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by sowbug 887 days ago
I know this is more of a hacker tool than an end-user product, but I wish more Bluetooth keyboards used their USB port not just to charge, but also to become a wired USB keyboard when plugged in. It's rare to need a wired keyboard, but it's nice for those times when you need to twiddle a BIOS setting or bootstrap a Bluetooth pairing flow.
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The Apple Magic keyboard I have does this and thought it was a common feature of Bluetooth keyboards. Apparently not...
Isn't this super common? Pretty much every bluetooth keyboard I've had can do both wired and bluetooth
Not in my experience. I have two different Bluetooth keyboards (and three non-Bluetooth wireless keyboards), none of which can operate wired. At least one of the non-Bluetooth ones can be used to get into BIOS though.
No. Hence my comment.