F6 pro repeating keys

[Juan]

Hello. I have my F6 pro since a couple weeks ago, and I am absolutely happy with everything (performance, battery, screen, general build), except for the keyboard. I occasionally get repeating keystrokes; not too bad, something like once every five-ten minutes of typing, but still annoying.

It happens with random keys, and I cannot reproduce the problem on purpose, just happens sometimes. It is not like the key gets stuck, just that it makes a double keystroke (like thhis).

Is anybody having the same problem? Any solution?

[Anonymous]

Hi @Juan

I type a lot on my F6 Pro (using now) and occasionally experience this, but I get it on a lot of keyboards with my fast but sloppy typing style. You can use Windows “Filter Keys” to ignore repeat keystrokes, and it works reasonably well but it’s far from perfect.

Just search “filter keys” from Cortana or the start menu and you’ll find it. If you want more control, try  the third party app “Filter Keys Setter” but it’s quite advanced so be careful!

[Juan]

OK, I managed to get rid of the problem with some registry tweaks. I am attaching the .reg file with the necessary keys: F6_fast_typing.reg.txt. Just download it, rename it to “F6_fast_typing.reg” and double click on it to import the values.

It will basically enable Filter Keys, and set a “bounce time” of 35 ms: that means that it will ignore any keystroke that happens within 35 miliseconds of the last one. If you are an extremely fast typer, you may want to reduce it to 30 or 20 miliseconds, with the risk of getting some repeated keystrokes.

Notice that, if you open the Filter Keys Windows configuration dialog, it will set bounce time to half a second, because those low values we are setting are not available from the dialog drop list. Just import the .reg file again to fix it.

If you want to revert to the default values, just download and import the other file I am attaching (rename it to fix_keys_default.reg).

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