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?

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
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    4 months 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 :-)