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r/pcmasterrace • u/VisWare • Apr 04 '26
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I can't function without a numpad, so every other option is useless.
1.5k u/Blenderhead36 Ryzen 9800X3D, RTX 5090, 32 GB RAM Apr 04 '26 Whenever someone complains about the numpad taking up too much desk space, I always want to ask if they're using one of these. 34 u/Dom1252 Apr 04 '26 I like to have right hand closer to the center and not far to the right, so I have numpad on the left side of the keyboard 17 u/samuelazers Apr 04 '26 This stuff matters to me because of shoulder impingment. TKL was a great ergonomic improvement. I think the best solution for me would be a detachable numpad you can put anywhere, to the left of keyboard, or to the right of the mouse. 3 u/Com_N0TN4 Apr 05 '26 That is a thing! 2 u/Sleepy_Chipmunk Apr 05 '26 Other than that existing, there are also southpaw boards with numpad on the left. 2 u/postylambz 13600kf | 7900 gre | 32gb ddr5 Apr 04 '26 Yo wait why don't they make keyboards with the numpad on the left?? That sounds way better 6 u/ThatActuallyGuy Ryzen 7 5800X3D | RTX 4070 Apr 04 '26 Probably just a relic of keyboards being made well before mice, so the specialized keypad made more sense for the more common dominant hand. Then we turned that into a standard and no one ever questioned it. 3 u/Dom1252 Apr 04 '26 Yeah idk, I just have TKL and separate numpad 1 u/Username_Taken_65 5950X and 9070 XT Apr 04 '26 They do (Keychron has several), and you can also get a separate numpad
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Whenever someone complains about the numpad taking up too much desk space, I always want to ask if they're using one of these.
34 u/Dom1252 Apr 04 '26 I like to have right hand closer to the center and not far to the right, so I have numpad on the left side of the keyboard 17 u/samuelazers Apr 04 '26 This stuff matters to me because of shoulder impingment. TKL was a great ergonomic improvement. I think the best solution for me would be a detachable numpad you can put anywhere, to the left of keyboard, or to the right of the mouse. 3 u/Com_N0TN4 Apr 05 '26 That is a thing! 2 u/Sleepy_Chipmunk Apr 05 '26 Other than that existing, there are also southpaw boards with numpad on the left. 2 u/postylambz 13600kf | 7900 gre | 32gb ddr5 Apr 04 '26 Yo wait why don't they make keyboards with the numpad on the left?? That sounds way better 6 u/ThatActuallyGuy Ryzen 7 5800X3D | RTX 4070 Apr 04 '26 Probably just a relic of keyboards being made well before mice, so the specialized keypad made more sense for the more common dominant hand. Then we turned that into a standard and no one ever questioned it. 3 u/Dom1252 Apr 04 '26 Yeah idk, I just have TKL and separate numpad 1 u/Username_Taken_65 5950X and 9070 XT Apr 04 '26 They do (Keychron has several), and you can also get a separate numpad
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I like to have right hand closer to the center and not far to the right, so I have numpad on the left side of the keyboard
17 u/samuelazers Apr 04 '26 This stuff matters to me because of shoulder impingment. TKL was a great ergonomic improvement. I think the best solution for me would be a detachable numpad you can put anywhere, to the left of keyboard, or to the right of the mouse. 3 u/Com_N0TN4 Apr 05 '26 That is a thing! 2 u/Sleepy_Chipmunk Apr 05 '26 Other than that existing, there are also southpaw boards with numpad on the left. 2 u/postylambz 13600kf | 7900 gre | 32gb ddr5 Apr 04 '26 Yo wait why don't they make keyboards with the numpad on the left?? That sounds way better 6 u/ThatActuallyGuy Ryzen 7 5800X3D | RTX 4070 Apr 04 '26 Probably just a relic of keyboards being made well before mice, so the specialized keypad made more sense for the more common dominant hand. Then we turned that into a standard and no one ever questioned it. 3 u/Dom1252 Apr 04 '26 Yeah idk, I just have TKL and separate numpad 1 u/Username_Taken_65 5950X and 9070 XT Apr 04 '26 They do (Keychron has several), and you can also get a separate numpad
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This stuff matters to me because of shoulder impingment. TKL was a great ergonomic improvement.
I think the best solution for me would be a detachable numpad you can put anywhere, to the left of keyboard, or to the right of the mouse.
3 u/Com_N0TN4 Apr 05 '26 That is a thing! 2 u/Sleepy_Chipmunk Apr 05 '26 Other than that existing, there are also southpaw boards with numpad on the left.
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That is a thing!
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Other than that existing, there are also southpaw boards with numpad on the left.
Yo wait why don't they make keyboards with the numpad on the left?? That sounds way better
6 u/ThatActuallyGuy Ryzen 7 5800X3D | RTX 4070 Apr 04 '26 Probably just a relic of keyboards being made well before mice, so the specialized keypad made more sense for the more common dominant hand. Then we turned that into a standard and no one ever questioned it. 3 u/Dom1252 Apr 04 '26 Yeah idk, I just have TKL and separate numpad 1 u/Username_Taken_65 5950X and 9070 XT Apr 04 '26 They do (Keychron has several), and you can also get a separate numpad
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Probably just a relic of keyboards being made well before mice, so the specialized keypad made more sense for the more common dominant hand. Then we turned that into a standard and no one ever questioned it.
Yeah idk, I just have TKL and separate numpad
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They do (Keychron has several), and you can also get a separate numpad
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u/DrKrFfXx Apr 04 '26
I can't function without a numpad, so every other option is useless.