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JRufer OP t1_j9f3b8j wrote

Reply to comment by dsarma in Trying out a small felt desk-pad. This wood desk is too nice to cover entirely. by JRufer

I'm a southpaw PC gamer, so I use my right hand for keyboard controls. This is a layout I set up in VIA that mimics the left side of a standard keyboard so that I have standard WASD controls and right to left layout for the rest of the keys. This minimizes the number of keys I need to rebind in every PC game, before I can play.

It also gives me a nice thumb cluster of custom keys that I can easily access, as well as one column of keys to the right of WASD, for my pinky to easily hit. Those are just easy to rebind as well.

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dsarma t1_j9f3mpx wrote

That makes so much sense! This way you can use it like a controller instead of faffing about with your keyboard itself.

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JRufer OP t1_j9f4clm wrote

Exactly! This is basically a game pad that allows me to use mostly out of the box key layouts in games. I only have to make a few custom key assignments as apposed to remapping every key in every game.

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