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Why do companies insist on messing with laptop keyboard layouts? Where's the menu key? Where are the Home, PgDn, PgUp, and End keys? I've used cheap sub 300-dollar laptops with keyboards more complete than this.

The silver lining here is that Framework keyboards are replaceable in theory. I'll wait until a proper keyboard gets released.




> Where's the menu key?

Seems gone. I can't say I've personally ever used it, so that's probably why it's one of the first keys to go, but I know that doesn't help you.

> Where are the Home, PgDn, PgUp, and End keys?

They're available via Fn+Arrow Cluster.


> Seems gone. I can't say I've personally ever used it

I rely on it heavily and I'm sure many others do to. I wish framework included the key in their study as well. Ether way, no menu key == no buy from me.


You might be a rarity here. I've never heard of anyone using the menu key, and most don't even know what it is.

I'm honestly kind of curious how you use it. In my experience, almost anything on the menu it opens has a common shortcut


> You might be a rarity here.

And I might not be, hence my call for actual metrics.


If someone from Framework is reading this, page up and page down are among my most used keys. Having to use an extra hand for something so common is crazy. I absolutely will not buy a laptop or standalone keyboard without dedicated page up and page down keys.

Ideally, page up and down will be next to the arrow keys (look at a Thinkpad keyboard), but off to the side is still better than not existing.




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