Keyboard Layout Not Usable

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It really makes me sad that Dell has gone to a Function+Left Arrow and Function+Right Arrow key combination to use the Home and End key functionality on their laptops.  I read about it before I purchased my XPS 15z and thought it wouldn't be that big of a deal.  Wow, was I wrong! I'm a software developer and use Home and End all the time in combination with other keys.  Now I have to force myself into some bizarre game of three-fingered keyboard Twister to use basic functions.  Which is really too bad because I love all other aspects of my 15z.   The really sad part, though, is I see they have adopted the same keyboard arrangement for the new XPS 12.  I really, really wanted one but simple can't because the keyboard is unusable for a power user.  I found out about the XPS 12 from another developer at work who was going to order one.  When we looked it up and I pointed out the keyboard layout he decided he'd have to look for an alternative as well because of the keyboard.   It's not like there's not room on the keyboard to have home and end keys so I'm really at a loss as to why Dell would give their power users and loyal customers such a poor user experience.

MicroTest · Answer

I just took a look at the keyboard layout of your laptop.

If you don't need (for instance) the keys "[" and "]" you could easily remap the keys using "Autohotkey" to make them behave like "Home" and "End"

the remapping code would be :

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[::home

]::end

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the video below shows you how to use Autohotkey - the code shown in video must be - of course - replaced with the one shown above

Anyway - since you are a programmer you may find Autohotkey an interesting program

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