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Title: Create media keyboard shortcuts? (And other shortcuts)
Post by: Mech0z on Sat, 25 February 2012, 08:29:34

I want to get a proper tenkeyless keyboard instead of my Choc mini, but the Filco do not have mediakeys (The camo does ,but dont want the loose my left windows button. So do anyone know some free software that can create Media hotkeys and maybe shortcuts for other applications? so I cant do altgr  + D to skip a track in my musicplayer for example.

Title: Create media keyboard shortcuts? (And other shortcuts)
Post by: Saviant on Sat, 25 February 2012, 08:58:02

What about looking at the Coolermaster Rapid keyboards, they do have media keys, both left and right start, able to disable both windows keys aswell.

Title: Create media keyboard shortcuts? (And other shortcuts)
Post by: Mech0z on Sat, 25 February 2012, 09:21:01

Quote from: Saviant;525426

What about looking at the Coolermaster Rapid keyboards, they do have media keys, both left and right start, able to disable both windows keys aswell.

Are they mx brown?

Edit: Nwm can see they have all kinds, but the only shop in my country that sells them dont list which version they have http://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=745097

Title: Create media keyboard shortcuts? (And other shortcuts)
Post by: Saviant on Sat, 25 February 2012, 09:33:06

From what I could read in the description it may be cherry black switches. I know they do them in Blue, Black, Red and Brown. I personally have 1 blue and 1 red switch as I do have many brown switched keyboards besides in Australia we can't get access to the brown ones atm.

Title: Create media keyboard shortcuts? (And other shortcuts)
Post by: alaricljs on Sat, 25 February 2012, 09:46:22

Also, if you end up not wanting the CM for whatever reason, AutoHotKey is the software solution you're looking for to do hotkey stuff in Windows.  Here's my post (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?18052-AutoHotKey-Share-your-Scripts!&p=348717&viewfull=1#post348717) in the GH thread about AHK which is a media key script for Win7.  There are a couple simpler media key scripts in that thread too, but they're basically just key substitutions.

Title: Create media keyboard shortcuts? (And other shortcuts)
Post by: Mech0z on Sat, 25 February 2012, 13:07:46

Anyone tried both the Filco and the Quickfire? Just wonder if there is a big difference in quality

Title: Create media keyboard shortcuts? (And other shortcuts)
Post by: alaricljs on Sat, 25 February 2012, 13:25:13

Built by the same OEM, most of the parts are the same... keycaps and case are different, the controller has a slight variation.  Detachable USB vs permanent cable... There's really not much room for quality differentiation.  Also buried in a thread around here is someone stating that with identical switches in both boards he couldn't tell which was which.

Title: Create media keyboard shortcuts? (And other shortcuts)
Post by: Mech0z on Sat, 25 February 2012, 13:44:26

Well if the QuickFire ever comes for sale in Brown in Denmark I think I will pick that one up (And US layout)

Title: Create media keyboard shortcuts? (And other shortcuts)
Post by: metafour on Sat, 25 February 2012, 16:30:58

Quote from: Mech0z;525410

I want to get a proper tenkeyless keyboard instead of my Choc mini, but the Filco do not have mediakeys (The camo does ,but dont want the loose my left windows button. So do anyone know some free software that can create Media hotkeys and maybe shortcuts for other applications? so I cant do altgr  + D to skip a track in my musicplayer for example.

KeyRemap4MacBook works great for Macs.