# Change keyboard layout in Anki? (Windows 11)

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-keyboard-layout-in-anki-windows-11/16235>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 28, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-keyboard-layout-in-anki-windows-11/16235 "2021-12-28T21:13:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![LG\_GR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@LG\_GR](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/LG_GR)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-keyboard-layout-in-anki-windows-11/16235/1 "2021-12-28T21:13:56Z")

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Hello, I have the problem that I have a Swiss German keyboard in my Laptop, and Anki therefore doesn’t seem to take over the correct key assignments.

When trying to enter Brackets and special characters, my keyboard differs from the standard (english) keyboard, so I can’t type those letters.

So to type “{”, I have to press “Ctrl” + “Alt” + “ä” at the same time.

If I do so in Anki, nothing happens.

How can I type and use my standard keyboard layout with anki?

(but on the other hand, typing “y”, which would be a “z” in the standard english keyboard layout, works without problem… so where is the error?)

Thank you very much!

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-keyboard-layout-in-anki-windows-11/16235/2 "2021-12-30T06:15:47Z")

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@Rumo perhaps this is yet another AltGr issue with the toolkit?

> **[QWERTZ | Swiss (German, French, Italian, Romansh), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTZ#Swiss_(German,_French,_Italian,_Romansh),_Liechtenstein,_Luxembourg)**
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> The layout of the Swiss keyboard is established by the national standard SN 074021:1999. It is designed to allow easy access to frequently used accents of the French, German and Italian languages and major currency signs. It was designed from the beginning for usage with multiple languages, also beyond Swiss languages, in mind. The difference between the Swiss German (SG) and the Swiss French (SF) layout is that the German variety has the German umlauts (ä, ö, ü) accessible in the unshifted st On...

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**Author:** ![Rumo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/rumo/32/1505_2.png) [@Rumo](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Rumo)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-keyboard-layout-in-anki-windows-11/16235/3 "2022-01-03T12:13:01Z")

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Sorry, I somehow missed this.  
My current understanding is that AltGr is read as Ctrl+Alt unless `QT_QPA_PLATFORM=windows:altgr` is set, and both can be used to access the third level of a key, unless there’s an equivalent shortcut with higher precedence. This issue doesn’t seem to fit with that and I can’t reproduce it, regardless of the environment variable and keyboard layout.  
Which version are you using, @LG_GR, and can’t you use the AltGr key?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/change-keyboard-layout-in-anki-windows-11/16235/4 "2023-05-01T04:37:59Z")

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Closed on May 1, 2023, 4:37am UTC