Inputting tilde with Direct Kana input

Question

A few days ago, I’ve decided to switch from Romaji input to Direct Kana input on my computer (using windows IME). Didn’t take me long to get accustomed to it, and I’m liking it a lot. However, I cannot figure out how to input a tilde. My physical keyboard is a standard Swiss layout, like in the following image (plus numpad and function keys).:

With Romaji input, I could type tilde by hitting the key below ESC (labeled § on my physical keyboard), but doing so with Direct Kana input produces ろ. As far as I can tell, no combination of shift, alt-gr and other keys produces a tilde.

Is there another way to input tilde on the Japanese Kana layout without having to resort to Alt-Codes (perhaps by editing the layout directly, which I’m open to doing if it’s plausible to do).

Answer 1

This page explains how to input ～ while in kana/kanji mode:

カナ漢字入力の場合

Shift ＋ ー 々 ^ へキー押して「ゑ」を入力し、F11キー押して「～」に変換してから、F10キーを押す

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When in kana/kanji input

Press Shift + ー 々 ^ へ to input 「ゑ」, press F11 to convert to 「～」 and press F10.

It's not always clear how your operating system assigns a keyboard layout to a physical keyboard with a different (physical) layout. Your physical layout has two Win Keys, which likely are mapped to Windows but no 変換 or かな・ローマ字 which might simply be unassigned. You might have to remap physical keys to keys which perform a certain function in the Japanese layout.