diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/LayoutParser.kt b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/LayoutParser.kt
index 3164cc698..d2b51fb92 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/LayoutParser.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/keyboard/internal/keyboard_parser/LayoutParser.kt
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ object LayoutParser {
 
     /** Parse simple layouts, defined only as rows of (normal) keys with popup keys. */
     fun parseSimpleString(layoutText: String): List<List<KeyData>> {
-        val rowStrings = layoutText.replace("\r\n", "\n").split("\\n\\s*\\n".toRegex()).filter { it.isNotBlank() }
-        return rowStrings.map { row ->
+        return LayoutUtils.getSimpleRowStrings(layoutText).map { row ->
             row.split("\n").mapNotNull { parseKey(it) }
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/utils/LayoutUtils.kt b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/utils/LayoutUtils.kt
index 56afe9ce9..68a99be99 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/utils/LayoutUtils.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/utils/LayoutUtils.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package helium314.keyboard.latin.utils
 
 import android.content.Context
+import helium314.keyboard.keyboard.internal.keyboard_parser.floris.SimplePopups
+import helium314.keyboard.keyboard.internal.keyboard_parser.getOrCreate
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.R
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.settings.Defaults.default
 import helium314.keyboard.latin.utils.LayoutType.Companion.folder
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ object LayoutUtils {
     fun getLMainLayoutsForLocales(locales: List<Locale>, context: Context): Collection<String> =
         locales.flatMapTo(HashSet()) { getAvailableLayouts(LayoutType.MAIN, context, it) }.sorted()
 
+    /** gets content for built-in (non-custom) layout [layoutName], with fallback to qwerty */
     fun getContent(layoutType: LayoutType, layoutName: String, context: Context): String {
         val layouts = context.assets.list(layoutType.folder)!!
         layouts.firstOrNull { it.startsWith("$layoutName.") }
@@ -33,4 +36,27 @@ object LayoutUtils {
         val fallback = layouts.first { it.startsWith(layoutType.default) } // must exist!
         return context.assets.open(layoutType.folder + File.separator + fallback).reader().readText()
     }
+
+    fun getContentWithPlus(mainLayoutName: String, locale: Locale, context: Context): String {
+        val content = getContent(LayoutType.MAIN, mainLayoutName, context)
+        if (!mainLayoutName.endsWith("+"))
+            return content
+        // the stuff below will not work if we add "+" layouts in json format
+        // ideally we should serialize keyData to json to solve this
+        val rows = getSimpleRowStrings(content)
+        val localeKeyboardInfos = getOrCreate(context, locale)
+        return rows.mapIndexed { i, row ->
+            val extraKeys = localeKeyboardInfos.getExtraKeys(i + 1) ?: return@mapIndexed row
+            val rowList = row.split("\n").filterNot { it.isEmpty() }.toMutableList()
+            extraKeys.forEach { key ->
+                val popups = (key.popup as? SimplePopups)?.popupKeys?.joinToString(" ")
+                    ?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }?.let { " $it" } ?: ""
+                rowList.add(key.label + popups)
+            }
+            rowList.joinToString("\n")
+        }.joinToString("\n\n")
+    }
+
+    fun getSimpleRowStrings(layoutContent: String): List<String> =
+        layoutContent.replace("\r\n", "\n").split("\\n\\s*\\n".toRegex()).filter { it.isNotBlank() }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/settings/dialogs/SubtypeDialog.kt b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/settings/dialogs/SubtypeDialog.kt
index 1c59b96ed..7db7cadbf 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/settings/dialogs/SubtypeDialog.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/settings/dialogs/SubtypeDialog.kt
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ private fun MainLayoutRow(
         if (showLayoutEditDialog != null) {
             val layoutName = showLayoutEditDialog!!.first
             val startContent = showLayoutEditDialog?.second
-                ?: if (layoutName in appLayouts) LayoutUtils.getContent(LayoutType.MAIN, layoutName, ctx)
+                ?: if (layoutName in appLayouts) LayoutUtils.getContentWithPlus(layoutName, currentSubtype.locale, ctx)
                 else null
             LayoutEditDialog(
                 onDismissRequest = { showLayoutEditDialog = null },