Number pad hardware? Expected behavior?

[wws]

Hi all,

I am a new Sibelius user ("First" at the moment), but I think this is more of a general question:

Can you all recommend good number pad hardware, that works correctly with Sibelius? I don't want to use a full size keyboard, so umm, please don't recommend that.... Really, I want to buy a $120 keychron Q0 plus, but I think that's just gear acquistion syndrome...

Also, should we expect the number pad things to map exactly to a ten key keypad? My detached 10 key (a weird cheap mechanical usb thing I found on Amazon -- "Rottay" brand, whatever that is), matches on about half the keys but not the others. For example: 7, 8, 9 give me natural, sharp, and flat accidentals like it should, but I can't get a key on the hardware to give me the thing to the right of the flat accidental in the software.

Thanks!

[andyg]

It's been a while since this question's come up!

I have a non-branded Chinese one bought off Ebay years ago. Works just fine, but that's on Windows!

My usual recommendation is to go with a full keyboard with number pad, but you don't want that!

I'll leave it to others to chip in, but you could do a bit of searching and Googling to see if it brings up old threads on here and also on the official Sibelius Chat Page.

[MikeLyons]

Unlike Windows, the mapping of Mac number pads is, at best, erratic. All sorts of apps and services on your mac can, and do, alter the mapping "on-the-fly". They don't always put it back into a sensible shape when they terminate. Simply put, you reads the reviews, you makes yer choice, and you pays your money.

[wws]

Fun times... Thanks everyone for your help so far!

Has anyone used Karabiner to remap some of the keys?

Related: is there a reference to what keys the Sibelius virtual number pad expects, so that I can program it in Karabiiner?

Ah, the rabbit holes...