Still,
@Still@programming.dev avatar

I see this board a lot, how do you all deal with not having a control key?

sudneo,

It does have (space for) a control key. At least my 2 lily58 do.

Still,
@Still@programming.dev avatar

I’ve only seen them in the 6x4+thumbs layout not 6x5 option

sudneo,

Yes, but it depends really on what you want to bind where.

In my case, I have no capslock and I have ESC, TAB, shift, ctlr (on the outermost column) and alt, super, lower, space (on the bottom row/thumb. Obviously with qmk (or similar) you can change what you want, but I assumed it was pretty standard layout (in fact, I changed very little from stock keymaps in qmk).

Still,
@Still@programming.dev avatar

yeah, I want the ctrl in the ctrl spot cuz I press it with my palm when playing games, currently im using an ergodox-ish board I made

sudneo,

Oh I see what you mean, control in the leftmost place in the bottom row. Yeah, that’s not possible. I don’t use the lily58 to play the games where I have years of muscle memory to be honest.

dnzm,
@dnzm@feddit.nl avatar

I have two control keys! They’re under D and K, through the miracle of mod-tap. Look into home row mods, it’s a game changer. Here’s my keymap for reference — it’s a bit of a work in progress, I keep finding little things to tweak or improve.

As it stands, the two outer thumbs (App/Alt) aren’t even mapped at the moment, they’re too tucky for my hands, and the outer row on the left isn’t exactly what the cap legends say, either.

Still,
@Still@programming.dev avatar

mod tap sadly doesn’t work for me as I use a buncho weird keychords and i play videogames

dnzm,
@dnzm@feddit.nl avatar

Why not make a “game” layer that doesn’t get in your game-playing way, and have mod-taps on the rest? (as far as they don’t interfere with the chords, of course)

Kimjongtooill,

Oh sweet! Do you have a link?

Necromnomicon,

That’s looking really good!

dnzm,
@dnzm@feddit.nl avatar

Sure! I have several:

Kimjongtooill,

Awesome! Thank you!

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