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1/12/2012

Here's a random question for you

Why doesn't the numpad have a tab key?

20 comments:

Weer'd Beard said...

That would be a good idea!

North said...

You want it too? I can do that for you. I think...

bluesun said...

Would I need a new keyboard, or could one of these other buttons be rewired... hmmm...

North said...

It can be done programmatically.

bluesun said...

Programagically!

North said...

What key would you want converted?

bluesun said...

Ah, yes. See that's the problem.

North said...

shift-something?

bluesun said...

But then you are getting out of the whole purpose of the exercise, which was going to the next box quickly and without having to change hands.

North said...

is another key close enough?

bluesun said...

There's a couple of those worthless specialty buttons above the numpad. "Program Macro," "Suspnd Macro," "Repeat Rate," and "Remap."

North said...

Doable. My keyboard doesn't have those keys, though. I don't know what the keyboard scan codes are for the keys.

Does remap do anything when you punch it?

North said...

BTW it is easy to remap holding the shift key with your left hand and punching the 0 key (or any other keypad key) you don't move your "data entry" right hand.

bluesun said...

But if am using my other hand to keep track on a list of numbers on my desk, I only have one for the keyboard.

And the remap button apparently just took away all of my "ctrl+shift+esc" and "ctrl+alt+del" functionality. Oops.

North said...

Fire off an email if you want to take this off line.

I assume the plus key is sacred?

Willing to do what I can, but I can't grow a new key.

bluesun said...

I think I'm just going to suffer though it. Thanks for bantering with me, though!

North said...

No problem!

bluesun said...

In case you were wondering, I figured it out. It's a Gateway 2000 programmable keyboard, and the buttons were reprogrammed after I pressed the Remap key. Google, reset everything, then I set the middle arrow key to be tab. Sweetness.

North said...

Hah! I would have made a program to do that and your keyboard already does it!

bluesun said...

Shoulda just started with google, could have saved some time...