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Why do so many split keyboards not have "F" keys? (self.mechanical_keyboards)
submitted 1 month ago by 0101100101 to c/mechanical_keyboards
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Undoubtedly, programmers are a major user of keyboards, and IDE developers love function keys for esoteric shortcuts for debugging, moving around, and running code. So why do so many split keyboards not actually have the function keys.

I think makers are missing out a huge audience.

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[โ€“] NostraDavid 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

number key and ctrl

Ctrl-[1-9] selects the first few, and last tab in most browsers.

I get your point, though. I, for one, wish vertically staggered keebs had more keys. (just straight up F1-F24, because more keys is more better)

[โ€“] 0101100101 2 points 3 weeks ago

it's alt+num on debian and MATE! :)