Colemak Mod-DH

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Finger	1	2	3	4	7	8	9	10
Usage	6.48% (P51)	6.10% (P5)	8.90% (P11)	16.22% (P90)	15.88% (P85)	12.64% (P40)	9.07% (P42)	7.47% (P41)

	Same Finger	Full Scissor	Half Scissor	Lat. Stretch
Bigram	0.94% (P65)	0.09% (P43)	1.89% (P68)	1.10% (P74)
Skipgram	6.03% (P87)	0.34% (P64)	2.33% (P39)	0.82% (P22)

	No Thumbs	Left Space	Right Space
Weak-ish Redirs.	1.74% (P90)	1.21% (P78)	1.07% (P80)
Weak Redirects	1.52% (P93)	0.73% (P95)	0.73% (P95)
Other Same Finger	20.97% (P71)	14.17% (P77)	14.17% (P77)
Rolls : Alts	2.21 (P87)	2.88 (P92)	1.68 (P73)
2-Roll In : Out	1.09 (P50)	0.77 (P15)	1.35 (P70)
3-Roll In : Out	1.36 (P61)	0.98 (P36)	0.78 (P40)

Author

SteveP

Year

2014

Finger Map

Angle Mod

Official Website

Colemak Mod-DH, also known as Colemak-DH, is a popular tweak to Colemak. It gets its name from taking d and h off the center columns to reduce lateral stretches.

Install

Kanata

Note

Coming soon…

Windows

Note

Coming soon…

macOS

There are two downloads available for macOS:

Method	Admin Required	Notes
Native	Optional	Does not require 3rd party key remapping software. Admin is required to install for all users and use on first login.
Karabiner-Elements	Yes	Requires 3rd party key remapping software, including the installation of a Driver Extension. Allows for remapping of only specific keyboards.

Native

Note

Only ANSI keyboards are currently supported. If you use ISO or JIS—in other words, if your enter/return key spans two rows—you will need to fill in the blank keys in the .keylayout file using Ukelele before installing.

1. Download the keylayout file for Colemak Mod-DH:

   Colemak Mod-DH

2. Extract the downloaded zip file.

3. Install the .keylayout file:

   Install Script

   Run one of the install scripts from the extracted folder:

   • install-user.sh to install for a single user
   • install-system.sh to install for all users
   • colemak-dh_X.keylayout the layout to install
   Manual

   To install for a single user: Copy the .keylayout file from the extracted folder to ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts. Create the folder if it doesn’t exist.

   To install for all users: Copy the .keylayout file from the extracted folder to /Library/Keyboard Layouts.

   Note

   By default, macOS hides the “Library” folder. To navigate to it in Finder, open the Go to Folder dialog (Go → Go to Folder… in the menubar, or Command-Shift-G) and type in the path shown above.

4. Restart macOS.

5. Open System Settings.

6. Go to Keyboard → Text Input → Input Sources → Edit… and add your new Colemak Mod-DH layout.

7. Press the “+” button at the bottom left.

8. Search for “Colemak Mod-DH,” select your new layout, and press Add.

Note

If you forget how to type your password on Colemak Mod-DH and get stuck on the Lock Screen, you can switch to your old layout using the Input menu at the top of the screen.

Karabiner-Elements

1. Install Karabiner-Elements:

   Karabiner-Elements

2. Download the Karabiner rule file for Colemak Mod-DH:

   Colemak Mod-DH

3. In Karabiner-Elements Settings, go to “Complex Modifications,” then press “Add predefined rule” at the top.

4. Make sure you know how to type your computer password using Colemak Mod-DH.

   Caution

   Skipping this step will lock you out of your computer. If you forget how to type your password using Colemak Mod-DH, look up Colemak Mod-DH on another device, such as a phone, when unlocking the computer.

5. Scroll down to the “Colemak Mod-DH” section and enable the rule you want.

   “All keyboards” remaps Colemak Mod-DH onto all keyboards while connected to this computer. Select this reason unless you want to exclude some keyboards from remapping.

   “Built-in keyboard only” remaps your device's built-in keyboard, as well as any other keyboard for which “Treat as built-in keyboard” (under the “Devices” section) is enabled. Select this option if you plan to map Colemak Mod-DH onto an external keyboard using custom firmware.

6. To use Colemak Mod-DH on the password entry screen before logging in, follow the official instructions:

   How to enable before login

Linux

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Coming soon…