Handset keyboardism, minutia, and errata.

Keychron K2

Dirty iPad Pro, Keychron K2, Broken Absurdly Overpriced Professional iPad Keyboarding Apparatus

Having broken my beloved Varmilo VA108M (which I absolutely intend to fix one day in the near future, FYI,) months ago and just last week completely totaled the period (.) key on my Absurdly Overpriced Toilet Professional iPad Keyboarding Apparatus, I decided to buy an on-sale variant of Keychron's K2 with the loudest switches (the blue ones) available, assuming that surely no keyboard could be truly, disruptively loud.

I was very wrong.

I do love that one can connect it via USB-C (not that it makes sense in any situation I can imagine) and that there's a dedicated screenshot key!

Hot Swap


Function Keys

Keys Function
fn + - RGB Speed Decrease
fn + = RGB Speed Increase
fn + 1 Select Bluetooth device #1
fn + 2 Select Bluetooth device #2
fn + 3 Select Bluetooth device #3
fn + 1 (long press for 3s) Pair with Bluetooth device #1
fn + 2 (long press for 3s) Pair with Bluetooth device #2
fn + 3 (long press for 3s) Pair with Bluetooth device #3
fn + Light Effect Key Turn On / Off the Backlight
fn + Right Arrow Change The Backlight Color
fn + Left Arrow Change The Backlight Color
fn + del Insert
fn + F1 (Mac mode) F1
fn + F2 (Mac mode) F2
fn + F3 (Mac mode) F3
fn + F4 (Mac mode) F4
fn + F5 (Mac mode) F5
fn + F6 (Mac mode) F6
fn + F7 (Mac mode) F7
fn + F8 (Mac mode) F8
fn + F9 (Mac mode) F9
fn + F10 (Mac mode) F10
fn + F11 (Mac mode) F11
fn + F12 (Mac mode) F12
fn + F1 (Windows mode) Screen Brightness Down
fn + F2 (Windows mode) Screen Brightness Up
fn + F3 (Windows mode) Launches Mission Control
fn + F4 (Windows mode) Launchpad
fn + F5 (Windows mode) Keyboard Backlight Down
fn + F6 (Windows mode) Keyboard Backlight Up
fn + F7 (Windows mode) Rewind
fn + F8 (Windows mode) Play / Pause
fn + F9 (Windows mode) Fast Forward
fn + F10 (Windows mode) Sound: Volume Mute
fn + F11 (Windows mode) Sound: Volume Down
fn + F12 (Windows mode) Sound: Volume Up
fn + Win (Windows mode, long press for 3s) Lock / Unlock the Win Key

Other Key Combinations

Keys Function
fn + B Check Battery Level
fn+ L + Light Effect Key (long press for 3s) Lock / Unlock the Backlight Effect
fn + S + O (Bluetooth mode, long press for 3s) Disable / Enable the Auto Sleep Mode
fn + S + L + R (Bluetooth mode, long press for 3s) Auto Sleep in 10 Minutes Without Typing
fn + S + L + T (Bluetooth mode, long press for 3s) Auto Sleep in 20 Minutes Without Typing
fn + S + L + Y (Bluetooth mode, long press for 3s) Auto Sleep in 30 Minutes Without Typing
fn + J + Z (long press for 3s) Reset the Keyboard
fn + X + L (Windows mode, long press for 3s) Switch Between Function Keys and Multimedia keys (F1-F12)
fn + K + C (Mac mode, long press for 3s) Switch Between Function Keys and Multimedia Keys (Only works for F5 and F6)
fn + I + D (long press for 3s) Switch Between the Delete Key and the Insert Key

Discuss...

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