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> ... without Home/End/PgUp/PgDn/Insert keys ... My laptop has Home/End/PgUp/PgDn as the Fn function on the Arrow keys, and its actually really good. So good I

• layer8 4y ago
  Yeah, I use Home/End/PgUo/PgDn constantly, so much that having to use any modifier for it is just not acceptable to me. A secondary factor is that there are often keyboard shortcuts that combine Home/End/PgUp/PgDn with (combinations of) Shift/Ctrl/Alt, so having to add another modifier to those just makes it really inconvenient. There is a sweet spot of the number of keys available for use without modifier keys, and that sweet spot may be different for everyone, but it is closer to 100 for me.
  • Tijdreiziger 4y ago
    Having Home/End/PgUp/PgDn bound to the Fn key is much more convenient for me, though. After all, you already do all other cursor manipulation with a combination of the arrow keys and Ctrl/Alt/Shift. From a muscle memory perspective, having the 'beginning/end of line' and 'previous/next page' actions as just another modifier is much more natural than having to use an entirely separate set of keys for this.