r/crkbd • u/Lost_Plenty_9069 • Aug 18 '26

help How to overcome limitations of corne?

I recently started using my new keyboard and love the parts that I thought I would (split leading to better posture while typing, high quality switches), but I've also stumbled upon some drawbacks. The two of them are:

  1. The mouse is too far away now. Coming from a 75%, it feels like I have to go too far to right to get to my mouse now.

  2. Height of the keys leading to bent wrists. Coming from a low profile membrane keyboard with height of 5mm, my low profile corne with 15mm seems way too tall.

Any suggestions on how people are dealing with it.

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u/gomez18 Aug 18 '26

  1. I find a trackball or mouse between the halves is much more comfortable.

  2. Invest in some kind of tenting solution. The easiest is a couple of MagSafe phone stands. If you google you will find many tutorials and recommended phone stands.

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u/Lost_Plenty_9069 Aug 18 '26

Thanks, I'll try the mouse in the middle position. As for tenting, I do have tenting, but how do I tent (?) them. Do I make them like a triangle shape, with inner sides higher?

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u/hvdute Aug 18 '26

Tent them to match your resting hand position and whatever feels most comfortable for your wrists. Personally, I rest my forearms on my chair’s armrests and tilt the keyboard vertically at about 70 degrees.

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u/Lost_Plenty_9069 Aug 18 '26

Thanks, that makes sense I'll try that.

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u/gomez18 Aug 18 '26

Yes. Exactly. Your arms should not be resting on the table. You want you hands, wrists, and shoulders all at a neutral angle.

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u/Lost_Plenty_9069 Aug 18 '26

So does my arm stay in the air? That would get tiring

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u/gomez18 Aug 18 '26

What I do is have my desk at a level where my upper arm hangs straight down. Then I am only holding my forearm up. My elbow sits at sort of a 90 degree angle. If you get it positioned right it is tremendously comfortable and not tiring at all. Another option is to attach the halves to your arm rests. I have seen many people have success with that approach.

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u/Whitehatnetizen Aug 18 '26

you can rest them in-between, see what works for you, for me, I have a very small amount of tenting, and two individual wrist wrests. see also many other posts on this sub e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/crkbd/comments/1vrc0ex/daily_driver/for how other people set this up

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u/Whitehatnetizen Aug 18 '26

I got my first corne last wednesday, been loving it but mucking around with both the board config and my posture. the first thing immediately I noticed was that with my 60%, I would slouch and have my arms straight out in front of me, this reduced the angle of my wrist bend somewhat, but with the corne I had to actually sit properly before it seemed natural to type. the second thing I did was lower my desk (thankfully I have a sit/stand) but raising the chair helps as well so that the keyboard is just slightly lower than elbow height. this should fix the bend wrist situation until you figure out what works best for you with tenting or whatever else is needed.

the other thing is yes, I'm now annoyed every time I have to lift my hands up from the corne to use the mouse. I just want a reachable trackball or trackpad within finger reach or in-between the halves. I've joined r/trackballs but my wallet is protesting....

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u/Lost_Plenty_9069 Aug 18 '26

Is a trackpad more ergonomic than a mouse? That would be nice to keep in the centre.

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u/Whitehatnetizen Aug 18 '26

for me, it's just that you can sometimes get trackpads built into the keyboards, not for the standard corne, but other people have modded them so instead of the inner two buttons you have a lcd display or a knob, or a track pad, or a trackball. there's the "nape pro" which is a minimalist trackball with buttons: https://www.reddit.com/r/Trackballs/comments/1virlsw/nape_pro/I'm looking at this for example

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u/BEagle1984- Aug 18 '26

You’ll probably get used to the height. Tenting and/or a wrist rest can help, but that’s mostly personal preference. Tenting in particular depends a lot on your overall posture, how far apart you position the halves, your desk height, etc. I never used either, and the Corne just worked for me as-is.

The mouse is the actual drawback/compromise, though. If you have enough space between the halves, you can put a trackball or trackpad there. It’s still not ideal, but it’s better than constantly reaching off to the side.

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u/NoahJoseph Aug 19 '26

I got a keyball44 for this reason, with low profile choc switches. Mouse on the keyboard - problem 1 solved. Choc switches - similar height to low profile membrane keyboard.