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by robluxus 1333 days ago
My main issue with 60% are the lack of arrow keys. I haven't used F-keys for years (I do use the media keys on the F-row every once in a while) but my muscle memory needs dedicated arrow keys.
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On my 60% keyboard I have set caps lock as a fn key where holding that down and any of the WASD keys gives me arrow keys. I use my pinky to hold down the caps lock key and the others to navigate the arrow keys and I can do all of it with my left hand.

Similarly I have media keys mapped on the same function layer.

Would be nice to have an easy interface experience to set the F keys as radio buttons or dockbar icons, one of the F keys will allow ambidextrous arrow keys, on the left-hand "wasd" and on the right-hand "hjkl". I want to blend emacs/vi muscle memory.
I don’t need _all_ the arrow keys. Just a few.

F5 for refresh. F10/F11 for step debugging. F12 for goto definition.

Which arrow keys out of four you don't need?
I use 0/4 as I use vim bindings on all my editors, but the numpad and F keys are worth having a full size keyboard for.
Ha. I meant function keys.