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[design] Variant 1A — bilateral shift, thumb mod-taps#8

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@rdlu rdlu commented Apr 11, 2026

Draft / design exploration only — do not merge. Tracking #7.

One of three parallel PRs proposing a thumb-cluster mod layout. Compare the SVG against the others to pick a direction.

Thumb cluster

Left:  [mo SYS] [mo NAV] [mt LSHFT SPACE] [mt LCTRL BSPC] [mt LALT F11]
Right: [mt LSHFT ENTER] [TAB] [lt CODE DEL] [mo MEDIA] [mt LGUI F12] [caps_word]
  • All four mods directly holdable
  • Bilateral shift (both thumbs)
  • F11 / F12 become the tap side of ALT / GUI — F-key availability preserved
  • Home-row mods and CODE layer mod-tap wrappers removed
  • Bottom row reverts to plain letters

Chord compatibility (see #7 for the full table)

  • ✅ CTRL+P, CTRL+C/V, GUI+L, ALT+TAB, ALT+F4, CTRL+SPACE
  • ⚠️ CTRL+ALT+DEL — CTRL (BSPC) + ALT (F11) are both on the left thumb; DEL on right. Doable via thumb roll, not elegant
  • ⚠️ CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+letter — three thumb keys held at once, feasible if mods are spread

Changes

  • config/eyelash_sofle.keymap — base layer row 2, 3, 4; CODE layer row 2, 3
  • keymap-drawer/eyelash_sofle.svg — regenerated

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Thumb mod-taps explored in #7:
- Left:  mo SYS | mo NAV | mt LSHFT SPACE | mt LCTRL BSPC | mt LALT F11
- Right: mt LSHFT ENTER | TAB | lt CODE DEL | mo MEDIA | mt LGUI F12 | caps_word
- Home-row mods and CODE layer mt wrappers removed
- Bottom row reverts to plain letters
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rdlu commented Apr 11, 2026

Design exploration only. Idea 4 (#10) chosen instead. Closing.

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Fixes NAV layer auto-repeat (#5) by moving the vim-style arrow cluster from row 2 (over home-row mods) to row 3 (over plain N/M/,/.). Also refines home-row-mod finger positions: LALT moves from G/H (index reach) to S/L (ring finger), RALT moves from T/Y to R/U (index home), both to fix mistyping. CODE layer mod-tap wrappers updated to match.

Supersedes #6, #8, #9. Explored in #7.
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Fixes NAV layer auto-repeat (#5) by moving the vim-style arrow cluster from row 2 (over home-row mods) to row 3 (over plain N/M/,/.). Also refines home-row-mod finger positions: LALT moves from G/H (index reach) to S/L (ring finger), RALT moves from T/Y to R/U (index home), both to fix mistyping. CODE layer mod-tap wrappers updated to match.

Supersedes #6, #8, #9. Explored in #7.
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