• .Donuts@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Shift is A, Caps Lock is Z, Control & Backspace is spacebar.

    Don’t ask me why, I just searched the image and found the reddit thread that this post is riffing from and got my answers

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        4 hours ago

        Less used than the Code key apparently. Their editor must crash A LOT if they need a dedicated button to launch it more than A or Space

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        11 hours ago

        Even though I told you don’t ask me why… you’re asking me why. But I’m a good donut so I went back:

        They dont have to press BOTH keys to press space, they just didnt have a spacebar key that is the correct size to fit, so they put those 2 random keys on instead until they get a permanent keycap set that all fits.

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        9 hours ago

        Split spacebars are thing mostly because of layouts that won’t support a normal spacebar key. But, since most of these keyboards have user created and designed firmware, one could assign those spacebar keys to do anything.

        I have a few keyboards with split spacebars where the “right” spacebar is normal; it’s just a spacebar but small. The “left” space does dual duty; tap it and it’s a spacebar, hold it down and it becomes a modifier key for a custom layer. Custom layers are used on small keyboards to make the “missing” keys available, sort of like how a phone keyboard has number layer and symbols layer.

        I fully embraced this habit of split spacebars because I cannot train myself to use my left thumb to hit space for the life of me even though I’m a touch typist. Since my right thumb is the only digit hitting space, may as well get some use out of the rest of the space taken up by that spacebar.

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          7 hours ago

          Wouldn’t a split spacebar be two different keys that both individually can be used to type a space? This keyboard requires that both keys be pressed together to insert a space because each individual key has a different function. Given the common occurrence of spaces, that seems needlessly difficult.

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            6 hours ago

            This is still a split spacebar layout though, the person on reddit who built this thing even said that they just didn’t have the right sized blank keycaps. This is very normal for small keyboards since keycap sets usually are designed for regular layouts and don’t always have the right size, sculpt, and legend for weird layouts.

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              5 hours ago

              Ah, ok, so “control” and “backspace” don’t actually function as control or backspace keys. Then that makes more sense.

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                4 hours ago

                Yep! This is far from the strangest layout and keycap use out there, but you’ll find that Enter and Shift keys are more common for split spacebar layouts on larger (and saner) 40% keyboards.

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          10 hours ago

          Yeah both are individual space bars, at least that’s how mine is since I hit space with either thumb