EurKEY Next 2026.03.22

EurKEY Next

• ANSI compatibility: the ISO-only key between left Shift and Z does not exist on ANSI keyboards. Its characters § and ± are now accessible via the ⌥\ dead key (⌥\ s → §, ⌥\ S → ±).
• Normalize Caps Lock: Caps Lock = Shift, no special bindings.
• Configure every key exactly as printed on the MacBook keyboard (ISO, English International).
• Remove distinction between left/right modifier keys.
• Rename all dead key states to their initializing key combination for easier identification.
• Fix Greek dead key terminator (Ω → α) to match official EurKEY spec.
• Fix modifier key order to Apple canonical: Option+Shift (not Shift+Option).
• Clean up duplicate dead key compositions.
• Change Mathematicians (⌥⇧m) dead key terminator from invisible space to 𝕄.

v1.4

• Normalize Caps Lock: Caps Lock = Shift, no special bindings.
• Fix accidental Caps Lock changes from previous release.

v1.3

• Normalize Caps Lock: Caps Lock = Shift, no special bindings.

v1.2

• Normalize Caps Lock: Caps Lock = Shift, no special bindings.

Project

• Rename v2.0 → EurKEY Next.
• Rename bundle to EurKEY-Next.bundle.
• New lightweight static website at eurkey-macos.eu.
• Interactive keyboard viewer with modifier layer preview and dead key compositions.
• Layout PDF downloads.
• New monochrome macOS template icon.
• Restructure project with automated build, validation, and release pipelines.

Installation

1. Download EurKEY-Next-2026.03.22.dmg
2. Open the DMG
3. Drag EurKEY-Next.bundle to the Install Here (Keyboard Layouts) folder
4. Log out and back in (or restart)
5. System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → Add → Select EurKEY Next

EurKEY-macOS 2026.03.16

Changes

• v2.0 layout cleanup: remove duplicate compositions (§ from Navigators, ± from Option+Shift §, ± from Mathematicians on -, terminator duplicates on 5)
• v2.0: change Mathematicians dead key terminator from invisible space to 𝕄
• Keyboard viewer: support multiple dead keys per key with click cycling, show active dead key indicator, hide inactive layers on active dead key
• Website: add SVG feature card icons (dead keys, ISO enter, versions, install)
• Repo cleanup: remove unused draft SVGs, delete leftover docs/ PDFs

Installation

1. Download EurKEY-macOS-2026.03.16.dmg
2. Open the DMG
3. Drag EurKey-macOS.bundle to the Install Here (Keyboard Layouts) folder
4. Log out and back in (or restart)
5. System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → Add → Select EurKEY

Included layouts

• EurKEY v1.2 — legacy version
• EurKEY v1.3 — official spec implementation
• EurKEY v1.4 — v1.3 with ẞ on Caps+§
• EurKEY v2.0 — custom edition

EurKEY-macOS 2026.03.14

Changes

• Fix modifier key order to Apple canonical: Option+Shift (not Shift+Option)
• Add EU badge template icons for v1.2, v1.3, v1.4 matching Apple's built-in style
• Add icon build pipeline from SVG source
• Add interactive keyboard viewer to website
• Add layout PDF downloads to website
• Replace Hugo with lightweight static website
• Fix Greek dead key terminator (Ω → α) to match official spec
• Enable CapsLock language switch for all layouts
• Rename create-dmg.sh → build-dmg.sh

Installation

1. Download EurKEY-macOS-2026.03.14.dmg
2. Open the DMG
3. Drag EurKey-macOS.bundle to the Install Here (Keyboard Layouts) folder
4. Log out and back in (or restart)
5. System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → Add → Select EurKEY

Included layouts

• EurKEY v1.2 — legacy version
• EurKEY v1.3 — official spec implementation
• EurKEY v1.4 — v1.3 with ẞ on Caps+§
• EurKEY v2.0 — custom edition

Full Changelog: 2026.03.03...2026.03.14

EurKEY-macOS 2026.03.03

Installation

1. Download EurKEY-macOS-2026.03.03.dmg
2. Open the DMG
3. Drag EurKey-macOS.bundle to the Install Here (Keyboard Layouts) folder
4. Log out and back in (or restart)
5. System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → Add → Select EurKEY

Included layouts

• EurKEY v1.2 — legacy version
• EurKEY v1.3 — official spec implementation
• EurKEY v1.4 — v1.3 with ẞ on Caps+§
• EurKEY v2.0 — custom edition

Full Changelog: v1.2...2026.03.03