Thumb Keyboard Layouts

This page collects keyboard layouts for physical keyboards that has dedicated thumb keys, such as • Kinesis Advantage2 Keyboard • Ergodox Keyboard .

Maltron (~1977)

The Maltron Layout is specially designed for the Maltron Keyboard, a design copied by the more well-known Kinesis Contoured Keyboard .

The distinguishing feature of Maltron layout is that the key e is positioned for the thumb. You will need a keyboard with a thumb key to use the Maltron layout.

Also, the Maltron layout is more efficient than Dvorak or any other, simply because it places the mostly frequently used key e on the thumb.

[see Maltron vs Dvorak keyboard Layout]

[see Maltron Keyboard]

Kinesis Keyboard Layout

Xah Layout D14

Standard Gergo Layout

Xah Gergo Layout

RSTHD (2016)

Created in 2016 by Xuming Zeng. Designed by using a probabilistic algorithm to find optimum. [2021-05-19 https://github.com/xsznix/keygen ]. Home page at https://xsznix.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/introducing-the-rsthd-layout/

Hands Down Layouts (2020)

Hands Down Layout

T-34 Layout (2021)

T-34 Layout Review