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Vortex VIBE Mechanical Keyboard
bluesky2006
2
May 11, 2019
Bit of a n00b to mechanical keyboards so forgive the n00b question.
I bought this keyboard with the standard keycaps and Cherry Browns, and I think it's great. But in my rush to buy it I fully overlooked the lack of arrow keys, and they're somewhat crucial to my job.
Now I have done the Fn+Numlock toggle* to switch to the arrow key mode on the numpad and it's not too hard to remember which key does what, but ideally I'd rather swap the numpad keycaps with arrow keys (and Del, Home etc too). And as a Mac-first user I'd also ideally rather have keycaps for Mac-only keys like Cmd, Option etc.
Can anyone recommend the best way to do this? As in, where should I shop, what set might I want, is it possible to get just the keycaps I want and in the matching style, is there a dream keycap set that will do everything I want? I quite like the style and colours of the keys that came with it so something as close to that would be ideal, but form the brief bit of Googling I've attempted on the matter it seems like Vortex's keycaps are somewhat unique...
Thanks!
* FWIW like others I've had difficulty toggling back-and-forth from Numpad mode.
Frostyrice1
1
Jul 17, 2019
bluesky2006First and foremost, go to the vortex website, download and flash the firmware. That should solve most bugs.
Keycap style for Vortex Vibe:
SA Profile
Row 3
Unfortunately for you, different keycap manufacturers use different materials, colors, and printing so even if you buy a similar keycap profile, it most likely won't match the other keycaps the Vortex Vibe comes with.
Another option will be to buy a new set.
There are many keycap sets you can buy that are high quality and cheap which includes the site aliexpress.com
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