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I love the 16:10 ratio screen but a bit disappointed that the page-up and page-down keys are still squashed above the left and right arrow keys. I have used the
by spuz 7y ago
I love the 16:10 ratio screen but a bit disappointed that the page-up and page-down keys are still squashed above the left and right arrow keys. I have used the XPS 13 for about 6 months and just cannot avoid hitting the pg-up or pg-down keys when reaching for the arrow keys which is a nightmare for coding. I would much rather have those as function keys as they were on the previous model of the XPS 13.
When I looked into this issue, I found an old thread on a Dell forum where an XPS 13 user (of a previous model) was complaining that there were no dedicated page-up and down keys. As someone that uses those keys a lot I get that it seems Dell's solution to this has caused them to sabotage the functionality of the arrow keys and is definitely worse than having no dedicated keys for pg-up and down. I was hoping they would hear feedback from developers or anyone who uses arrow keys a lot and revert back to the old layout.
- skyyler 7y agoWe've heard your complaints, and now those keys are backspace and forward delete.
- spuz 7y agoWait is this a joke or is it real? I've actually gone and taken another look and now I can't tell what the actual new layout of the keyboard is. I can't find any examples of photos of the latest model with a UK layout. Edit turns out I was wrong and now the pg-up and pg-down keys are function keys again but the left and right keys are now full-size. From what I've heard from MacBook users, they prefer the inverted T layout that Apple went with with their latest 16" laptop as it's easier to find the arrow keys by feel. Oh well I guess it's still a big improvement from last year's design.
- eisa01 7y agoIt's really funny how PC OEMs copied the broken Apple arrow-key layout from 2016-18...
- nyc640 7y agoI for one prefer having one-key access to the PgUp/PgDn keys to be able to Ctrl + PgUp/PgDn to move between browser tabs, but at least from the article, it looks pretty clearly like the PgUp and PgDn keys are not squished above the arrow keys in the new design and instead require you to press Fn + Up/Down. [1] [1] https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/xps132020ces3-1440x961.jpg https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/xps13...
- Cpoll 7y ago> Ctrl + PgUp/PgDn I didn't know that hotkey. I use Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab (both options appear to be defaults in Chrome at least).
- pishpash 7y agoYeah, pretty sure there are multiple other ways to switch browser tabs, not a good reason to put PgUp/PgDn there. You can always map keys as well, but having hardwired keys right next to arrows make them a bit useless.
- kbrosnan 7y agoThe 2016 and earlier models had a fn based page up/down keyboard format. https://i.imgur.com/zTRSKXR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/zTRSKXR.jpg They chose to move to the dedicated page up/down buttons by the '18 refresh I assume there was a bit of feedback asking for easy access to those keys.