Keyboard upgrade to Keychron (original) (raw)

5 hours ago, koopa990 said:

I suppose I can rebind volume to the appropriate keys. Should be no problem. Also, is there such thing as inverting the FN keys? Like using media functions without holding FN.

There's no Fn-lock function with QMK/VIA keyboards, but like GarlicDeliverySystem recommended, this can be solve with layers.

So in this case you can keep Layer 0 as vanilla with no customizations, and then Layer 1 as basically the same thing except you rebind all of the F-keys to the media functions that you want. This will effectively give an identical result to using Fn-lock.

On MacOS I never use the F-keys and only use them for media functions.

On Windows I always use the F-keys and I sometimes use the media functions, so I can understand the importance of being able to change between modes.

As for keyboard recommendations, I think the K17 Max you posted is a great choice! Just make damn sure you pick the model with hot-swappable switches (i.e. pick the RGB backlight one). This is absolutely crucial because it means you can easily and quickly replace a switch if any of them prematurely die. And I'm pretty sure no switches actually last their rated lifespan so it's a must-have feature.