# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Non-QWERTY keyboard layout shortcut handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Reports and a fix addressing keyboard shortcuts that ignore the user's active keyboard layout by using physical key codes instead of layout-aware key values. Affects Dvorak and other non-QWERTY layouts on desktop.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #73015. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73015 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-73015`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #46369: Bug: Keyboard shortcuts on Desktop App ignore Dvorak (and other non-QWERTY) layouts — uses event.code instead of event.key

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73015: fix(desktop): resolve keybinds through the active keyboard layout**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/combo.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/combo.ts`
- **#46374: fix(desktop): honor layout-aware letter keybinds**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#73015`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73015 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-28`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`