I’ve never used a trackball, but Keychron’s Nape Pro looks like the perfect one

A hand holding up the white Keychron Nape Pro with its bright red trackball centered in the frame.

Put this ball under your board.

Keychron announced new mechanical keyboards with marathon battery life at CES, but this trackball stole the spotlight. The Nape Pro is Keychron’s first trackball, and its slender frame means it can work on your desk in multiple ways. You can keep it to the right or left of a keyboard like a traditional trackball, or you can tuck it in front and use it without moving your hands from the keys.

That positioning makes it a bit like a giant Lenovo TrackPoint, typically found on ThinkPad laptops but sometimes used on dedicated keyboards. And it should allow you to move your cursor, turn the Nape Pro’s rotary dial, or press one of its six fully-pr …

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