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So as the title states I have a physical american keyboard but in Windows I am using a Swedish layout.' How do I enter the "greater/less, open/closen tag" <> character and the "pipe" | character?

user2782999
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Just messed around with this. I got a mechanical keyboard with US layout for a good price and my coding ability was struck down when I saw I was missing the <>| key.

I am running Linux (Manjaro & Ubuntu) Here is how I solved it:

I made a variant of the Swedish keyboard layout and made <>| 3rd level (AltGr) from keys ,.- (se-layout... corresponding to ,./ on us-layout)

Seemed like a small enough mod and it coincides fairly well with what is printed on the physical keys on the US keyboard.

Note: For me, sudo was not good enough. Had to go su instead!

1)------ add the following to the bottom of /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/se

// Swedish US_keyMod
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "se_uskeymod" {

include &quot;se(basic)&quot;

name[Group1]=&quot;Swedish (US key-mod)&quot;;

key &lt;AB08&gt; { [     comma,  semicolon, less,  dead_ogonek ] };
key &lt;AB09&gt; { [    period,   colon, greater, dead_abovedot ] };
key &lt;AB10&gt; { [     minus, underscore, bar, dead_abovedot ] };



};

2)------ open /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml and track down where the segment is for Swedish. Find where the Swedish starts and add the following variant along with the existing ones...

<variant>
  <configItem>
    <name>se_uskeymod</name>
    <description>Swedish (US key-mod)</description>
  </configItem>
</variant>

3)------ in the file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst find the line

! variant

and look for Swedish layout variants. When you find them squeeze in the folliwing line somewhere there

se_uskeymod   se: Swedish (US key-mod)

4)------ Verify intended result with gkbd-keyboard-display -l "se(se_uskeymod)"

AltGr-mod of , . - should display < > |

5)------ Pick the modded variant of Swedish as your keyboard layout and fire away.

Optionally add SWERTY layout, available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Zedoku
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On Windows 10/11, you can solve this by installing PowerToys (link) and remapping the keys using their Keyboard Manager. Note that you will need to use the On-screen Keyboard (tutorial) in order to map to keys which are not available (such as |,<,>).

Step-by-Step:

  1. Once you've downloaded PowerToys, navigate to Keyboard Manager.
  2. Select "Remap a key", which opens the window in the bottom.
  3. Find the physical key you want to re-assign, either through the drop-down or with the Type-window. And then click the "Type" button for the "Mapped To".

Note that you cannot map a key combination, only a single key. For instance you cannot map: Ctrl+; or Alt+K.

Steps 1-3

  1. To easily map to the key that's missing from your physical keyboard use the Windows On-screen Keyboard. Simply click the key that you want your physical key to map to.

4a. If your key is missing, ensure that you are viewing the full On-screen keyboard.

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Prezs
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All three use a key found to the left of the "z" key and to the right of a half-sized shift key found on ISO 102/105 keyboards. But US Keyboards are missing it.

You can enable the On-Screen Keyboard in windows settings for those times you need to use that key. With the Swedish language enabled the on-screen keyboard will include the missing key.

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David
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The answer is that the characters does not exist using a swedish layout.

user2782999
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I have had a similar problem trying to use the UK layout setting with a US keyboard on a laptop. In my case I'm struggling to type the \ and | characters. The US keyboard does have a key with those symbols on it (next to the Enter key) but when using UK layout settings that key actually produces # and ~.

The key I'm trying to find would usually be to the left of the Z key, however this US keyboard simply has a much wider Shift key and the physical key is just missing. I won't stop to count the keys, but I assume this is the difference between a 101-key (US) layout and a 102-key layout.

HOWEVER I'm able to type the characters I want by holding down the AltGr key (the right-hand ALT key in case that's all the label shows) and then use the physical key with \ and | on it.

In order to get the | character I need to hold down the Shift key as well.

I hope that there might be a similar trick for the Swedish layout that works for you.

MisterSeajay
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