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reirob | 4 years ago

I am quite curious about using this keyboard without a mouse (in the demo video there seems to be a key called mouse, just above the left shift) - maybe someone who uses it as a mouse can chime in? Alternatively would be interested as well about the trackpoint module - does somebody use it? How precise is it to use it with a thumb, compared with the usage of an original ThinkPad trackpoint or is the TEX Shinobi [1].

The TEX Shinobi TrackPoint is for me much easier and better to use than on modern ThinkPad keyboard, was quite a surprise.

[1] https://tex.com.tw/products/shinobi?variant=16969883648090

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organsnyder|4 years ago

The mouse layer maps keys to mouse movements, buttons and scrolling: hold down the mouse key (or lock it on if you have that mapped) and you can use the arrow keys (JIKL by default) for mouse movements, and other keys for buttons. From a USB HID perspective it behaves identically to a regular mouse.

I haven't used the trackpoint module, but they've put a ton of thought into every other module, so I expect it would be quite good.

I'm a bit of a pointing device hoarder (I have at least four different trackballs and a couple of ergonomic mice), so I always have a few close at hand. I find myself using a regular trackball/mouse (alternating between my favorites to reduce RSI) for my primary pointing device, but the mouse layer is very handy for when I just need to move the mouse a bit and don't want to move my hands from the keyboard.