diff --git a/layouts/template.json b/layouts/template.json
index 09aa80b..1d60dda 100644
--- a/layouts/template.json
+++ b/layouts/template.json
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@
                     {"type": "keys", "row": 1}
                 ],
                 [
-                    {"type": "capslock", "label": "caps lock", "width": 1.75, "stretch": true},
+                    {"type": "capslock", "label": "caps lock", "width": 1.75},
                     {"type": "keys", "row": 2},
                     {"type": "enter", "width": 1.75, "stretch": true}
                 ],
                 [
-                    {"type": "shift", "width": 2.25, "stretch": true},
+                    {"type": "shift", "width": 2.25},
                     {"type": "keys", "row": 3},
                     {"type": "shift", "width": 2.25, "stretch": true}
                 ],
diff --git a/src/layout/LayoutBuilder.cpp b/src/layout/LayoutBuilder.cpp
index 42347a8..cb2ba57 100644
--- a/src/layout/LayoutBuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/layout/LayoutBuilder.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #include <QSet>
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 namespace {
 
 // Letters without a Unicode decomposition, and the key they belong under.
@@ -53,8 +55,10 @@ QList<KeyDef> letterKeys(const KeymapKeys &keymap, int row, const QStringList &f
 }
 
 // A full row: every typing key, the shifted symbol shown (and flickable) above.
-QList<KeyDef> rowKeys(const KeymapKeys &keymap, int row)
+// `withLessGreater` tells whether the ISO key left of Z is among them.
+QList<KeyDef> rowKeys(const KeymapKeys &keymap, int row, bool *withLessGreater)
 {
+    *withLessGreater = false;
     QSet<QString> elsewhere; // LSGT often repeats a pair that exists elsewhere (US: < >)
     for (const auto &keys : keymap.rows) {
         for (const KeymapKey &key : keys) {
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ QList<KeyDef> rowKeys(const KeymapKeys &keymap, int row)
     for (const KeymapKey &source : keymap.rows.value(row)) {
         if (source.position == KeymapKey::Position::LessGreater && elsewhere.contains(source.lower))
             continue;
+        *withLessGreater |= source.position == KeymapKey::Position::LessGreater;
         KeyDef key = characterKey(source);
         // Show (and flick for) a shifted level that isn't just the capital letter: ! on 1, " on sk ô.
         if (!source.deadUpper && source.upper != source.lower && source.upper != source.lower.toUpper())
@@ -82,8 +87,14 @@ Row expandPlaceholders(const Row &row, const KeymapKeys &keymap)
     for (const KeyDef &key : row) {
         if (key.type == KeyType::Letters)
             result += letterKeys(keymap, key.lettersRow, key.flicks);
-        else if (key.type == KeyType::Keys)
-            result += rowKeys(keymap, key.lettersRow);
+        else if (key.type == KeyType::Keys) {
+            bool withLessGreater = false;
+            const QList<KeyDef> keys = rowKeys(keymap, key.lettersRow, &withLessGreater);
+            // As on ISO keyboards, that key takes its room from the one before it (left shift).
+            if (withLessGreater && !result.isEmpty())
+                result.back().width = std::max(1.0, result.back().width - 1);
+            result += keys;
+        }
         else
             result.append(key);
     }
diff --git a/tests/tst_layoutbuilder.cpp b/tests/tst_layoutbuilder.cpp
index ddea0e0..b212924 100644
--- a/tests/tst_layoutbuilder.cpp
+++ b/tests/tst_layoutbuilder.cpp
@@ -110,6 +110,20 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
         QCOMPARE(letterKey(us, u"1"_s).shifted, u"!");
     }
 
+    void fullModeRowsStagger()
+    {
+        // The key ahead of A, and of the first key on the Z row: like a hardware keyboard,
+        // with the ISO key (sk: |) taking its room from left shift.
+        const auto offsets = [](const Layout &layout) {
+            const QList<Row> &rows = layout.layers.first().rows;
+            return std::pair{rows[2].first().width, rows[3].first().width};
+        };
+        QCOMPARE(offsets(TestLayouts::build("us", KeyboardMode::Full)), std::pair(1.75, 2.25));
+        const Layout sk = TestLayouts::build("sk", KeyboardMode::Full);
+        QCOMPARE(offsets(sk), std::pair(1.75, 1.25));
+        QCOMPARE(sk.layers.first().rows[3].at(1).label, u"\\"_s);
+    }
+
     void fullModeKeepsDeadKeysAndKeymapShift()
     {
         const Layout sk = TestLayouts::build("sk", KeyboardMode::Full);