This is an amazingly slick 3d system in my browser. What tech stack is this?
It's a react app using three.js or the keyboard rendering
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crsnbrt commented on Show HN: Keyboard Simulator – virtual keyboard designer keyboardsimulator.xyz/... · Posted by u/crsnbrt
Issue: clicking Case Finish Matte selects Glossy. Reload; click CASE OPTIONS; for Case Finish, expect Brushed to be shown as selected. Click on the Matte radio button circle. Glossy is now shown as selected, rather than Matte. On recent desktop firefox and chromium.
thanks, I'll take a look
crsnbrt commented on Show HN: Keyboard Simulator – virtual keyboard designer keyboardsimulator.xyz/... · Posted by u/crsnbrt
This is fantastic! If I had a wish I'd wish for the addition of split keyboard layouts (like Ergodox) and the Granite color scheme.
One minor thing: I can scroll through the list of color schemes with the cursor keys but the selected color scheme doesn't activate until I click with the mouse. I don't know if it is possible but it would be cool if you could zap through the color schemes just with the keyboard.
Thanks for making this!
You can also use space or enter to activate i made sure you can do everything from the keyboard alone.
Adding an extra keypress was by design, since I have to generate new textures i.e. (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crsnbrt/keysim/develop/pub...) each time the colorway changes the extra step helps keep cpu usage down.
crsnbrt commented on Show HN: Keyboard Simulator – virtual keyboard designer keyboardsimulator.xyz/... · Posted by u/crsnbrt
Feature request: allow setting/fixing the overall background; for some themes, it is too bright and distracts from the keyboard itself.
thanks for the feedback, I probably need to separate the background from the ui accent color. Any colorway with a dark accent will increase the "brightness" to for a more accessible contrast ratio.
crsnbrt commented on Show HN: Keyboard Simulator – virtual keyboard designer keyboardsimulator.xyz/... · Posted by u/crsnbrt
This is great. From the title, I thought it was http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/ but this is a nice addition.
Almost wish it combined the functionality of the two, or at least offered a few more layouts. Personally, I really don't understand why 75%s aren't more popular... https://www.keyboardco.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/H...
Thanks, you're right it could use a few more layouts, 75% is probably the biggest omission. I didn't want it to be too overwhelming with too many variations as I see this as more of a tool to get a vibe for what a board could look like (possibly to help with interest checks) rather than a tool to recreate all possible layouts.
I'd also like to explore adding different audio options for switches types but that seemed like a projects unto itself haha.
crsnbrt commented on Show HN: Keyboard Simulator – virtual keyboard designer keyboardsimulator.xyz/... · Posted by u/crsnbrt
Did you design it yourself or come across the design somewhere? I follow mechanical keyboards on and off but never seen this design before. I guess it's missing multiply/divide but generally it makes a lot of sense, especially for how compact it is.
the design was based on the candybar (https://thekey.company/collections/candybar) but there are a lot of similar boards as well.
crsnbrt commented on Show HN: Keyboard Simulator – virtual keyboard designer keyboardsimulator.xyz/... · Posted by u/crsnbrt
Thanks a lot for sharing. I used to go on /r/MKB a lot a few years ago, but I had to stop because I wouldn't ever be able to afford such nice-looking keyboards, as they were usually so expensive :(
That mk sticker shock is no joke, part of the inspiration for this :)
crsnbrt commented on Show HN: Keyboard Simulator – virtual keyboard designer keyboardsimulator.xyz/... · Posted by u/crsnbrt
Anyone have experience with 50% keyboard with numpad on left side and spit space/backspace? It seems very functional, especially for frequent number entry in CAD.
I'm not sure if the official name for this is 50% but I included it because, as a lefty, I love the idea of it. no experience using them however.
crsnbrt commented on Show HN: Keyboard Simulator – virtual keyboard designer keyboardsimulator.xyz/... · Posted by u/crsnbrt
Does this the KLE format? I've been trying to work on a new schema. https://github.com/ellisgl/keyboard-schema
I modeled the json for building the boards around qmk (https://beta.docs.qmk.fm/) for example a board layout: https://api.qmk.fm/v1/keyboards/dz60