TLDR: Need a high quality TKL keyboard that can remap keys in hardware
I have two Brown Cherry Filco Majestouch's, have had them for years and love them, originally recommended to me here.
Trouble is I'm currently finding myself running quite a few key remapping programs in software and so am thinking maybe this could be shifted to the hardware?
I use a Colemak layout so there's a key remap layer I've imported into Windows.
And I've been playing quite a bit of Starcraft 2 using the Core Plus layout, this layout rotates the right side shift => alt => control buttons to allow quick keypresses for various actions.
So in software I'm currently:
- Remapping Qwerty => Colemak
- Sharpkeys to remap the right ctrl/shift/alt
- Autohotkey to undo the sharpkeys remap for non-gaming use
Since I'm using a Filco I wouldn't really want to downgrade on quality for this, I mean the software remaps aren't *that* bad.
So criteria is :
- An on par, or an upgrade from a Filco
- The ability to reprogram how keys are mapped
- Ideally TKL
- Must have the right hand shift above the alt and control buttons, this is for the SC2 Core maps. I think this rules out the HHKB, tho maybe being a programmable keyboard means this requirement is irrelevant and can be ignored since you'd just remap around it?
I've seen mention of the Vortex Poker 3, this even seems to have a built in Colemak, which is pretty mind blowing for me, I thought no-one but me used this!
Poker is feasible but it isn't a TKL and I suspect it may actually be a downgrade from the Filco.
Any thoughts or options?