Carlo Zottmann

Finished setting up my new #NuPhy #Air75 v3. It's great, there's a lot to love! I dig the typing feel, the sound is wonderfully muted, it's a very nice tool.

That said: The v3 seems unable to send a "real" `Fn`/Globe code to the Mac; that is some weak sauce. To make `Fn` work, I mapped the v3's "Fn" key to `Right Ctrl`, and then on #macOS used Karabiner to rewrite that to a proper `Fn`. Bit naff but it works.

I've disabled the RGB lighting entirely.

Also, NuphyIO's UI is a bit confusing

Aug 20, 2025 at 4:10pmWeb
Show threadMonospace MentorAug 20, 2025
@czottmann AFAIK that's not the keyboard's fault. "Fn" does not exist as a key code outside of Apple devices. Holding the Function key only triggers conditions in the keyboard firmware about which actual keycode to send when another key is pressed.
Show threadCarlo ZottmannAug 20, 2025

@monospace I beg to differ:

NuPhy promote their (very nice) keyboards as "fully Mac compatible" while not providing all necessary keys. The Globe key is an existing modifier key under macOS/iOS. Those two facts don't gel.

Just as an example for `Fn` being a modifier key: `Fn` + `Ctrl` + cursor keys moves windows around, these are standard default keyboard shortcuts on macOS/iPadOS.

Show threadMonospace MentorAug 20, 2025
@czottmann And something like Ctrl+Fn+ArrowUp isn't just Ctrl-PgUp, with Fn+ArrowUp being PgUp? (Haven't used macOS in a few years.)
Show threadCarlo ZottmannAug 22, 2025
@monospace No, it isn't. (Just checked.)
Show threadMonospace MentorAug 22, 2025
@czottmann Then it seems, unfortunately, that it _is_ the keyboard's fault after all. 😊