Arrow keys The desk space reclaimed by a 60% keyboard can be pretty significant. Quickly closing your desktop windows would then be Alt+FN+4. Simply hold down the FN key and hit the number of the function key you want. The row of function keys across the top of the keyboard then just becomes the number row above the QWERTY block. As 60% keyboards are basically mechanical standalone versions of laptop keyboards (portability, size, it all makes sense) they use the same sneaky workarounds. For anyone who has owned a laptop in the past two decades, you’ll know it as that weird little extra key down by Ctrl. Your new best friend with a 60% keyboard is the FN key. The HyperX Alloy Origins 60% Keyboard FN key
HOW TO ALT F4 WITH A 60% KEYBOARD HOW TO
If you’re worried about the loss of the function keys or the arrow block then don’t worry, their functions are still accessible, and here’s how to use them.
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Their small size is great for keeping smaller desks tidy, makes transport hassle-free, and it’s easy to cover with a single hand while drawing or flicking your mouse around with the other.īut for people who are used to the lumbering full-size or still-beefy tenkeyless options of mechanical keyboards, the extra keys that are pruned to get to that 40% form factor can be hard to come to terms with. Supremely-compact mechanical keyboards like the HyperX Alloy Origins 60 are now considered a must-have piece of kit for a growing number of people in many groups from digital artists to FPS players.