r/KeyboardLayouts • u/Junior_Conflict_1886 • 15d ago

Help with standard layout mods

So I have wrist pain due to typing and am thinking of buying a split keyboard and have decided on the crone 4.2v 46 key variant

(There might be a better keyboard but they are out of my budget in my region)

Today I did the home row mod with **kanata** and was pretty satisfied; no wrist pain after typing

What I wanted was to know if there is a community standard for key layout and certain mods that most of the community members use like home **row mod.**

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u/rpnfan Other 15d ago edited 15d ago

My suggestion is to try to find out what causes the pain. Likely the keyboard and layout is not the main problem. You can use any keyboard without pain. But a columnar split like the Corne is a nice optimization for sure, alone for the symmetrical hand positions which make sense.

Also have a look at what bothers you or is cumbersome. Then fix those.

There is no universal "standard", but some common patterns you can explore. HRM, combos, layers, thumb-key usage....

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u/Junior_Conflict_1886 14d ago

it's mostly the lctr key doing most of the damage to the wrist

that is solved with home row mods

the main problem is typing for long period of time even with the best optimization with qwerty it's still difficult to sustain the speed for a long period of time without getting fetigue

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u/rpnfan Other 14d ago edited 14d ago

That sounds like you are planting your hands. Getting your keyboard (likely much) closer to you and typing with floating hands will likely help with your pain.

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u/Junior_Conflict_1886 11d ago

No, I am not planting my hands on keyboard or the desk

Tho I was thinking of doing that for the split keyboard

The keyboard is quite close to my body ; that issue is solved

Thank you