![]() ![]() Next to that we have some Navigation keys. BL Togg toggles the lights either on or off. BL Dec decreases the brightness and BL Inc increases it. My Tada68 has purple LEDs under each key so these control the light. Under the mouse keys you’ll see the backlight control keys. It’s not the best solution but it gets the job done. The Q and E keys work as Left Click and Right Click respectively. I use i3 on my laptop as my Window Manager, but I’m still a bit of a mouse noob so sometimes I still use it and this makes it possible without moving the keyboard off of my laptop. So in the event that I need to move the mouse around I can do so by holding FN and pressing either W A S or D depending on the direction I want the mouse to go. Like I mentioned before, this keyboard will sit on top of my laptop’s keyboard making it impossible to use the ThinkPoint. That way if I have to yell at someone, I still can. Since I removed the CapsLock key on my Base Layer I decided to add it back where it normally belongs on my Function Layer. So pressing 1 will send F1, 2 will send F2 and so on. So when I hold the FN key and press one of the number row keys it acts as the corresponding F key. I have to make up for that using a Function layer. ![]() So since the Tada68 is only a 65% keyboard, it is missing some of the keys on a standard 144 key full size keyboard. The hilighted keys below and the keys that do something different when pressed in combination with the FN key.Īs you can see above, there is a lot going on. Now this is where things really get interesting – and a little overwhelming. I replaced the normal Ctrl key with my FN key. It’s just another little quality of life change. So when they are tapped the left Shift will send ( and the right will send ). I also made the Shift keys Space Cadet Shift keys. Making the Ctrl key easily accessible with my pinky from the home row makes using keyboard shortcuts a breeze. One that I didn’t know I needed until I changed it. This has been an amazing quality of life change. ![]() I have also changed the Caps Lock to function as ESC when it’s tapped and Ctrl when it is held. ![]() I find it easier to hit backspace with this layout. I have made a few changes like swapping the Backspace key and the |\ key. It’s pretty much the same as every other keyboard as far as the keys go. It has Mouse control keys so that I can set it on top of my Thinkpad’s keyboard and not be too upset that I’m covering the ThinkPoint. Note: This is currently only the layout for my Tada68 because that is the keyboard that I use with my laptop. Over the past few years I’ve messed around with a few different layouts until I finally settled on one that I liked 1 So I’ll share that one with you now! My Custom Keyboard Layout for my Tada68 # I liked the thought of having full control over what each and every key did when I pressed it or held it or double tapped it or whatever. One of the things that really drew me to building custom keyboards was the ability to program custom layouts using the QMK Frimware. I currently have 12 keyboards and countless key cap sets. It’s a hobby I never really saw myself getting into, but when I did, I got into it hard. I mean, I have an r/MechanicalKeyboards sticker on my car! I’ve built around 8 or 9 keyboards on my own. Everyone who knows me already knows this. First off, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Anyway, I’m a keyboard nerd. ![]()
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