Iris Rev 2

Build log, photo gallery, and keymap of my Iris Rev 2 keyboard (a.k.a. the "Altoids Can").

View the photo gallery or build log here:

• Photo gallery
• Build log

Keymap

Below is my current keymap for this board. There are 4 layers:

Layer 0 (Default)

• QWERTY layout.
• Standard placement of Escape, L/R shift, Return, Tab.
• Equal & minus keys on the top right-most column on right hand.
• Backspace for the left hand pinky (in place of the usual capslock).
• Right main thumb is space, smaller thumb switches to layer 2.
• Left main thumb switches to layer 1, smaller thumb 1 is Command, smaller thumb 2 switches to layer 3.

Layer 1

• Right hand arrow navigation plus symbols :;|~`\
• Right hand right-most column function keys are shortcuts to send specific strings (controlled by karabiner elements).
• Left hand has lots of typical shortcuts, e.g. cut-copy-paste, escape.

Layer 2

• Right hand shift-arrow navigation for selecting text
• Right hand right-most column function keys are shortcuts to launch specific applications or open finder to specific files (controlled by karabiner elements).
• Right main thumb is Command
• Left hand has a few other useful keys: brackets, left main thumb becomes command, tab under the pointer finger, and a few other shortcuts.

Layer 3

• Mouse keys on the right hand