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Title: Ergodox PBT DCS keycaps.. which go where?
Post by: nacitar on Sun, 02 March 2014, 20:23:54

I don't know which keycaps go on which keys, can anyone help me?  i just finished building my ergodox and this is the last step. =/

Title: Re: Ergodox PBT DCS keycaps.. which go where?
Post by: plainbriny on Sun, 02 March 2014, 20:50:27

Maybe you can check the height of the keycaps?

Keycaps in different rows have different heights.

http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/nothing-about-ergonomic-mechanical-keyboard-t288-60.html

Title: Re: Ergodox PBT DCS keycaps.. which go where?
Post by: daerid on Sun, 02 March 2014, 23:44:19

This image helped me out a lot on figuring out where to put the DCS caps. Just line them up side by side, you'll see which ones are which rows.

(http://keycapsdirect.com/images/key-caps/angle3.jpg)

Title: Re: Ergodox PBT DCS keycaps.. which go where?
Post by: SonOfSonOfSpock on Mon, 03 March 2014, 00:34:04

Are they blanks or do they have labels?

Title: Re: Ergodox PBT DCS keycaps.. which go where?
Post by: daerid on Mon, 03 March 2014, 11:59:50

The MassDrop caps are blank

Title: Re: Ergodox PBT DCS keycaps.. which go where?
Post by: nacitar on Mon, 03 March 2014, 14:36:18

Quote from: daerid on Sun, 02 March 2014, 23:44:19

This image helped me out a lot on figuring out where to put the DCS caps. Just line them up side by side, you'll see which ones are which rows.

Show Image

(http://keycapsdirect.com/images/key-caps/angle3.jpg)

That picture and this helped me figure it out: http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/layouts/bac5562be53557966065172a30bf96f2