Image: u/cOlz23 on Reddit · A split keyboard’s live keymap shown under the words on Monkeytype
Your Vial keyboard's live keymap shown on Monkeytype
The maker had Claude build a Chrome extension that reads a split keyboard's real keymap from Vial or VIA and shows it under the words on monkeytype.com, layers included.
Credits
- Reddit poster cOlz23 Source ↗
- Repository account GordonMohrin Source ↗
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The full story
Split Keyboard for monkeytype is a Chrome extension that shows your own keyboard under the words on monkeytype.com while you type. It reads the real keymap from a keyboard running Vial, or VIA with a layout file, without changing its firmware, and shows every key press and layer switch live, outlines the next key with any layer or Shift key it needs, and draws hands showing which finger to use.
The maker had Claude build it, taking the idea from another user's post in r/ErgoMechKeyboards. It is aimed at split keyboards such as the Kyria, Corne, Lily58, Elora, Ferris and Sofle, and has been tested on an Elora and a Corne.
It works in Chrome, Edge, Brave and Arc, which can talk to USB keyboards through WebHID; Firefox and Safari can't. It isn't in the Chrome Web Store yet, so it is installed unpacked from the latest release.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: Chrome extension that shows your Vial keyboard live on monkeytype with your layersReddit poster: cOlz23Posted
The maker's post in r/ErgoMechKeyboards introducing the extension.
- The code: github.comRepository account: GordonMohrin
The extension's repository, with install steps and how Vial unlocking works.