VIA | VIA Helpful Configure, test and design in one place - VIA is the last application you'll need for your keyboard
Whats New - VIA cubey VIA Nº3 The VIA team is pleased to announce a new release of VIA New UI 3D Mode Olivia, Binary Artisan and queen of rose gold, has refactored the entire UI engine to deliver keyboard configuration in glorious 3D 2D Mode Such is Olivia's benevolence, she has also blessed the potato-users who dwell among us with a new 2D mode that is as attractive as it is performant Themes You can now
Supported Keyboards - VIA Discover which keyboards are compatible with VIA and learn more about its features and capabilities
Layouts - VIA Layouts Overview VIA requires a definition of both the physical arrangement of keys and the mapping of those keys to the switch matrix It optionally requires definition of layout options - alternative physical arrangements of keys, such as different bottom rows, split right shift, etc
Specification - VIA In order for VIA to configure a keyboard, it requires a definition of the keyboard - the physical layout of keys, any layout options, and other configurable elements like rotary encoders (knobs), lighting, etc
VIA Version 3 Changes VIA Version 3 is a refactoring of how the UI works in VIA, to allow fully customized UI within VIA to control firmware parameters like lighting, but also any custom feature implemented in the firmware, either in QMK Core or at the keyboard level
Custom UI - VIA Custom UI Introduction The built-in menus of VIA (Keymap, Layouts, Macros, Save + Load) will be displayed depending on keyboard definition and firmware The menus element is used to define more menus in VIA It can contain one or more of the following built-in UI definitions: qmk_audio qmk_backlight_rgblight qmk_backlight qmk_rgb_matrix qmk_rgblight and or a definition of custom UI, i e
Configuring QMK - VIA Configuring QMK Overview VIA works by communicating with the firmware that is running on the device and sending it commands across USB Enabling the VIA feature in QMK enables both the ability to communicate with the VIA Configurator and the ability to store keymaps and other settings Create a via keymap directory and files within that are separate from the default keymap Make changes to the