Editing Cherry Viola

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| switch mount  = [[Plate mount]]
| sense method  = [[Metal contact]]
| keycap mount  = [[Cherry MX mount]]
| pretravel     = 2.0 mm
| travel        = 4.0 mm
| actuation force = 45 cN
| peak force    = 75 cN
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'''Cherry Viola''' is an upcoming keyboard switch. It is being marketed as a ''lower''-cost alternative to [[Cherry MX Red]] for gaming keyboard.

Its internal workings of the switch module are similar to the older [[Cherry MY]] by having a coiled main-spring and an actuating leaf spring in parallel.
Unlike its predecessor, the leaf spring does not compress a membrane but instead shorts two contacts on an underlying PCB. It also can not be mounted to its base plate/PCB but requires a [[mounting plate]].

Cherry's publicised force-curve has a more increasing resistance after the actuation point, which would give it a near-[[progressive rate|progressive]] characteristic. Cherry calls it "cross-linear".
The force curve overall is close to the linear [[Cherry MX Red]] and much less steep than [[Cherry MY]].

The slider is transparent to allow for surface-mounted light-emitting diodes for [[backlighting]]

The switch had been announced on 2020-01-10 in conjunction with the CES trade how.

Rumours abound in March 2023 that the switch had been discontinued.

==Keyboards==
The first keyboards with the switch are supposed to be available in the second half of 2020.

* ''Corsair K60 Pro'' variants (except for the ''Corsair K60 RGB Pro Low Profile'' which has [[Cherry MX Low Profile]])

==External links==
* Tom's Hardware—[https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/cherry-viola-switch-mechanical-keyboard-budget New Cherry Viola Mechanical Switch Wants to End Membrane Keyboards]. Posted 2020-01-10.

==Forum threads==
* Deskthority—[https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23302 Cherry Viola switch]
* Deskthority—[https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=28009 Cherry has discontinued its Viola switches]
* Geekhack—[https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104178.0 Cherry Viola Switches Announced at CES 2020]

==Reviews==
* Chyrosran22 on Youtube—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAIKK1ddCds Corsair K60 RGB keyboard review (Cherry Viola)]. Posted 2021-01-13.

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