Setswana 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.
Setswana 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".
This keyboard uses five deadkeys, such as: ^ ` ~ ' and ". Press one of these keys and then another key to produce the desired output. For instance, press ^ and then the Space to get ^; press ^ and then a to get â etc. Please see the tables below for a complete combination. Unset key combinations are marked as "n/a".
| Space | a | A | c | C | e | E | i | I | n | N | o | O | u | U | y | Y | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ^ | ^ | â | Â | n/a | n/a | ê | Ê | î | Î | n/a | n/a | ô | Ô | û | Û | n/a | n/a |
| ` | ` | à | À | n/a | n/a | è | È | ì | Ì | n/a | n/a | ò | Ò | ù | Ù | n/a | n/a |
| ~ | ~ | ã | Ã | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ñ | Ñ | õ | Õ | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| ' | ' | á | Á | ç | Ç | é | É | í | Í | n/a | n/a | ó | Ó | ú | Ú | ý | Ý |
| " | " | ä | Ä | n/a | n/a | ë | Ë | ï | Ï | n/a | n/a | ö | Ö | ü | Ü | ÿ | n/a |
