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I recently bought Asus Rog with a US ANSI keyboard. It doesn't have a < > button between the Z and shift buttons. How can I write < or > on this keyboard using an Estonian EST ET keyboard layout?

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Tetsujin
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in2d
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    Clarifying what EST ET means might help. A picture of it might help too. Not having that key doesn't tell us what it **does** have… whether it's an international ISO or an ANSI... – Tetsujin Jun 02 '21 at 07:20
  • EST ET is an Estonian language keyboard. I will add image of the keyboard to the post. Thank you for the feedback. – in2d Jun 02 '21 at 09:56
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    Thanks. That makes it easier. I don't know precisely how to find it, but everyone now can now see what you have is a US keyboard, with an ANSI layout. – Tetsujin Jun 02 '21 at 10:08
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    You could just open the keyboard viewer & press alt or shift & see if you can spot them. – Tetsujin Jun 02 '21 at 11:00
  • Then the < > button is between Z and shift but I don't have it on the keyboard. – in2d Jun 02 '21 at 21:38
  • The keyboard viewer should mirror your actual keyboard. ANSI keyboards don’t have that extra key. – Tetsujin Jun 03 '21 at 04:09
  • https://ibb.co/Nmkj07s I don't have a key between shift and z on my phyiscal keyboard – in2d Jun 03 '21 at 04:19
  • Correct. You bought an American ANSI keyboard. The onscreen viewer should still be aware of both your layout & language setting. – Tetsujin Jun 03 '21 at 07:46
  • Is there any other way I can still use EST ET keyboard and write lesser than and greater than symbol? – in2d Jun 03 '21 at 09:36
  • create your own keyboard layout with MSKLC: [Italian keyboard: entering tilde (~) and backtick (`) characters without changing keyboard layout](https://superuser.com/q/667622/241386) – phuclv Jun 10 '21 at 06:56
  • Try ALT+60 for `<` and ALT+62 for `>` but you dont have a numeric keypad so not sure if this will working – user2956477 Jun 10 '21 at 09:33
  • Which characters do you get when you press Shift with comma or dot? – harrymc Jun 10 '21 at 15:01

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I think your Estonian keyboard is the variant where typing Shift+, gives ; while Shift+. gives :. But < and > both seem totally missing, unless you use their ALT-codes (Alt-60/62) to enter.

For a more elegant solution I suggest using the free AutoHotkey.

The following 2-lines AutoHotkey script will map Alt+, to < and Alt+. to >. This will make those keys agree with your displayed keyboard, except that you will be using the Alt key instead of Shift.

!,::Send, <
!.::Send, >

After installing AutoHotKey, put the above text in a .ahk file and double-click it to test. You may stop the script by right-click on the green H icon in the traybar and choosing Exit. To have it run on login, place it in the Startup group at
C:\Users\USER-NAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

Useful AutoHotkey documentation:

harrymc
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  • Works like a charm. Binded z and x instead of . and , because it's more practical for me. !x::Send, < !z::Send, > Easy solution, thank you for this! – in2d Jun 13 '21 at 23:59
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Try pressing one of these with the shift key held down:

They are in between the 'M' and '?/' key near the right shift.

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    These don't work with EST keyboard but they work with UK keyboard. Can't use UK language because then I don't have my native letters. – in2d Jun 02 '21 at 10:20