[hbn]

Can people hit their function keys without looking at the keyboard? Sure, hitting F5 to go to your terminal is less keystrokes than e.g. Cmd+tab+tab, but I can't hit anything in the function row without glancing down at my keyboard. And I put a lot of value in looking at my keyboard as little as possible

[foobarian]

You need a keyboard with extra space between groups of 4 function keys. Apple keyboards are horrible in this regard. I hotglued a spacer between groups to help with that.

[indymike]

The function keys can be operated by touch if you use them regularly. Source: Former WordPerfect user. And WordPerfect used function keys. A lot.

[marmetio]

Same with LTspice. Works better if you have a keyboard where the function keys are physically separated into groups.

[chii]

That's why the function keys are seperated into groups of 3, and you can feel which it is by feeling the gaps between them.

[crazygringo]

Not on a lot of keyboards.

(Edit: I mean no groupings at all, not about the size of groupings.)

[Encrypt-Keeper]

I've never seen a keyboard that does this. Just took a look around the office to confirm.

[lkbm]

Probably a typo—groups of 4 is (was?) standard. My Das Keyboard has this, as did all(?) the keyboards I used as a kid in the 80s and 90s.

[chii]

yes, i meant groups of 4, there's 3 groups in total!

[hbn]

Including Apple's

[giraffe_lady]

Why though? I can't consistently hit it without looking, but I can hit it with barely a glance. The cost of looking at the keyboard isn't that high is it?

[LoganDark]

It's possible to learn to use the function row without looking just like you can learn to use the number row without looking. It just takes getting used to your particular keyboard.

(Not having to "home" on F and J helps.)

[macintux]

Nope, and I often work in dark conditions so it’s not at all easy to identify the right F-key at a glance.

[Vvector]

Mine are in groups of four...

[downboots]

at the risk of ruining a perfect keyboard you may super glue some tactile feedback

[reportgunner]

It's not really a perfect keyboard if you need to super glue something to it.