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Re: Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for coding?

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Post by ciaran-ifelse »

ashtonkem wrote: post #88

My mouse (Logitech G604) has six side buttons, three extra top bottoms, and has the following programmed on it: - copy - paste - enter - forward - back - Zoom mic toggle[0] - OSX screen left/right (activated by pushing the mouse wheel left or right). - Volume up/down (on top of the mouse) Screen left/right is the most important things I do with the mouse aside from the normal pointing and clicking. For the side butto…

Screen left/right with apple magic mouse is what I use the most.

As a developer, I have 2 screens and multiple desktops per screen.

Screen 1: Chrome on desktop 1, VS Code desktop 2.

Screen 2: Database on desktop 3, Postman desktop 4, Slack/Email Desktop 5.

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for coding?

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I have hold/tap set up on all my modifiers on my Iris[0]. I got the idea from the (modern) Space Cadet[1] keyboard. From inside to outside my thumb buttons are (when held) Command, no hold key, Option, and Hyper (where hyper means all 4 modifiers at the same time. On tap they all do things I use a lot: the command keys are Esc and Enter on left and right. The no-hold-keys (that my thumbs rest on) are backspace and space. The option keys are opening and closing braces. The hyper keys are opening and closing angle brackets, but since I don't do any JSX or Html any more I might make those square brackets. I have control keys just outboard of where my pinkies rest (where you'd normally find capslock and apostrophe) and those are, respectively, double quote and apostrophe on tap. Shift are in the normal place but on tap they are parentheses.

In other words: every key that has a hold behavior also has a tap behavior. Several keys with tap behaviors also have hold behaviors for switching layers: home row left hand keys change the right hand to arrows, numbers, or symbols.

[0] https://stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/a-modern-space-cadet/#s17... [1] https://keeb.io/products/iris-keyboard-split-ergonomic-keybo...

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for coding?

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Post by cyberge99 »

ashtonkem wrote: post #88

My mouse (Logitech G604) has six side buttons, three extra top bottoms, and has the following programmed on it: - copy - paste - enter - forward - back - Zoom mic toggle[0] - OSX screen left/right (activated by pushing the mouse wheel left or right). - Volume up/down (on top of the mouse) Screen left/right is the most important things I do with the mouse aside from the normal pointing and clicking. For the side butto…

Same mouse, different functions: Left scroll wheel is screen left

Right scroll is right screen

Other buttons are: Show all windows Show all current windows Lock screen Screenshot cursor (shift alt 3)

The GHub software was a pain and I had to use macros and keyboard maestro to do some things.

Overall I love the mouse (bluetooth is still wonky, I use usb dongle).

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for coding?

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TacticalCoder wrote: post #83

I'm not japanese (but I've got japanese family members) but I do use japanese keyboard since years and years and years. I use it as a qwerty keyboard but... I use the extra functions keys as "super" and "hyper" in addition to ctrl/shift/alt. I love japanese keyboards because the space bar is tiny so the modifiers left and right of the space bar are easy to reach. The "super" modifier is only for shortcuts related to…

Your strongest fingers having the most buttons makes the most sense to me AND YET you had to switch to a Japanese layout to make it happen!! This is why I like Apple's relatively small 5U spacebar and why I eventually switched to ortholinear and then vertical stagger.

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for coding?

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screye wrote: post #42

Along the same lines: 1. How often do people use 'home' and 'end' keys ? I don't, but I know quite a lot who swear by them. Do they actually increase productivity ? 2. Should caps lock be removed as a large button in the most valuable real-estate-area on the keyboard ? I literally never use it. Even when typing long ALL-CAPS sequences. I just use 'shift' instead. 3. Do you use space bars with both hands ? I only use…

Home and End are available almost everywhere in macOS with Ctrl+a and Ctrl+e. When I use someone else's computer I inevitably end up typing A and E within about 2 minutes since I'm used to caps lock as control. So I guess every two minutes or so?

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for coding?

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Post by GnarfGnarf »

screye wrote: post #42

Along the same lines: 1. How often do people use 'home' and 'end' keys ? I don't, but I know quite a lot who swear by them. Do they actually increase productivity ? 2. Should caps lock be removed as a large button in the most valuable real-estate-area on the keyboard ? I literally never use it. Even when typing long ALL-CAPS sequences. I just use 'shift' instead. 3. Do you use space bars with both hands ? I only use…

1. I use Home all the time, to get to the beginning of the line.

2. I removed the Caps Lock key from my "Das Keyboard". Kept hitting it by accident.

Re: Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for coding?

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Post by edoceo »

ashtonkem wrote: post #88

My mouse (Logitech G604) has six side buttons, three extra top bottoms, and has the following programmed on it: - copy - paste - enter - forward - back - Zoom mic toggle[0] - OSX screen left/right (activated by pushing the mouse wheel left or right). - Volume up/down (on top of the mouse) Screen left/right is the most important things I do with the mouse aside from the normal pointing and clicking. For the side butto…

Post the Zoom control box!
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