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Title: Looking for a keyboard with large Alt key
Post by: michael730 on Fri, 04 April 2014, 07:43:24

i need mehcanical keyboard with very long alt key even better if its as big as shift and cover the windows key like this

                        [Ctrl] [  Alt  ] [      Space      ]


something like this exist?

Title: Re: Looking for a keyboard with large Alt key
Post by: riotonthebay on Fri, 04 April 2014, 07:45:51

Can you be more specific about what you need? Keyboard keycaps are measured in units, where 1u is the width of a normal alpha key. The two standard sizes for Alt are 1.25u ("modern" keyboards) and 1.5u ("vintage" keyboards). If you're looking for a key to fit in a certain spot on your keyboard, you're going to need to be more precise.

Title: Re: Looking for a keyboard with large Alt key
Post by: michael730 on Fri, 04 April 2014, 08:15:19

Quote from: riotonthebay on Fri, 04 April 2014, 07:45:51

Can you be more specific about what you need? Keyboard keycaps are measured in units, where 1u is the width of a normal alpha key. The two standard sizes for Alt are 1.25u ("modern" keyboards) and 1.5u ("vintage" keyboards). If you're looking for a key to fit in a certain spot on your keyboard, you're going to need to be more precise.

i want to buy a new keyboard and i am using the alt key a lot in games so i want to know if a keyboard exist with longer alt key for example instead of having
Ctrl windows key alt Space i would have it Ctrl then a long alt from ctrl to space keyboard like this exist ?


like this [Ctrl] [    Alt     ]  [        space       ]

Title: Re: Looking for a keyboard with large Alt key
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 04 April 2014, 08:15:38

I've only seen such things on some weird old terminal keyboards which aren't likely to be very feasible to use on modern PC without a LOT of work. I think the most easy would be to settle for something like winkeyless Cherry g80-1800 model.
(http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp349/lysol8086/2bf88d78.jpg)

Title: Re: Looking for a keyboard with large Alt key
Post by: esoomenona on Fri, 04 April 2014, 08:16:03

Get this thing, then use some program to switch Ctrl and Alt!

(http://i.imgur.com/Pg0argb.jpg)

Title: Re: Looking for a keyboard with large Alt key
Post by: zeroni13 on Fri, 04 April 2014, 08:21:27

You could make a Phantom keyboard and get a custom plate design made for your purpose. Then you can make almost any layout you want. Still don't know how you would mount the switch for this purpose. Just a thought.

Phantom PCB:
(http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/images/products/large_536_phantom_PCB_top2.jpg)