Basic Vial Usage & Layout

Basic Vial Usage

Two important and very basic things:

1. Hold and tap feature under Quantum. For instance, LCtrl_T(Space) means hold as Left Ctrl, tap once as Space.

2. Hold to access layer, tap as key. For instance, LT3(Space) means hold to access Layer 3, tap once as Space

3. Other features can be referred to photo above. Some User functions are available, some doesnt, especially on open source board like Stront and Charybdis series.

 

 Layout Inspiration

1. Miryoku is a famous layout to be referred. However, it was designed for 36 keys smaller board. You can refer for inspiration.

2. Basic Symbol layer, you may refer to Getreuer's explanation note on symbol layer.

3. Alternatively, Getreur got some exciting features for advanced user to explore: QMK and Keyboards.

4. Community sharing on their layout: Keymapdb.

 

MAC vs WIN keycodes

MAC	WIN	Keycodes
Option	Left Alt	KC_LALT
Windows/ Command/ Meta	Left GUI	KC_LGUI
Option/ AltGr	Right Alt	KC_RALT
Windows/ Command Meta	Right GUI	KC_RGUI

 

The combination mostly can be found in Quantum tab of Vial, except some that require you to key in in ANY key. Click the key you want to assign, click ANY under Basic tab, fill in the keycodes below.

MAC	Keycodes
Command+ Option+ Left/Right	(A(G(KC_LEFT))) or (A(G(KC_RIGHT)))
Hold Command+ Option, tap as key T	MT(MOD_LALT | MOD_LGUI, KC_T)