Ukelele for Mac
Unicode keyboard-layout editor.
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Ukelele overview
Ukelele is a Unicode keyboard layout editor for the XML-format keyboard layout files in OS X (".keylayout" files). It provides a graphical interface to the layout files with support for drag-and-drop character assignments, creation of dead keys, and assignment of multi-character strings.
Ukelele is not able to reassign modifier keys (Option, Shift, Command, Control, caps lock), or change the function of special keys (Return, arrow keys, function keys, etc). Rather, it is for creating keyboard layouts for different languages or other needs.
By the way, the name of this software is intentionally misspelled (try pronouncing it "You-KEY-lay-lay"). Call it an instance of 'artistic license'.
What’s new in version 3.5.12
- Dragging to an key with no output was disabled. This is fixed.
- In the Preferences window, clicking Reset did not update the display to show the new value if the option of saving the XML as characters or code points was changed. This is now fixed.
- There was an intermittent problem with the size of a window when Ukelele started up, often being a bit too small. At the expense of restoring windows exactly as they were, Ukelele now opens all keyboard windows at their ideal size, if they fit on the screen.
- When duplicating a keyboard layout in a collection, the icon and intended language are also copied.
- The list of keyboard types in the Keyboard Types dialog had a white background, even in Dark Mode, so the list was not readable. It now has the default background.
- The intended language sheet no longer retains the search strings from when it was previously used.
- Rearranged the pages in the manual so that page numbers in the footer match the page number within the PDF file, so the introduction starts on page 5 rather than page 1.
Ukelele for Mac
Free
In English
Version 3.5.12
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May 24 2021
Version: 3.5.2
i have an issue. my (physical) keyboard have 'menu / application' key (it's only for windows keyboard layout). can i switch to modifier key ?
Oct 10 2020
Version: 3.4.2
Save as... doesn't work. I deleted one saved file and wanted to resave it as a bundle.... I was lost and 1 h work to. Crap GUI programming here.
Nov 19 2019
Version: 3.4b3
It's a wonderful little app helping enormously to customize the keyboard mainly for layouts with uncommon diacritics. Thanks a lot!
Jan 19 2019
Version: 3.3
I've discovered Ukelele only a few months ago and I use it exclusively for replacing the coma by a dot, on French numeric keypads.
I've been doing this on every Mac I've owned for 20 years or so with Keyboard Maestro and the likes, with some side effects (delay).
Thanks Ukelele! :-)
May 10 2018
Version: 3.2.7
How can I map a key to insert a thinspace [ ] ? I teried dragging 2008 from Unicode on Show Symbols, but it doesn't work…
