The Space Key

History of Space Key, Why Long Spacebar?

Typewriter Spacebar History

Do We Need Long Spacebar?

Spacebar is a waste of space.

It should be no more than 2 key's width. The rest space can be used for {Backspace ⌫, Return, Alt.}.

Length of Spacebar

On older Keyboards up to 1990s, the spacebar span 7 to 9 keys.

• DEC VT100 Terminal (spacebar hogging 9 keys)
• Sun Microsystems Type 6 Keyboard (spacebar hogging 7 keys)
• IBM Model M keyboard (1985) (spacebar hogging 7 keys)
• NeXT Keyboard (spacebar hogging 8 keys)

Keyboards after 2000, the spacebar span 5 to 6 keys.

• On Logitech Non-Gaming Keyboards, the spacebar span 6 keys.
• On Microsoft Keyboards ⌨, the spacebar span 5.5 keys.

Better design is to have many thumb keys in place of the spacebar.

Many Ergonomic Keyboards now split the space into 2 or more keys.

Tiny Spacebar

• Tiny Spacebar