qmk_firmware/docs/features.md

# QMK Features

QMK has a staggering number of features for building your keyboard. It can take some time to understand all of them and determine which one will achieve your goal.


* [Advanced Keycodes](feature_advanced_keycodes.md) - Change layers, type shifted keys, and more. Go beyond typing simple characters.
* [Audio](feature_audio.md) - Connect a speaker to your keyboard for audio feedback, midi support, and music mode.
* [Auto Shift](feature_auto_shift.md) - Tap for the normal key, hold slightly longer for its shifted state.
* [Backlight](feature_backlight.md) - LED lighting support for your keyboard.
* [Bootmagic](feature_bootmagic.md) - Adjust the behavior of your keyboard using hotkeys.
* [Dynamic Macros](feature_dynamic_macros.md) - Record and playback macros from the keyboard itself.
* [Key Lock](feature_key_lock.md) - Lock a key in the "down" state.
* [Layouts](feature_layouts.md) - Use one keymap with any keyboard that supports your layout.
* [Leader Key](feature_leader_key.md) - Tap the leader key followed by a sequence to trigger custom behavior.
* [Macros](feature_macros.md) - Send multiple key presses when pressing only one physical key.
* [Mouse keys](feature_mouse_keys.md) - Control your mouse pointer from your keyboard.
* [Pointing Device](feature_pointing_device.md) - Framework for connecting your custom pointing device to your keyboard.
* [PS2 Mouse](feature_ps2_mouse.md) - Driver for connecting a PS/2 mouse directly to your keyboard.
* [RGB Light](feature_rgblight.md) - RGB lighting for your keyboard.
* [RGB Matrix](feature_rgb_matrix.md) - RGB Matrix lights for per key lighting.
* [Space Cadet](feature_space_cadet.md) - Use your left/right shift keys to type parenthesis and brackets.
* [Stenography](feature_stenography.md) - Put your keyboard into Plover mode for stenography use.
* [Swap Hands](feature_swap_hands.md) - Mirror your keyboard for one handed usage.
* [Tap Dance](feature_tap_dance.md) - Make a single key do as many things as you want.
* [Terminal](feature_terminal.md) - CLI interface to the internals of your keyboard.
* [Thermal Printer](feature_thermal_printer.md) - Connect a thermal printer to your keyboard to be able to toggle on a printed log of everything you type.
* [Unicode](feature_unicode.md) - Unicode input support.
* [Userspace](feature_userspace.md) - Share code between different keymaps and keyboards.
testing out new home 2017-06-29 16:13:44 +00:00			`# QMK Features`

Fix some of the more obvious typos 2017-12-09 05:49:07 +00:00			`QMK has a staggering number of features for building your keyboard. It can take some time to understand all of them and determine which one will achieve your goal.`
Restructure the hardware and feature docs to make things easier to find (#1888) * fix #1313 by documenting more config.h options * Clean up and organize documentation 2017-10-25 03:34:28 +00:00

			`* [Advanced Keycodes](feature_advanced_keycodes.md) - Change layers, type shifted keys, and more. Go beyond typing simple characters.`
			`* [Audio](feature_audio.md) - Connect a speaker to your keyboard for audio feedback, midi support, and music mode.`
Added missing RGB and Auto Shift in main feature list. Also standardized on period at the end of each feature list item. 2017-10-29 06:02:49 +00:00			`* [Auto Shift](feature_auto_shift.md) - Tap for the normal key, hold slightly longer for its shifted state.`
			`* [Backlight](feature_backlight.md) - LED lighting support for your keyboard.`
			`* [Bootmagic](feature_bootmagic.md) - Adjust the behavior of your keyboard using hotkeys.`
Restructure the hardware and feature docs to make things easier to find (#1888) * fix #1313 by documenting more config.h options * Clean up and organize documentation 2017-10-25 03:34:28 +00:00			`* [Dynamic Macros](feature_dynamic_macros.md) - Record and playback macros from the keyboard itself.`
			`* [Key Lock](feature_key_lock.md) - Lock a key in the "down" state.`
			`* [Layouts](feature_layouts.md) - Use one keymap with any keyboard that supports your layout.`
			`* [Leader Key](feature_leader_key.md) - Tap the leader key followed by a sequence to trigger custom behavior.`
Added missing RGB and Auto Shift in main feature list. Also standardized on period at the end of each feature list item. 2017-10-29 06:02:49 +00:00			`* [Macros](feature_macros.md) - Send multiple key presses when pressing only one physical key.`
			`* [Mouse keys](feature_mouse_keys.md) - Control your mouse pointer from your keyboard.`
Restructure the hardware and feature docs to make things easier to find (#1888) * fix #1313 by documenting more config.h options * Clean up and organize documentation 2017-10-25 03:34:28 +00:00			`* [Pointing Device](feature_pointing_device.md) - Framework for connecting your custom pointing device to your keyboard.`
Fix some of the more obvious typos 2017-12-09 05:49:07 +00:00			`* [PS2 Mouse](feature_ps2_mouse.md) - Driver for connecting a PS/2 mouse directly to your keyboard.`
Added missing RGB and Auto Shift in main feature list. Also standardized on period at the end of each feature list item. 2017-10-29 06:02:49 +00:00			`* [RGB Light](feature_rgblight.md) - RGB lighting for your keyboard.`
Make sure new features (RGB Matrix) are actually listed 2018-05-16 02:24:47 +00:00			`* [RGB Matrix](feature_rgb_matrix.md) - RGB Matrix lights for per key lighting.`
Fix internal links in docs/ (#2080) One link in the summary (Modding your keyboard) referred to a page that was deleted; the rest have been updated to point to the new names. 2017-11-30 18:18:01 +00:00			`* [Space Cadet](feature_space_cadet.md) - Use your left/right shift keys to type parenthesis and brackets.`
Restructure the hardware and feature docs to make things easier to find (#1888) * fix #1313 by documenting more config.h options * Clean up and organize documentation 2017-10-25 03:34:28 +00:00			`* [Stenography](feature_stenography.md) - Put your keyboard into Plover mode for stenography use.`
Make sure new features (RGB Matrix) are actually listed 2018-05-16 02:24:47 +00:00			`* [Swap Hands](feature_swap_hands.md) - Mirror your keyboard for one handed usage.`
Added missing RGB and Auto Shift in main feature list. Also standardized on period at the end of each feature list item. 2017-10-29 06:02:49 +00:00			`* [Tap Dance](feature_tap_dance.md) - Make a single key do as many things as you want.`
			`* [Terminal](feature_terminal.md) - CLI interface to the internals of your keyboard.`
Restructure the hardware and feature docs to make things easier to find (#1888) * fix #1313 by documenting more config.h options * Clean up and organize documentation 2017-10-25 03:34:28 +00:00			`* [Thermal Printer](feature_thermal_printer.md) - Connect a thermal printer to your keyboard to be able to toggle on a printed log of everything you type.`
			`* [Unicode](feature_unicode.md) - Unicode input support.`
Added missing RGB and Auto Shift in main feature list. Also standardized on period at the end of each feature list item. 2017-10-29 06:02:49 +00:00			`* [Userspace](feature_userspace.md) - Share code between different keymaps and keyboards.`