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For those on Windows I have to plug [PowerToys](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys). In addition to the excellent "Video Conference Mute" it has the best key/shortcut remapper I've used on Windows. Fully open-source, but can be downloaded from the MS Store (gets auto-updated) too.

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I really like Fancy Zones from PowerToys[1]. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

You could try submitting this to the Microsoft PowerToys repo: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

Sometimes I get frustrated with the button combinations that I have to press over and over again.

I don't do it every day, but creating a macro can help a lot in that situation.

I have a lot of Razer gear and also a few pieces of Cooler Master gear.

The real frustrations I have though involve disabling or changing buttons in deeper ways. For instance, I love the alacritty terminal, but it uses ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v to cut-and-paste. One of those buttons opens the dev tools on my browser, which I could tolerate if it didn't also scroll the browser to the top, losing my place. So disabling keys or remapping them in applications helps.

Another pet peeve is that I fat finger the "insert" button on a laptop keyboard about once per minute so it is a candidate for disabling. Tools from the likes of Razer and Cooler Master only work with their gear, even Alienware's tools only work on the extra buttons and not on your existing buttons. So you need something like

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

As for the mouse the value of remapping buttons is more limited IMHO since the act of pressing a button will usually cause a little bit of motion and screw up the alignment of what you were doing.

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys has reliable key remapping. Also has decent window tiling.

Nice little tool, cross platform and easy to use. We might be all cursing MS for their windows update, but sometimes they give us some really nice tools (see also the PowerToys https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys )

You might like this thing - https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

Oh PowerToys, you’re back, I’ve missed you so much https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

I've gone the opposite way and invested in a lovely Ultrawide Dell for home work and it's a huge benefit.

Coupled with FancyZones from PowerToys (https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys ) it's even better.

You might think, well if you're just using FancyZones to split the screen up again doesn't that take you back to close to a two monitor setup, but the key is the flexible sizing. I have a main pane centrally for core focus and then I have really small side windows for scripts, upcoming reminders, and a bigger side section for calendar and chat, which are both handy to glance at (eg to confirm things during calls)

I honestly think it'll be a struggle to compete with "home me" when I go back to the office, as it's just so much better. A certain amount may be a placebo effect but I sense the effect all the same!