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?

  • queermunist she/her
    53·
    1 month ago

    I think we should have MORE combination buttons! Typing should be like playing the piano imo

    • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 month ago

      Even if we just had one more, it’d open up a huge new range of possibilities. Ctrl, Shift, Alt and now Var (or whatever)

      As well as the 26 new Var + _ combinations you’d be able to have:

      • Shift + Var + _
      • Ctrl + Var + _
      • Alt + Var + _
      • Shift + Ctrl + Var + _
      • Shift + Alt + Var + _
      • Alt + Ctrl + Var + _
      • Shift + Ctrl + Alt + Var + _

      Hundreds of new shortcuts! As long as you could remember them of course :-)