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Not different than most current offers on laptops, the keyboard still looks horrible for programming[1]. Fn keys shared with Home/End/PgUp/PgDwn, Up/Down arrows
by miahi 11y ago
Not different than most current offers on laptops, the keyboard still looks horrible for programming[1]. Fn keys shared with Home/End/PgUp/PgDwn, Up/Down arrows sharing a key. I guess they call it "slick", I call it won't buy.
[1] ok, depending on what you are programming, I'm sure there will be people saying they only need the "0" and "1" keys working.
- dangrossman 11y agoI don't like where they're placed on my keyboard either, so I use AutoHotkey to bind those functions to alt+arrows. Alt+up for page up, alt+down for page down, alt+left for home and alt+right for end. After a couple hours it became muscle memory again.
- mmozeiko 11y agoHow do you press Shift+Alt+Up/Down/Left/Right? Text editors I use do vertical block selection for Shift+Alt+arrows. Doing this kind of remapping will give you Shift+PageUp/PageDown/Home/End which is not cool...
- dangrossman 11y agoI use shift+alt+left/right to highlight lines, but I don't use shift+alt+up/down ever. I use my mouse for that.
- zyx321 11y agoIf you're using a Surface Pro, try pressing Fn + Arrow keys instead.
- scholia 11y agoYou can always use your USB keyboard of choice. This lets you lift the screen to an ergonomic height. Working on laptops for long periods of time is a really bad idea, and very bad for your long-term health. (Voice of experience here, sadly.)