Messy first draft for 30% keyboard layout

Posted on Mar 7, 2026

In preparation to build a gherkin-like board, I’m drafting a layout.

Legend

shift
return
up layer
space
super
ctrl
alt
· unassigned
← ↓ ↑ → arrows
backspace
esc

L1

Q W E R T Y U I O P
A S D F G H J K L ↵
Z X C V ⎋ ␠ B N M ⌫

hold for fn
hold for L2

L2 (up modifier, )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
` ⌘ [ ] \ ← ↓ ↑ → ↵
⌃ ⌥ - ; ' _ = , . /

cleaner idea to adjust: https://raymii.org/s/articles/Gherkin_30_key_keyboard_build_log_and_review.html