How configurable is the keyboard?

Framework Laptop 16
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Hi folks :wave:

I know that the keyboard, numpad and macropad are all using QMK but right now there is not much information on how configurable they would be:

  • The configurator doesn’t help, as the keyboard must be connected to do anything.
  • There is only a branch and a PR for the QMK firmware, but I guess it’s usable ?

Without having access to the configurator, at least the branch seems to indicate that we can do layers.

Can someone with a FW16 in their hands confirm that:

  • We can have multiple layers
  • Colors can be configured per key and per layer

Thanks !

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You can do layers.
Per-key colors, I don’t believe you can do in the GUI interface.

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Yeah, I don’t see any per-key color control.

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To be clear, per-key colors, and different colors for different layers can be done, if you get into editing your config files directly / programming and uploading it to your keyboard. It’s just not available in the point-and-click interface at this time.

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I asked on the PR I linked above if it’s the best starting point for a custom firmware.
Outside of colors, I’d love to enable Auto Shift for example.

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It would be best to ask questions in the forum here. You’ll want to use whatever the latest release is. Look under tags. https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/qmk_firmware/tags
Currently, it’s v0.2.9 https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/qmk_firmware/tree/v0.2.9/

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Thanks for the info !
I suppose you are the person who commented on Github too :slight_smile: