | Ģ |
i | ī | i | Ī |
I | Ī | I | Ī |
k | ķ | k | Ķ |
K | Ķ | K | Ķ |
l | ļ | l | Ļ |
L | Ļ | L | Ļ |
n | ņ | n | Ņ |
N | Ņ | N | Ņ |
o | ō | o | Ō |
O | Ō | O | Ō |
r | ŗ | r | Ŗ |
R | Ŗ | R | Ŗ |
s | š | s | Š |
S | Š | S | Š |
z | ž | z | Ž |
Z | Ž | Z | Ž |
- | – | - | — |
_ | — | _ | — |
Desktop Keyboard Layout
Latvian (Standard) Basic keyboard makes use of SHIFT+RALT keys which are set by default when Keyman is installed. To use this keyboard, you must go to Configuration.../Hotkeys and select the hotkey for "Switch Keyman Desktop Off". Either change the hotkey or turn it off. Do the same for "Open Keyboard Menu" and for "Open Language Switcher".