docs: documenting new convention for physical layouts

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Your keyboard will need to have a physical layout defined.
Read through our [dedicated page on physical layouts](./physical-layouts.md) for information on how to define a physical layout.
Physical layouts should be placed in the same file as the matrix transform, i.e. `my_keyboard.overlay` for unibodies and `my_keyboard.dtsi` for split keyboards.
A very basic physical layout looks like this:
Once you have finished creating your physical layout, you should import the file in which it was created:
```dts
/ {
default_layout: default_layout {
compatible = "zmk,physical-layout";
display-name = "Default Layout";
transform = <&default_transform>;
kscan = <&kscan0>;
};
};
#include "my_keyboard-layouts.dtsi"
```
### Chosen Node
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```dts
/ {
chosen {
zmk,physical-layout = &default_layout;
zmk,physical-layout = &physical_layout0;
// Other chosen items
};
};
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/ {
chosen {
zmk,kscan = &kscan0;
zmk,physical-layout = &default_layout;
zmk,physical-layout = &physical_layout0;
// Other chosen items
};
};

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- A [matrix transform](../../config/layout.md#matrix-transform)
- (Optional) [Physical key positions](#optional-keys-property)
By convention, physical layouts and any [position maps](#position-map) are defined in a separate file called `<your keyboard>-layouts.dtsi`.
This file should then be imported by the appropriate file, such as an `.overlay`, `.dts`, or a `.dtsi` (the last of which is itself imported by one of the previous).
## Basic Physical Layout
A basic physical layout without the `keys` property looks like this:
A bare physical layout without the `keys` property looks like this:
```dts
```dts title="<your keyboard>-layouts.dtsi"
/ {
default_layout: default_layout {
physical_layout0: physical_layout_0 {
compatible = "zmk,physical-layout";
display-name = "Default Layout";
transform = <&default_transform>;
kscan = <&kscan0>;
};
};
```
It is given a name, a matrix transform, and a kscan. If all of your physical layouts share the same kscan, then the `kscan` property can be omitted - in this case it needs to be set in the [`chosen` node](./new-shield.mdx#chosen-node). See the [configuration section on physical layouts](../../config/index.md) for reference.
Every physical layout needs a matrix transform, and optionally can also have a kscan. By convention, these are assigned to the physical layout in the file where the matrix transform and kscan are defined:
```dts title="<your keyboard>.dts | <your keyboard>.dtsi | <your keyboard>.overlay"
&physical_layout0 {
kscan = <&kscan0>;
transform = <&matrix_transform0>;
};
```
The `kscan` property only needs to be assigned if some of your physical layouts use different kscans. Otherwise, it can be omitted and the `kscan` can be assigned in the [`chosen` node](./new-shield.mdx#chosen-node) instead. See the [configuration section on physical layouts](../../config/layout.md#physical-layout) for reference.
## (Optional) Keys Property
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:::
The `keys` property is required for [ZMK Studio](../../features/studio.md) support. It is used to describe the physical attributes of each key position present in that layout. If this property is used, then you should define the physical layouts and any [position maps](#position-map) in a file called `<your keyboard>-layouts.dtsi`. This file should then be imported by the appropriate file, such as an `.overlay`, `.dts`, or a `.dtsi` (last of which is itself imported by one of the previous).
The `keys` property is required for [ZMK Studio](../../features/studio.md) support. It is used to describe the physical attributes of each key position present in that layout.
To pull in the necessary definition for creating physical layouts with the `keys` property, a new include should be added to the top of the devicetree file:
```
```dts title="<your keyboard>-layouts.dtsi"
#include <physical_layouts.dtsi>
```
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Here is an example of a physical layout for a 2x2 macropad:
```dts
```dts title="macropad-layouts.dtsi"
#include <physical_layouts.dtsi>
/ {
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Here is an example of using the predefined physical layouts for a keyboard with the same layout as the "ferris":
```dts
```dts title="ferris.dtsi"
#include <layouts/cuddlykeyboards/ferris.dtsi>
// Assigning suitable kscan and matrix transforms
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Here is an example of using the predefined physical layouts for a 60% keyboard:
```dts
```dts title="bt60_v1.dts"
#include <layouts/common/60percent/all1u.dtsi>
#include <layouts/common/60percent/ansi.dtsi>
#include <layouts/common/60percent/hhkb.dtsi>