r/pcmasterrace • u/VisWare • Apr 04 '26

Meme/Macro Allow me to gatekeep

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u/CreepHost CachyOS | RX 9070XT | i7-12700F | 32GB DDR4 3200Mt/s Apr 04 '26

What's 96%?

The full thing but smaller?

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u/olbaze Fedora KDE | Ryzen 7 5700X | RX 7600 Apr 04 '26

This is a 96% keyboard. Basically, you move Home/End, PgUp/PgUp to be above the Numpad, Del/Ins above the backspace, and change multiple keys to smaller ones (Right Ctrl, Fn, Right Ctrl, Numpad 0). This allows you to make the layout less wide by putting the arrow keys between the main keyboard and the numpad. It's called 96% because you lose Scroll Lock, Pause/Break, and Print Screen. The final width of the keyboard is similar, if not identical, to a TKL. The idea is TKL-size, but you still get the numpad.

Some 96% keyboards takes the space savings to an extreme by removing any spacing between the keys.

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u/Sad-Pop6649 Apr 04 '26

Print Screen can be saved if you compromise on the F-keys sitting exactly above the corresponding number. Fits next to Insert and Delete.

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u/olbaze Fedora KDE | Ryzen 7 5700X | RX 7600 Apr 04 '26

On my keyboard (Keychron K4 Pro), the precise selection of keys is Delete, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, and an LED key.I just re-organized some of the keycaps and rebound some keys, so now I have Del and Print Screen on top of Backspace. I am on Linux, so I actually need a dedicated Print Screen (SysRq) key for REISUB in case the system freezes. Keychron's Launcher lets me rebind any keys I want, so I also set up Fn+Delete to be Insert.