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Love that tiny keyboard, but where is the space bar?

mdpye 7y ago
Bottom row. On mine I have space left of centre and enter right of centre. Its a full keyboard, you use the next two outwards on the bottom row to shift layers for access to all the punctuation. They actually very ergonomic. See olkb.com for more on the original.
- mdpye 7y ago
  :O Just looked more closely at the photo. That is a pretty unorthodox layout for a 40% keyboard! (having a number row on the default layer)
Iv 7y ago
Many crucial keys are missing. That does not look functional.
tyingq 7y ago
Certainly missing other often used keys, like colon, semicolon, comma, quotes, /, ?, <, >. Guessing he must have some way of dealing with all that. Higher res picture of the keyboard: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5caa4adb92441be122fcead4/1570029451147-TEWBYE5CM1BCGJPG60PN/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kFmfxoboNKufWj-55Bgmc-J7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0iXS6XmVv7bUJ418E8Yoc1hjuviiiZmrL38w1ymUdqq4JaGeFUxjM-HeS7Oc-SSFcg/JAY01429.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5caa4adb92441b...
- Hemospectrum 7y ago
  This style of keyboard is called "40%" and, just as you would press shift+1 to input an exclamation mark, they're invariably set up with additional modifier keys (or chorded sequences) to input the values of all the missing keys. It's hard to say exactly how this one is configured, because it looks like a custom layout. The kit can be found here: https://5z6p.com/products/plaid-through-hole/ https://5z6p.com/products/plaid-through-hole/
  - tyingq 7y ago
    The keys chosen in the primary layout in your link seem much more sensible to me. Trying to imagine what vim is like on the OP's keyboard :)
- driverdan 7y ago
  Small keyboards like this one have programmed layers. You use a key combo to switch between layers, which changes what the keys do.
gbrown_ 7y ago
It's a planck style keyboard, you can find out more here https://olkb.com/planck https://olkb.com/planck
- tyingq 7y ago
  It's certainly not using that layout. There is no space key on the default layer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5caa4adb92441be122fcead4/1570029451147-TEWBYE5CM1BCGJPG60PN/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kFmfxoboNKufWj-55Bgmc-J7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0iXS6XmVv7bUJ418E8Yoc1hjuviiiZmrL38w1ymUdqq4JaGeFUxjM-HeS7Oc-SSFcg/JAY01429.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5caa4adb92441b...

Bottom row. On mine I have space left of centre and enter right of centre. Its a full keyboard, you use the next two outwards on the bottom row to shift layers for access to all the punctuation. They actually very ergonomic. See olkb.com for more on the original.

mdpye 7y ago
:O Just looked more closely at the photo. That is a pretty unorthodox layout for a 40% keyboard! (having a number row on the default layer)

Iv 7y ago

Many crucial keys are missing. That does not look functional.

tyingq 7y ago

Certainly missing other often used keys, like colon, semicolon, comma, quotes, /, ?, <, >. Guessing he must have some way of dealing with all that. Higher res picture of the keyboard: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5caa4adb92441be122fcead4/1570029451147-TEWBYE5CM1BCGJPG60PN/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kFmfxoboNKufWj-55Bgmc-J7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0iXS6XmVv7bUJ418E8Yoc1hjuviiiZmrL38w1ymUdqq4JaGeFUxjM-HeS7Oc-SSFcg/JAY01429.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5caa4adb92441b...

Hemospectrum 7y ago
This style of keyboard is called "40%" and, just as you would press shift+1 to input an exclamation mark, they're invariably set up with additional modifier keys (or chorded sequences) to input the values of all the missing keys. It's hard to say exactly how this one is configured, because it looks like a custom layout. The kit can be found here: https://5z6p.com/products/plaid-through-hole/ https://5z6p.com/products/plaid-through-hole/
- tyingq 7y ago
  The keys chosen in the primary layout in your link seem much more sensible to me. Trying to imagine what vim is like on the OP's keyboard :)
driverdan 7y ago
Small keyboards like this one have programmed layers. You use a key combo to switch between layers, which changes what the keys do.

gbrown_ 7y ago

It's a planck style keyboard, you can find out more here https://olkb.com/planck https://olkb.com/planck

tyingq 7y ago
It's certainly not using that layout. There is no space key on the default layer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5caa4adb92441be122fcead4/1570029451147-TEWBYE5CM1BCGJPG60PN/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kFmfxoboNKufWj-55Bgmc-J7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0iXS6XmVv7bUJ418E8Yoc1hjuviiiZmrL38w1ymUdqq4JaGeFUxjM-HeS7Oc-SSFcg/JAY01429.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5caa4adb92441b...