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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: spiza on Wed, 03 March 2021, 05:47:38
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I got myself this keyboard but the keys for space and right shift are just some random buttons. I would love to buy myself a new keyset but I am having issues figuring out which will fit. It has box khaleh switches so probably any cherry will fit but the sizing of two space buttons and right shift is a complete mistery to me and I will probably have to take some 104 keycaps where I have no guarantee they will fit.
(https://camo.githubusercontent.com/13819ce495b2679f86ed0d8da17ae7dcbaed93c226b46b30b155b5ab74e60ac9/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f4e33446a6447716c2e6a7067?.jpg)
How do you handle those keysize issues, I am a bit new to the whole thing.
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Not 100% sure but looks like shift is 1.75u (same width as caps lock)? If so that cap is common, usually shown next to an FN key intented for use on a 60% board. 2u caps for the spacebars are less common, one option would be getting an SA set as the numberpad + and Enter caps will be row 3 which is also commonly used for the bottom row.
Basically when you get a non standard board you have to look really carefully before pressing the buy button. Feel free to post any set you're interested in and I'll check it :)
Edit: Looking again at home are the 'spacebars' 2.25u (same width as enter)?
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You also don't need to match ALL the caps. I don't know why there's such a fascination of having a SET, nothing is really part of a set. It's arbitrary.