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Created: 2026-04-30 06:12
Last edited: 2026-05-30 01:12

Kinesis Advantage360

https://kinesis-ergo.com/keyboards/advantage360/

options

• wired or bluetooth
• tactile clicky (Gateron Brown) or linear quiet (Kailh Box Pink)

got the wired one with tactile switches

manuals

• general: https://kinesis-ergo.com/wp-content/uploads/Advantage360-SmartSet-KB360-Users-Manual-v10-12-22.pdf
• programming: https://kinesis-ergo.com/wp-content/uploads/Adv360-SmartSet-Direct-Programming-Guide-Version-8-8-25.pdf

onboard remapping

1. hold ⚙ and tap ① → LEDs flash rapidly
2. tap source key → LEDs flash slowly
3. tap destination key → done

onboard key modifications

• arrow keys
  • swap up and down
    • reason
      • match j and k vim navigation
• thumb clusters
  • swap "deleters" and "whitespace adders"
    • i.e. space and enter are on the left side, while backspace and delete are on the right side
    • reason
      • always hit space bar with the left thumb
      • am used to backspace with the right thumb from the split space bar of the Vortex Core
  • swap enter and space; swap backspace and delete
    • reason
      • resting thumbs on the farther of the two tall buttons feels more natural
  • change home, end, pgup, pgdown to keys I actually use
    • left
      • home → win
      • end → ctrl
    • right
      • pgup → ctrl (for comfortable ctrl + space)
      • pgdown → alt

adjustment/alignment of shortcuts

• common navigation with <some modifier> + j/k
  • i3
    • go to window left/right: alt + j/k
    • move window left/right: alt + shift + j/k
  • browser (vimimum)
    • top down: j/k
    • prev/next tab: J/K

weird key positions to get used to (aside from thumb clusters)

• `~ below z
• [{ and }] below . and /
• =+ left of 1