How to reconfigure the HJKL keys to act as arrow keys on the Vortex Race 3
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I recently got my beautiful new Vortex Race 3 mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Clear switches. This thing is so easy and fast to type on that I will probably be writing a lot more blog posts in the future, just so I can use this keyboard :)
A colleague of mine has the Vortex Pok3r, which is even smaller and does not have any arrow keys. I definitely wanted arrow keys on my keyboard so the Race 3 was the perfect choice for the layout that I wanted, but I was a bit envious of my colleague being able to use HJKL (the Vim keys) plus a modifier as arrow keys, which is really convenient because they are located in the so-called home row (the middle row of letters on the keyboard) and you have to move your fingers a lot less to use the arrow keys.
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