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I was looking for options around 15 inches in length for a full size keyboard. I was interested in the DROP Shift Mechanical keyboard, but I think it's only available in the grey aluminum color. I would much prefer it being black but the layout of the board looks perfect to me. My other option I found was the GMMK2 which is a 96% keyboard but there's zero space between the arrow keys and numpad which the DROP Shift had, and I really like that. Is there any alternatives to the DROP Shift? I know there are plenty of full size keyboard but what i'm looking for is one around 15 inches, every full size keyboard I see is around 17 inches. 

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The Drop Shift isn't a full size layout, it's a 1800 layout. 1800/96%/1800-compact tend to be used inconsistently, which is annoying, but one of those three will probably help you find a black Drop Shift easier than looking at full size boards for a layout that isn't actually full size. For example, the Leopold FC980M looks like pretty much the layout you want, although it doesn't have backlighting/RGB if that's important to you. There's also the Keychron Q5 which has the layout and backlighting but no shine-through keycaps, which is a bit strange.

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16 hours ago, DahPython said:

I was looking for options around 15 inches in length for a full size keyboard. I was interested in the DROP Shift Mechanical keyboard, but I think it's only available in the grey aluminum color. I would much prefer it being black but the layout of the board looks perfect to me. My other option I found was the GMMK2 which is a 96% keyboard but there's zero space between the arrow keys and numpad which the DROP Shift had, and I really like that. Is there any alternatives to the DROP Shift? I know there are plenty of full size keyboard but what i'm looking for is one around 15 inches, every full size keyboard I see is around 17 inches. 

Keychron Q5?

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