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How do you like to bind your arrow keys, and why?

Ergo boards don't typically have dedicated arrow clusters, so we're left to bind them on some alternate layers one way or another.

Here are two prevalent layouts, along with some initial thoughts:

Homerow

Binding them linearly to a homerow on some layer.

Pros

  • Arrows directly underneath your fingertips

Cons

  • Less intuitive
  • Pinky may be weaker when going right repeatedly

Pyramid

Bind arrows in a traditional pyramid shape, likely based on a homerow as well.

Pros

  • Familiar layout
  • Extra key available for pinky, e.g. a tab might be handy

Cons

  • Finger movement required for up arrow
  • Takes space on the row above, which might matter if you'd like to have a full row of other things there

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[–] tensor_nightly69@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I am on my Ergodox EZ. One layer has hjkl for arrow keys, and another has them for mouse movement, with u for left-click and o for right-click.

[–] Tiuku@sopuli.xyz 1 points 15 hours ago

Impressive, so it can be done ^^