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I don't know how anybody can stand not having a numpad.

frankmatranga 5mo ago
What do you use yours for? All I’ve ever missed it for was the default Blender keybinds for the camera perspective
wtallis 5mo ago
I only use a number pad for playing a few games, and for bulk data entry. Neither of those use cases are something I prefer using my laptop for, and even on my desktops they're rare enough that I'd much rather have the number pad separate and largely out of the way. What do you use a number pad for often enough to not only see it as mandatory for you, but to leave you unable to imagine how anyone could live without it?
miek 5mo ago
For serious work, I'm docked and using a large monitor, split keyboard, etc. Many people make concessions when on a laptop.
d3Xt3r 5mo ago
I never used it. Well, I lie, I did use it back in the day for playing some DOS games where you had to share your keyboard with your friend... But all my keyboards have been TKL over the past 15+ years and I don't miss it. I don't know why anyone needs to use a numpad unless they're in a job where they work a lot with numbers. And if you're not in such a role, what is your hobby exactly that demands so much number punching?
dylan604 5mo ago
I bought a bluetooth 10-key. I use the home/end keys religiously when editing in an NLE, and it drove me crazy trying to be a road warrior without it. After having the external, I prefer it as it is full size instead of trying to squeeze it into the laptop frame size. So not having the numpad on the laptop is a-okay for me
CarVac 5mo ago
I do number entry with the number row. 8 fingers > 3 fingers.
K7PJP 5mo ago
I do not understand why a numpad is considered a necessity by some. I never used it when I had them. Do you work in data entry?
- eviks 5mo ago
  Because it's way more convenient to type numbers, and no, you don't need to work in data entry to enter data / appreciate this convenience
eviks 5mo ago
Easy - by moving numpad to your main keyboard with a modifier so you don't need to move your hand just to type numbers
- pmontra 5mo ago
  Ah yes, I remember those keyboards. Maybe in the 90s?
  - ulrikrasmussen 5mo ago
    I have just configured my keyboard to give me a numpad on UIOJKLM,. if I hold down ';' with my pinky and don't let go immediately.
  - eviks 5mo ago
    With the flexibility of software - also in the 20s
pmontra 5mo ago
I never use my numpad. I use the numbers in the top row of the keyboard. I'd be super happy to yank my numpad out of my laptop, move the keyboard a little bit to the right and center align it with the center of the screen. My head would be centered with the middle of the screen too. Unfortunately I had to settle with that keyboard because every other laptop was a worse tradeoff.
- puzzlingcaptcha 5mo ago
  I've learned to love numpad when I spent some time working in France. On AZERTY layouts you need to press SHIFT for each regular number.
pch00 5mo ago
Absolutely hate numberpads on laptops - if you're sitting with the laptop directly in front of you it means your arms and hands are slightly offset to the left for normal typing.
fodkodrasz 5mo ago
Numpad makes notebooks unnecessarily wide (I don't like widescreen, 4:3 was the best aspect ratio), but classical Thinkpad arrows and home key block layout is what I really miss (and Trackpoint with proper drivers and cursor kinematics as it were in linux circa 2005) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/IBM_ThinkPad_T60_%282%29.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/IBM_Thin... (though I prefer ISO enter, eg. Hungarian, German or Swedish layout)
harel 5mo ago
I sit...

What do you use yours for? All I’ve ever missed it for was the default Blender keybinds for the camera perspective

I only use a number pad for playing a few games, and for bulk data entry. Neither of those use cases are something I prefer using my laptop for, and even on my desktops they're rare enough that I'd much rather have the number pad separate and largely out of the way. What do you use a number pad for often enough to not only see it as mandatory for you, but to leave you unable to imagine how anyone could live without it?

miek 5mo ago

For serious work, I'm docked and using a large monitor, split keyboard, etc. Many people make concessions when on a laptop.

d3Xt3r 5mo ago

I never used it. Well, I lie, I did use it back in the day for playing some DOS games where you had to share your keyboard with your friend... But all my keyboards have been TKL over the past 15+ years and I don't miss it. I don't know why anyone needs to use a numpad unless they're in a job where they work a lot with numbers. And if you're not in such a role, what is your hobby exactly that demands so much number punching?

dylan604 5mo ago

I bought a bluetooth 10-key. I use the home/end keys religiously when editing in an NLE, and it drove me crazy trying to be a road warrior without it. After having the external, I prefer it as it is full size instead of trying to squeeze it into the laptop frame size. So not having the numpad on the laptop is a-okay for me

CarVac 5mo ago

I do number entry with the number row. 8 fingers > 3 fingers.

K7PJP 5mo ago

I do not understand why a numpad is considered a necessity by some. I never used it when I had them. Do you work in data entry?

eviks 5mo ago
Because it's way more convenient to type numbers, and no, you don't need to work in data entry to enter data / appreciate this convenience

eviks 5mo ago

Easy - by moving numpad to your main keyboard with a modifier so you don't need to move your hand just to type numbers

pmontra 5mo ago
Ah yes, I remember those keyboards. Maybe in the 90s?
- ulrikrasmussen 5mo ago
  I have just configured my keyboard to give me a numpad on UIOJKLM,. if I hold down ';' with my pinky and don't let go immediately.
- eviks 5mo ago
  With the flexibility of software - also in the 20s

pmontra 5mo ago

I never use my numpad. I use the numbers in the top row of the keyboard. I'd be super happy to yank my numpad out of my laptop, move the keyboard a little bit to the right and center align it with the center of the screen. My head would be centered with the middle of the screen too. Unfortunately I had to settle with that keyboard because every other laptop was a worse tradeoff.

puzzlingcaptcha 5mo ago
I've learned to love numpad when I spent some time working in France. On AZERTY layouts you need to press SHIFT for each regular number.

pch00 5mo ago

Absolutely hate numberpads on laptops - if you're sitting with the laptop directly in front of you it means your arms and hands are slightly offset to the left for normal typing.

fodkodrasz 5mo ago

Numpad makes notebooks unnecessarily wide (I don't like widescreen, 4:3 was the best aspect ratio), but classical Thinkpad arrows and home key block layout is what I really miss (and Trackpoint with proper drivers and cursor kinematics as it were in linux circa 2005) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/IBM_ThinkPad_T60_%282%29.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/IBM_Thin... (though I prefer ISO enter, eg. Hungarian, German or Swedish layout)

harel 5mo ago

I sit...