Twelve Keys for the Hand That Is Not on the Mouse

Your left hand does nothing for most of the day.

Where the time actually goes

Every tool has a set of commands you use constantly and reach for slowly, and in creative tools they are usually modifier-heavy chords that were never designed to be comfortable.

How the Left-Hand Pad changes it

The Left-Hand Pad is twelve flat programmable keys, sold for macOS and aimed at Procreate and editing shortcut sets.

Where it sits in a real workflow

Your left hand rests on it permanently instead of hovering over the keyboard. Brush sizes in Procreate, cut and ripple-delete in an editor, accept and reject in a diff.

Doing the arithmetic yourself

Count the commands you reach for more than ten times a day. Twelve keys covers most people's real list.

Who gains most from the Left-Hand Pad?

Procreate and editing users specifically. For agentic work the KM16 has more keys plus knobs and the EM Mini Pad is smaller and wireless; both are better buys.

The first twenty minutes

Plug in and assign twelve keys.

A note on the photography

The image above is a placeholder. We have not yet obtained a photograph of this exact unit that we are confident is accurate, and we would rather say so than quietly show you something else.

Related

Left-Hand Pad, $55 — full specification, frequently asked questions and what to know before buying. Or look at the KM16 Macropad, which solves a neighbouring problem.

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