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US ANSI Shifted Symbols

These keycodes correspond to characters that are "shifted" on a standard US ANSI keyboard. They do not have keycodes of their own but are simply shortcuts for LSFT(kc), and as such send a Left Shift with the unshifted keycode, not the symbol itself.

Caveats

Unfortunately, these keycodes cannot be used in Mod-Taps or Layer-Taps, since any modifiers specified in the keycode are ignored.

Additionally, you may run into issues when using Remote Desktop Connection on Windows. Because these codes send shift very fast, Remote Desktop may miss the codes.

To fix this, open Remote Desktop Connection, click on "Show Options", open the the "Local Resources" tab. In the keyboard section, change the drop down to "On this Computer". This will fix the issue, and allow the characters to work correctly.

Keycodes

Key Aliases Description
KC_TILDE KC_TILD ~
KC_EXCLAIM KC_EXLM !
KC_AT @
KC_HASH #
KC_DOLLAR KC_DLR $
KC_PERCENT KC_PERC %
KC_CIRCUMFLEX KC_CIRC ^
KC_AMPERSAND KC_AMPR &
KC_ASTERISK KC_ASTR *
KC_LEFT_PAREN KC_LPRN (
KC_RIGHT_PAREN KC_RPRN )
KC_UNDERSCORE KC_UNDS _
KC_PLUS +
KC_LEFT_CURLY_BRACE KC_LCBR {
KC_RIGHT_CURLY_BRACE KC_RCBR }
KC_PIPE |
KC_COLON KC_COLN :
KC_DOUBLE_QUOTE KC_DQUO, KC_DQT "
KC_LEFT_ANGLE_BRACKET KC_LABK, KC_LT <
KC_RIGHT_ANGLE_BRACKET KC_RABK, KC_GT >
KC_QUESTION KC_QUES ?