I use an Azerty keyboard. How can I handle keybindings easily?

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As a Belgian, I use a non-qwerty keyboard with AZERTY (A/Q switched, W/Z switched, M/; switched, changed layout of symbols near alt gr). This is rather annoying, especially on games like Oblivion, Fallout or Morrowind (forces QWERTY), The Wolf Among Us (uses the letters instead of the keys for keybinding, which gets VERY annoying since it's quicktime heavy) and games which don't allow to rebind keys (which is surprisingly many of them these days).

I have a dual monitor setup, which means I often am passively listening to Youtube or something while playing some games. I'm looking for a solution for games which don't allow key rebinding and use the letters, but which does not involve setting my entire computer to qwerty and where I can set it for individual games (because the games with rebindable keys don't have this issue).






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Can I use AZERTY keyboard as QWERTY?

There is under Windows (Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista etc \u2026) a very simple trick which allows you to switch your keyboard from QWERTY to AZERTY and vice versa. To switch from one keyboard to another, it suffices to use one of the following key combinations: SHIFT + ALT. SHIFT + ALT Gr.

Why do people use AZERTY keyboard?

AZERTY (just like QWERTZ or QZERTY) is basically a QWERTY variation adapted for a given language (based on the assumption that it would be better to type a given language if certain letters that are very frequent on them appear on the home row).

How do you type numbers on AZERTY keyboard?

French AZERTY Layout The number row is Inverted. To type numbers, you have to press Shift key.

Where do people use AZERTY keyboards?

The AZERTY layout is used in France, Belgium and some African countries.






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