VIA Macros for German Umlauts on US-ANSI keyboards

Hint

A better idea is to use the EurKEY Show archive.org snapshot layout. It maps the Umlauts to AltGr + a,u,o. Activate it in GNOME-Tweaks -> Keyboard -> Show Extended Input Sources and re-login.

If your US-ANSI keyboard supports VIA Show archive.org snapshot you can use it to create macros for the German Umlauts. All Keychron models should support this by now.

Requirement

• Set the compose key of your desktop environment. I use Caps Lock for that.
• The momentary layer key like MO(3) is bound to fn

Default behavior

# Type ö
Caps Lock, Shift-', o

# Type Ö
Caps Lock, Shift-', Shift-o

Custom behavior

# Type ö
fn-o

# Type Ö
fn-Shift-o

Macros

# Type ä/Ä
{KC_CAPS}{KC_RSFT,KC_QUOT}a

# Type ö/Ö
{KC_CAPS}{KC_RSFT,KC_QUOT}o

# Type ü/Ü
{KC_CAPS}{KC_RSFT,KC_QUOT}u

# Type ß
{KC_CAPS}ss

# Bonus: Type €
{KC_CAPS}e=

Setup

1. Create macros
2. Bind them on the non-umlaut key (Example: A) of the secondary layer