Programable Keypads

By Xah Lee. Date: 2010-04-30. Last updated: 2019-04-01.

This page lists the best programble keypads.

Here's a sample setup to increase your productivity.

4 buttons for {select all, cut, copy, paste}.
2 buttons for {undo, redo}.
2 buttons for prev/next tab. {【Ctrl+Tab】, 【Ctrl+Shift+Tab】}
2 button for close tabe 【Ctrl+w】, unclose last tab 【Ctrl+Shift+t】.
2 buttons to switch prev/next window.
1 button to close window. (【Alt+F4】)
4 buttons to switch to 4 your most frequently used apps. For example, browser, terminal, emacs, desktop, image editor, video editor.
1 button to switch windows of the current app.

You can also set up keys for games, Photoshop, video editing, 3D modeling, etc.

Infinitton Programable Keypad

This came out in 2018-04.

full color LCD display for each key.

1 year warranty

few amazon reviews yet, but so far pretty good comments.

Each key is a display, and this thing is not very expensive.

This is a no-nonsense work horse. Buy one, you get a super keypad, buy 2, you have a split ergo keyboard.

This came out in 2018-01

Well liked and popular keypad.

New player in town. Popular in the Do It Yourself community.

The X-keys was known as “Fentek”. This is classic, tried-and-true. It exist in 2000s or earlier.

X-keys 24, review Buy at amazon

This one is for, if you want to be the master of the universe. and there are people like that. See: One Thousand Function Keys.

I do not recommend Razer products, because they force you to have internet connection.

I do not recommend Razer Tartarus, because its rubber keys.

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