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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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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I'm pretty happy working as a developer where I can choose my own editor. (Neo)Vim, Kakoune, now Helix, they all just have one single key used for copying (/"yanking") text to a register: y, and it's bloody fast. I can't even use VS Code without a Vim or Helix or Kakoune emulator extension. But of course I prefer to use the faster, pure terminal applications.

To be honest I'm not really that great with Vim actions anymore. Even if I was using it for about a decade. The Kakoune and Helix model just made too much sense.

[–] Beryl@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's true they would probably be more useful to the average keyboard user than say the scroll lock key, or the fucking copilot key. But to be really useful, they would have to be easily accessible without moving you bands, or else it'd just be faster to use a shortcut. Keyboards with macro keys do exist so maybe get one and map them to CTRL+C/V

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 (1 children)

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.

[–] 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.

[–] 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.

[–] 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.

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

Some of us... Do.

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