Co-locate Tab keys with arrow keys?

[Greatnessguru]

Has any keyboard ever grouped the Tab functions
with the Navigation Arrows before?

Does this make sense to anyone besides me?


My Kinesis Advantage is on its way (yes, Red stems, of course).
When it arrives, I need to do three things:
1. "=p" (PC mode, not Mac or W..., of course.)
2. "Program+Shift+F5" (Dvorak mode, of course!)
3. Remap/Program upper thumb rows to:
Shift+Tab, Alt, Ctrl, Tab

This puts Shift+Tab near Left-Arrow & Right-Arrow,
and Tab near Up-Arrow & Down-Arrow.

Thank you,
Eddie Maddox

[Greatnessguru]

The keyboard came.

Due to various issues,
the best I could do was:
- Set PC mode
- Set Dvorak layout, of course
- Remap (copy) Ctrl above Enter to
the key above Page Up
- Remap (copy) Tab to
the key above Enter

I then did some form entries.
They went well.

Thank you,
Eddie Maddox

[Findecanor]

It makes sense to me, not that they are grouped together, per se, but for programming I often need to use Tab, Del, Backspace and Space together with the cursor keys, as well as Home and End.
If I have my right hand on the cursor keys, then I must be able to reach Backspace, Del, Home and End from that hand or from the other hand. Having them all in one single cluster would also work.

[Greatnessguru]

Tutorial: Remapping (copying) Tab to another key

Keyboard: Kinesis Advantage

Read: Brief User's Guide, sections "Remapping" and
"The Remapping Process (Program + F12)",
"Resetting keyboard memory" and
"Memory reset, Option One (Progrm + Shift + F10)"

http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/support/tec ... s-drivers/

- Press Progrm + F12 (Remap)

The next two steps are optional.
- Press key above Enter
- Press key above Page Up

- Press Tab key
- Press key above Enter

- Press Progrm + F12 (Remap)

Eddie Maddox