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Am I the only one that thinks we should have dedicated buttons for copy/paste on keyboards? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 months ago by AstralPath@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I was just reading this thread... https://sh.itjust.works/post/23476261

...and it got me thinking about something that I've wanted for a long time. Why is it that keyboards have not evolved to have dedicated copy/paste keys left of the main board? I'd love to see an additional column of keys left of Esc->Ctrl configurable as macros at least. I do a lot of copy/paste for work. The current shortcuts arent terrible or anything but they're not exactly comfortable. I'd rather move my whole hand to the left for a macro key than contort to hit the current shortcut.

What do you think?

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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 3 months ago

I used to have a keyboard with dedicated copy and paste keys. Never used them.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago

If you have a QMK compatible keyboard you can do that.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

My keyboard has a column of configurable macro keys. My last one had two columns. I use them soooo much I have literally never bothered to figure out how to set them up on this one.

[-] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

What keyboard is it? I'm curious.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Corsair ~~K60~~ K95

Edit: it is the K95 not the K60, the K60 does not have the macro keys.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 3 months ago

I've seen a few that do that, actually. Like a media keyboard with buttons for music controls, there are some that have additional functions like copy, paste, cut, double space, double enter, etc.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Some of us... Do.

[-] solidgrue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Some keyboards have media keys for that. Some user environments also allow you to remap those keys to other functions.

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Mech keyboard nerds are laughing in QMK...

Barring that, for Windows there's Auto-Hotkeys or MKLC (Win10)/Keyboard Manager (Win11). For Linux, I use Input Remapper for remapping mouse keys, but it works for keyboards too.

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Seems like it would be more useful macro'd to extra mouse buttons.

Keyboard only people are plenty comfortable with frequent shortcuts.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Get a VIA or QMK customizable keeb and you can make any key into any key you want.

[-] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

I have a mouse with programmable (ish) keys and I have some buttons assigned to copy paste. I like it.

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