Redragon Keyboard Software

[Liliane Hubright]

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I assume this is what's going on and doesn't have anything to do with solus but I can be mistaken but I've already looked through a few posts here regarding "super key not working" and I came to the conclusion that this is a keyboard issue and doesn't have anything to do with solus.

Also, I've ran gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings grep '' and tried some combinations just to see if they work, for example Space doesn't work, it just gives a space. That's why I concluded that this is a keyboard issue.

Edit: wait hold the phone. I've ran it now and I get this output:

Edit 2: now that I know that I have an output when using xev; I've ran xmodmap -e "keycode 133 = Super_L" and it indeed fixes the issue. Strange, I thought it had something to do with winlock. Can someone explain why, when, how this happened and if there is a better solution that to run this command every time?

Maybe it would be useful to find out first if the super key is recognized correctly.

According to the product description you can lock the super key with Super+Fn to play.

Since the Fn key is only an internal switch in the keyboard and has nothing to do with the operating system, it can only be the Windows key.

Please show the output of

lcalectl

and if you installed xev with sudo eopkg it xev

Enter xev and Enter. A window appears that you can ignore. Then press Windows key and show the output from the terminal here too. Just close the window.

Under Budgie just put the command sh -c 'xmodmap -e "keycode 133 = Super_L"' into the graphical autostart.

Raven>below left on the gear>Autostart>on the plus sign and "Add Command

With other desktops, someone else has to help.

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I've been searching for a Holy Grail mobile keyboard for some time. Small enough to be portable, but not smaller than 60%. Programmable, so I can easily adjust to that size. Standard layout. Wireless, because wires are for the past. Preferably on the cheap side. And of course, mechanical, with switches that are tactile but quiet.

The Redragon K530 is not that keyboard, but it's on the way. And for sixty-five bucks, with extra features like Bluetooth, RGB lighting, and modular hot-swapping switches, its shortcomings are forgivable.

I'd have preferred a better programming tool because its limitations are keeping me from using my favorite layout, and as it turns out, the modular switches are almost totally incompatible with others. Even so, it's a good value for beginners.

The K530 (Redragon also calls it the "Draconic," but I'm not going to, because this is a keyboard review and not a LARP session ) is, well, cheap. That's applied to both its price and more or less everything else about it. But "cheap" isn't synonymous with bad, and Redragon does a lot with what it has here.

The keyboard uses a standard 60% layout and ABS plastic for almost everything. That includes the case and the "plate," the bit between the keycaps and the circuit board. This results in a lightweight build, which is a blessing with a wireless board that needs a battery and some extra parts. The keycaps, nothing especially flashy or ugly, allow the RGB lighting to shine through while also showing secondary functions.

This design should be familiar to you if you've even glanced at the mechanical keyboard space in the last few years. The two things that make this board stand out at this price are its wireless capabilities, like the Anne Pro series, and its modular circuit board, like the much more expensive Massdrop ALT.

To start with the former: I didn't have any problems with pairing this keyboard to multiple devices, and the battery lasts a staggeringly long time, even if you have the lights turned on. It has a 3000mah battery, two to three times the size of the ones found in similar designs, to thank. To help with that, there's a power slider on the side, along with a manual switch for three different Bluetooth devices. All nice inclusions---a bottom-mounted power switch means that I often forget to turn the keyboard off and drain the battery all night.

Also note that the USB-C port is mounted on the side, much more handy than the top-mounted ports on other 60% boards. And, while you're doing that, note that it is, indeed, a USB-C port, and that the cable in the box is a USB-C cable. That's as it should be, but it's worthy of praise in a budget keyboard. If you plug the keyboard in you get a direct hyper-fast connection and access to the programming tool.

With power controls and the USB-C port on the side, the K530 is not compatible with cases designed for standardized 60% boards like the IBKC Poker or the GK61. But that's okay because of that second distinguishing feature: modular hot-swap switches.

The cheap switches the board comes with are actually pretty decent---browns with "hall effect" stems on our review unit. That means they're tactile with a "bump" in the action, but not as loud as blues. But if you're curious about other choices, there are four promotional switches in the box: red (linear), blue (clicky), black (linear, but with a stronger spring), and a spare brown. Between this, the keycap puller, and the switch puller, this board is actively encouraging you to experiment with it and modify it.

As seen on the Massdrop ALT, modular switch sockets are a great way to add customization to a board for users that lack the skills to solder (or simply don't want to). Unfortunately, the K530 doesn't make it so easy as it appears. You can indeed take the switches out easily enough, but big and tall LED modules means that a lot of non-transparent switches won't fit over the lights in the sockets. This isn't a problem on boards with smaller SMD LEDs or a spacing bracket---no dice here.

I also found that the modular sockets themselves were extremely finicky, catching and bending switch pins on almost everything I tried aside from the four extra switches packed into the box. I was only able to get one or two switches, with generous holes for the lights, to sit flush on the board.

This means that anyone swapping out these switches to try different options is going to have to be extremely selective and careful in installing them. This implimentation is bad enough that it's not really worth the hassle, unless you'd like to swap switches with this exact line. Each switch has a tiny "Redragon" logo on it, so I can't even tell you which ones you need to buy.

As I said before, the switches that came with the K530 review unit are pretty good for a budget board. While the keycaps aren't anything special---I'd replace them with some PBT DSAs in a heartbeat---they're perfectly adequate for banging out this and other reviews. The case comes with the usual swing-out feet if you'd like something a little more high profile.

Typing could be better. The keys have some definite scratchiness, and the keyboard makes a faint "ping" sound when I'm at full speed. But once again, this is forgivable at this price range, because much of it can be fixed by upgrading the switches and/or the caps.

The only problems I have with the K530 on operational terms are with the layout, and its lack of flexibility in modifying it. Some choices in the default programming are baffling---you have to press the right Win key plus the period key for Delete, for example. Why wouldn't you use the Backspace key for that? Though there are plenty of keys that only have one layer of functionality, others like the Escape/tilde key have three (it defaults to the Bluetooth pairing button), requiring a secondary function key where "Menu" usually rests.

No problem---you can connect the keyboard to Windows (and only Windows) to reprogram it with Redragon's tool. But not so fast. While you can rebind most primary and secondary keys, the FN1 and FN2 buttons are permanently stuck on the keys that would be right-Windows and Menu on a normal keyboard (just under the right Shift). They won't change for love nor money.

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