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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: James35 on Tue, 06 May 2014, 18:18:09
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In my opinion, Cooler Master screwed up because they don't let you hold SHIFT to momentarily toggle between numbers and functionality (arrow keys, DEL, PgUp, PgDn, Home, etc). Every day, there are times where we want to quickly change back and forth between the two. Numlock isn't the answer, it's too slow, and not to mention the left hand can't help out.
For quite a while, I researched and tested various AutoHotKey scripts. I've tried complex ones, but in the end, I this efficient simple one is the best.
This AutoHotKey script will change your CAPSLOCK into a momentary Numpad change:
capslock::
{
setnumlockstate, on
keywait, capslock
setnumlockstate, off
}
return
Pressing CAPSLOCK turns Numlock on. Releasing turns it off. (If for some reason, you still want the ability to lock Capslock on, you can lock it on with SHIFT + Capslock.)
Why did I use the CAPSLOCK key for this? Because, sadly, Cooler Master screwed up again: SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT + Numpad 1 and 3 send no keystroke whatsoever, not to mention the zeros too.
If you are interested, you can see our detailed discussion of this in the AutoHotKey forum (http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/87593-how-to-toggle-numlock-on-pressrelease-of-alt-key/).
I'm not trying to bash CM. In fact, overall, I really like the CM Quick Fire TK. The backlighting is gorgeous, it's solid, fonts are amazing, the Fn keys are nice, but I truly was bummed to find out about the Numpad problem. The other thing that is a bad decision was moving the INS, HOME, PgUp, DEL, END, etc keys down 1 row. They are not in the standard location. They wasted the top right area of the keyboard. I'm just going to have to build my own after this. In the meantime, this AutoHotKey script has helped me.
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Interesting, I will try it out. I'm debating selling my qftk and getting a 60% board