Vim users - how are you using arrow keys?

Long story short: case buttons lead to vim hjkl…


Base layer, notice 7890 keys which together with trackball act as regular thumb trackball with buttons on 7890

  • 7890 keys map to mouse buttons, basic tab switching, new tab, close tab, and trackball-scrolling
  • mouse/caps button alone mirrors entire keymap… …so it is possible to write single-handedly.

Case buttons activate arrow keys:

  • A-insert is terminal paste shortcut

Case button + mouse/caps button activates mouse key layer

  • A-arrows, C-PgUp/Down are browser history and tab switching
  • C-T C-W are “new tab” “close tab”

Right “space” activates symbol/macro/Fkey layer:

  • top row are runtime macros (vim-like style), ~ key acts as vim Q (Q+key starts recording)
  • Emoji contains shortcuts to commonly used emoji alt codes, e.g. Emoji+c+r = cry, Emomji + h + r = heart, etc…
  • Bind allows rebinding part of the keymap:
    • Bind+a - maps arrows onto jilk, and regular escape on the mouse/caps key
    • Bind+m - maps the 7890 keys to regular mouse actions (this disables rocking gestures, middle-hold scrolling and middleclick simulation, but works reliably in games etc)
  • RGB allows switching backlight colour, e.g., RGB+r = red, RGB+y = yellow, RGB+n = warm white, RGB+f = functional…

And another keymap which realizes that mirroring setup, via holdKeymapLayer references…


If you have any questions, post them here: My configuration - mirroring setup, runtime macros, etc

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