[German] How to use editor with German Keyboard?

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Hey Folks,

i try to get started using UE4. My first problem while following some Tutorials is that i cant use the Numpad properly because in the german Keyboard layout there is a “,” (comma) instead of a “.” (dot). It appears to me, that the UE4 Editor does not unterstand a comma.

I browsed through the settings but could not find a solution. Can you help me out?

thx <3

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Hm, i dont exactly know how my os is related to that. Its more of an “be comfortable” feature that i am looking for.

Here is a reffering article to that: questions/31977/how-do-i-make-comma-the-decimal-sign.html

Maybe any solution has come up so far, because this really disturbes the workflow.

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Ok, i found a quick and dirty workaround in my OS (win 7 64).

Go to Region & Languages. In the formats Tab open “more settings” replace “,” decimal devider by “.” and it works. :slight_smile:

Thx anyway.

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It seems to be a more OS settings related question that a UE4 settings question… Maybe try to find some kind of regional settings in your OS (windows?). I had the same issue on a french mac keyboard, ‘shift’ + ‘,’ combo did the trick.

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While waiting for Epic to get this bit sorted, I have been using a temporary solution that works really well. My keyboard layout is Swedish, but the same problem applies when dealing with the num pad since we use comma here too.

You didn’t mention what OS you’re on, but statistically you should be on Windows, so I hope that is the case.

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  2. Launch the tool and load it with your standard layout from File → Load existing keyboard…
  3. Change the decimal separator for the numeric keypad
  4. Validate and test your new layout in the tool’s Project menu
  5. Then build DLL and setup package (that’s in the Project menu too)

This creates a perfectly normal language setup file which you run to install your new layout. Then simply use Window’s standard control panel item for Region and Language settings to setup hotkeys for switching between your normal layout and the new UE4-specific one you’ve made, if necessary. The good thing about this approach is that everything else on your keyboard stays the same (as opposed to, for instance, changing entirely to an english layout, which messes up a whole lot of other keys.)

Ultimately, of course, this should be fixed in UE itself, but until then…

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Thank you for your effort. I found a “quick and dirty” workaround for my OS (Win7 64)

Go to: “Region & Language”

In the formats tab select “more settings”

Then change the decimal devider from “,” to “.”.

The Numpad “,” on my german keyboard will now be a “.” (os wide). I can live with that :smiley: