I find f13-f24 keys are useful for exactly that.
You need a keyboard you can reprogram however unless you find a physical keyboard with those.
I use a dygma defy that has those keys programmed in.
You need a keyboard you can reprogram however unless you find a physical keyboard with those.
I use a dygma defy that has those keys programmed in.
This was the initial layout I came up with, there are a few things I'd probably change on the hardware layout side but as far as actual keys I usually go with blank caps so that can be changed without much pain so long as it isn't a special shaped key: https://i.imgur.com/zVJWbC9.png
One thing I would suggest is that if you can split the space bar, it’s soo much real estate for one key, even if you split into 4 keys with 2 keys being space.
I have a split space with shift mapped into one of the keys so I hold shift with my thumb much easier then pinky and makes touch typing flow better.