I see no use for the numlock key, I’d rather just have the numpad on the whole time. Are there actually cases where it is useful or people who for some reason prefer their numpad turned off?

  • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world
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    I have literally removed the NumLock keycap from all of my keyboards to make sure I don’t accidentally turn it off. Never missed it.

    I have also removed the F1 keycap. Never use it.

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      1 year ago

      Lol I also remove the Num Lock key! I find myself accidentally pressing it too much and I just never want to use that function anyway.

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      1 year ago

      Scroll Lock is the one that comes to mind as a safe removal.

      However, for me, the real useless AND inconvenient piece of shit I wish I could rebind as I want that space for something better is Caps Lock. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy to do.

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        1 year ago

        Use autohotkey! I have a very simple solution for this, where the caps lock key is mapped either as a backspace key, or it minimizes the current window.

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        You should look into Kanata. It lets you remap the whole keyboard, same idea as QMK, except it’s running on your computer instead of the keyboard itself.

        It can be a bit tricky to set up if you’re not used to that sort of thing, but I managed to figure it out so if you have any questions feel free to ask.

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        1 year ago

        Swap caps lock and left control. It’s the first thing I do on most of my computers, especially notebooks.

        The newer versions of Windows Powertoys from Microsoft makes it easy on Windows.

        Been easy on Mac and most Linux distros for years.