navigation.md

rafaelromao's keyboard layout

Navigation and Media

The Navigation and Media layer can be activated holding the outer left and right thumb keys, respectively.

Navigation

• The Navigation layer gives access to Standard Modifiers, Enter, Tab, Insert, Delete, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down and VIM style navigation, as well as Esc and a Save shortcut.
• There are also shortcuts to some common actions in this layer, like searching browser tabs, opening files explorer, calculator or a terminal. This is implemented using Meh keys and software mapping.
• In VIM, navigation with hjkl should be remapped to raei, to use the fingers in the home position. Some other bindings should be remapped as well:

noremap A J
noremap E K
noremap I L
noremap L G
noremap G E
noremap M W
noremap W M
noremap K Z
noremap J A
noremap Z I
noremap R H
noremap H R

noremap a j
noremap e k
noremap i l
noremap l g
noremap g e
noremap m w
noremap w m
noremap k z
noremap j a
noremap z i
noremap r h
noremap h r

noremap kk zz
noremap ll gg

Media

• The Media layer gives access to Standard Modifiers, Media controls, Esc and a Save shortcut.

Mouse Keys

• In the left side of the Media layer, there are keys to control the mouse.

Fixed Navigation Layer

• A fixed version of the Navigation layer can be toggled on permanently using the Shortcuts layer.
• In this layer, the left side is replaced by the left side of the Media layer, giving access to Mouse Keys.
• This clone works the same way as the original Navigation layer, but the outer right thumb key will activate the Media layer instead of the System layer.

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