I was just reading this thread… https://sh.itjust.works/post/23476261

…and it got me thinking about something that I’ve wanted for a long time. Why is it that keyboards have not evolved to have dedicated copy/paste keys left of the main board? I’d love to see an additional column of keys left of Esc->Ctrl configurable as macros at least. I do a lot of copy/paste for work. The current shortcuts arent terrible or anything but they’re not exactly comfortable. I’d rather move my whole hand to the left for a macro key than contort to hit the current shortcut.

What do you think?

  • kava@lemmy.world
    322·
    3 months ago

    I disagree. [Modifier] + C & [mod] + V works just as good as a dedicated button and you are using the space more efficiently by having multiple uses for one key.

    Keyboard already has a lot of buttons. We should be considering which to remove, not any additions

    • EmpricornEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      I don’t think we need to remove anything. I mean if you really want a smaller keyboard that badly you could get one of the ones that removes the number pad.

      But as someone who was a cashier long ago before GS1 codes on produce, we got fast at 10-key typing by touch. The thought of doing a spreadsheet or extended number-work without the number pad is unthinkable to me…

      • kava@lemmy.world
        3·
        3 months ago

        I support the number pad as well. I type in numbers into spreadsheets often enough that it’s useful for me.

        If we were to delete, I’d say get rid of the F1 keys, get rid of Home / End, get rid of Num lock, etc.