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I find this kinds of keyboards very interesting, but doing CAD work seems like a pain. The biggest problem I find with all of this is that most of my software

I find this kinds of keyboards very interesting, but doing CAD work seems like a pain. The biggest problem I find with all of this is that most of my software has locked down (or crappy systems for changing) shortcuts, so it would be painfully hard to set up one of this. Interesting stuff anyway.

Symbiote 7y ago
For CAD work, something like a large macropad might be helpful -- giving additional keys, rather than taking some away. On a keyboard like the one linked below, every key can be programmed arbitrarily, i.e. you can set a single key to do "Control X" or whatever. I don't know if this can do it, but things like having a single key do "Control X, 5, move mouse left 5 pixels, Control K" are possible on some of these mechanical keyboards, given some programming ability. ("Gaming" macropads are also an option, the flashy LEDs can usually be disabled.) http://xahlee.info/kbd/ly092_mini_keyboard.html http://xahlee.info/kbd/ly092_mini_keyboard.html