Sentence examples for the keycap from inspiring English sources
noun
The part of a key (on a keyboard) that is pressed by the user, as opposed to any electromechanical unit underneath.
These switches are soft tactile which means there isn't a "click" during downward travel but when the keycap actually hits the board.
"The keyboard has a membrane under the keycaps to prevent debris from entering the butterfly mechanism.
You may not think much about the switches that sit underneath the keycaps of your keyboard, but there's a large contingent of enthusiasts who really, really care.
We know this thanks to the excellent work done by iFixit this summer, when it took apart one of Apple's redesigned redesigned keyboards and found a thin rubberized film had been added under the keycaps.
(Take "hey guys, i'm stoopid. DOH! meh. GAH. :O wth". Can this communication be taken as an admission of some kind of error? Can it be faithfully paraphrased as "she admitted her mistake on a message board"?) I can't tell how much of this keycap casserole belongs in ink on paper or how much of it makes sense there.
The results showed that the rectangular-shaped keycaps of 3 letters with separated keycaps of numerals obtained the best proficiency speed, highest comfort and greatest user acceptance among the four keyboards.
The idea is similar, but instead of customizable keycaps, the keys themselves are virtual.
But iFixit found out that the company actually added thin silicon barriers under each keycap.
Other elements of the design that stand out include the keyboard backlights, which are now supplied by individual LEDs for each keycap, and which look much better than their predecessors.
Professional key puller Google "keycap puller tool" to find a tool that will help remove the keys (for a few bucks).
The new one still allows for 3 millimeters of travel, and with a 1 millimeter thin keycap on top of that, you could build a seriously thin mechanical keyboard with these.
