jackrosenthal / threelayout

A better modifier based keyboard layout
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usage of (ctrl) shortcuts #50

Open Cre3per opened 11 months ago

Cre3per commented 11 months ago

Many shortcuts that are left-hand-only on qwerty require the right hand on 3l.
This makes it inefficient to use 3l in programs where the right hand usually resides on the mouse, e.g. browser, inkscape.

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Default shortcuts, for system and surfingkeys, all left-hand-only on qwerty:

How do you (Authors/Users) use programs with such shortcuts?
Why isn't 3l mirrored left-to-right (Seeing that these are common shortcuts)?

jackrosenthal commented 10 months ago

I personally find right-handed shortcuts easier. (E.g., LCtrl+C is easy to press as it's on two different hands).

LCtrl+F can be harder to press as it requires a slight hand shift to reach for Ctrl with Lpinky and F with Lring.

However, to each their own! I've seen variant layouts of other layouts keep QWERTY-style Ctrl combinations --- i'd be open to accept a variant of 3l in this repo for that (i.e., 3l-ctrl-qwerty).

Cre3per commented 10 months ago

@jackrosenthal I agree that right-handed shortcuts are easier to press. The problem arises when the right hand is resting on the mouse and has to be lifted back to the keyboard to press a shortcut.

I'd rather not move individual keys as that would change 3l's typing distance.
I'm currently experimenting with a full mirror, would something like this be an acceptable variant? (unstable)

a

b

(not sure about mirroring all layers)

3l is my first time trying out alternative layouts, all feedback is welcome