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Re:System76 Pangolin Linux-first laptop with AMD internals n... by aendruk on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:43PM (#28374074)
A virtual numpad via a modifier key can be the best of both worlds; no extra space is used and your hands stay in the center.

Example with image: https://andrew.kvalhe.im/2021-03-19

With this method you can customize the location and surrounding mathematical operators.

Re:System76 Pangolin Linux-first laptop with AMD internals n... by admax88qqq on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @07:06PM (#28374712)
Sort of. But it's not ortholinear like most numpads and lacks the addition keys like a big Enter key, and the various math operations.

It's an impoverished numpad that requires different muscle memory that you probably don't use often enough to master.

Personally I never use the virtual numpad on my devices, I use the full numpad if available or I usr the top row of number keys.

Re:System76 Pangolin Linux-first laptop with AMD internals n... by nyanpasu64 on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @07:03PM (#28374686)
In my limited beginner experience (rarely use numpads, mostly in Blender, or virtual numpads), it's awkward to turn virtual numpads on and off, I keep forgetting which state the keyboard is in, and it's hard to read the grayed-out key labels to figure out which normal key maps to the numpad key I want.