Buying a keyboard with non-Thai/US layout

[jackdd]

I'm trying to buy a new keyboard with a German qwertz layout, but i couldn't find a single shop selling such a keyboard in Thailand.

Even on Aliexpress the selection is very limited.

Does anybody know a shop in Thailand which is selling keyboards with foreign layouts, or is my only option to order one from Germany?

[blackcab]

There are a few available on shoppee. Some sellers also have keyboard stickers for very little money:

 

https://shopee.co.th/search?keyword=german keyboard

[OneMoreFarang]

I think I read somewhere that keyboards sold in Thailand must have Thai characters.

[KhunBENQ]

Searched so often in the past to no avail.

Two German language forums give nothing substantial.

I got used to the US/Thai keyboard (more or less).

Normally (emails e.g.) I just replace the umlauts (ae, oe, ...).

In the rare cases where I want to have them I change the keyboard layout in Windows (single click) and "poke around" or spellcheck will do the job or virtual keyboard.

Sure not good enough for long text.

äöü§ß°

Edited October 3, 2019 by KhunBENQ

[jackdd]

I don't need the labels anyway, so in theory any keyboard which uses the same key layout as the German one would be fine

When comparing the German to the US/Thai layout, the difference is that the left shift key is split in half, thus the layout has one more key, and the Enter key has a different design which means the position of the # or \ key has a different position.

 

After having this looked up on Wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#Mechanical_layouts ) i'm now at least aware of what i'm actually looking for:

A keyboard with ISO key layout (any language), the Thai/US keyboards uses the ANSI key layout

 

I could probably adapt to an ANSI layout if it were the only layout which i would be using, but my laptop still has the ISO layout, and regularly using both will probably just be annoy me.

[bendejo]

10 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I think I read somewhere that keyboards sold in Thailand must have Thai characters.

I haven't read that, but yes, it's my experience.  I guess you can check the places that sell the outdated stuff, never know what you'll find (like the back of the top floor of Pranthip).

I have found a way around it.  One time some idiot (ahem!) spilled coffee on my laptop.  It was remedied by replacing the keyboard (I think it was a Toshiba, around 700b) and it was US English QWERTY only.

For an English-only USB keyboard you can pick them up in Malaysia on a visa run.

If you're technically inclined you can program your scan codes to near anything and put a sticky on the key you've reassigned.  It's been a long time since I did anything like that, so can't instruct, but I'm sure it's on the web somewhere.

 

 

Edited October 3, 2019 by bendejo