GMMK Numpad Additional Knob and Slider Functionality

233 votes

In addition to the default volume and channel adjustment on the GMMK Numpad additional mappings for these controls would help content creators and users better navigate their systems and digital tools. Programs such as the Adobe suite would benefit greatly with knob and slider controls such as: brush size, opacity, brush hardness, zoom, layer navigation, and number field increase/decrease.

Mappings for desktop navigation could include: page zoom, desktop switch, window switch, media play, pause, forward and back, and even screen brightness.

The ability for users to create their own mappings would be a great addition as well.

Just a few ideas to get the most functionality out of the GMMK Numpad

In Progress CORE Suggested by: Jay (20 Aug, '22) • Upvoted: 21 Apr • Comments: 34

Comments: 34

23 Aug, '22
Craig
Yes!!! How is volume the only thing supported right now?
06 Oct, '22
Herman
Also can it be used so that the slider works for the focused application?
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17 Oct, '22
Javan
I use a lot of frame toggling for animation software, (keybinds for frame prev and frame next) and if i could scrub by using the rotary encoder knob, I'd be really happy. I'm kind of a layman, and haven't taken the deep dive into qmk or anything yet, but having the capability of setting "knob left" to a keybind, and "knob right" to another would be amazing.
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30 Oct, '22
Junker
forward/back (left/right) cursor is exactly what I am looking for.
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14 Nov, '22
Jonas
I suggest that a new feature where there are keybinds relative to the position of the slider, not just to bind it as a scroll wheel, but each ~10cm part of the slider can be bind to a keyboard key. An example of the use of is this to switch through my hotbar, since I use my numpad as my gaming keyboard for my laptop. For the knob, I was thinking to bind the scroll wheel to it.
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30 Nov, '22
Kieran
Yes this will be ABSOLUTELY helpful! Aside from aesthetics, I pre-ordered the GMMK numpad for this very reason only to find out later that it's currently not doable. I was hoping to use the knob and slider for Photoshop and After Effects but both of them can only be used for volume control at the moment? Which is funny, why only volume lol.
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05 Dec, '22
hata
yes please what is the pont of slider volume when u already have one ?
07 Dec, '22
Tristan
The feature I'd love to see from the slider is to match its relative position to the relative position of a scrollbar on a page. e.g.: Slider at the very top puts you at the top of a .pdf / webpage, slider in the middle puts you in the middle, etc...
09 Dec, '22
Alex
Please add more functionality to the numpad GMMK Numpad for the slider and volume knob.

I'm not sure if this is possible, but is it possible to make the rotary dial function as a backspace and delete when turning it left (backspace) and right(delete)?

As for the slider, I would prefer if we could control app volumes with it instead of just output devices.

Thank you!
12 Dec, '22
Sigve
I'd really like the slider to be able to switch between 2 profiles (profile 1 when above 50% on slider, profile 2 when below). This way I can quickly swap between using it as a numpad and a macropad.
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20 Dec, '22
Wayne
Could you make the knob rotation work like the side scroller (left/right) wheel on the Logitech MX Master 3? that would make navigating large datasets/code easier
02 Jan, '23
Matt Stevenson
Cursor functionality for the knob and slider would be appreciated.

I'm mostly thinking of the knob, for cursor forward and cursor backward.

I currently have the "click" of the knob mapped to "Backspace" and it works very intermittently so I think the knob has some bugs as it stands right now.
12 Jan, '23
Welches Merged
Having both the GMMK Pro and GMMK Numpad I find myself struggling to find things to bind to the dials. I don't need volume control, as I do that via my interface - but I'd love a horizontal scroll similar to a Logitech MX Master mouse. We have a vertical scroll option, but horizontal would be great too.

The option to switch from vertical to horizontal scroll by clicking in the knob would be fantastic as well.
04 Feb, '23
Erick
It would be great to assign each direction of the knob to a particular button. For example, I require flipping through several single page documents using 9 and 3. It would be great if turning the knob in one direction would allow this. Thanks
15 Feb, '23
Howard Moon
I honestly would like to use it as an 'analog' slider for simulators. Thinking Star Citizen with the mining laser, or thrust in flight sim, or 7key+Slider up/down for raising hydraulics on farm implements in Farming Simulator, 8key+slider (+/-) for inverting bucket on loaders, or any number of options using the numpad keys as modifiers for that purpose would make this product exponentially more useful and really gives meaning to the advertised claim of programmable knob and slider on their product page.
09 Mar, '23
D
for the GMMK Pro knob as well please and thank you
17 Mar, '23
rockpaperdaddy
You got my vote. Owning GMMK Pro and GMMK Numpad without being unable to custom map the rotary and slider makes 2 of 3 useless.
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17 Mar, '23
Matt
It would be really helpful if both the rotary knob and the slider were fully customizable. I use CAD constantly for work and the added functionality that I could add to the numpad could really save me a lot of time. Additionally, the slider is rendered useless for me currently because I cannot download the CORE software to my company computer.
10 Apr, '23
Kevin
Would really appreciate it if the slider can control windows default volume without the core software running, like how the rotary knob can. And also have feature where the slider or rotary knob can adjust the brightness of the numpad.
11 Apr, '23
Christopher
Please do not abandon this product, glorious. It's the best numpad out there. Please implement all the requests and add VIA support.
27 Apr, '23
Rafale77
Another vote to add the ability to adjust the brightness of the RGB with either the slider or the knob.
02 Jun, '23
Xonare
I just bought the GMMK Numpad and that is literally my first feedback - add functions to the rotary knob and slider :D
05 Jun, '23
Derick
This should not be under consideration and must be implemented. The device is good overall and may improved your sales if you do this right 100% sure especially the mapping for knob and slider. I might be waiting for this to be implemented first before buying the product.
25 Jun, '23
Kathryn
Quite a few votes for this to still be “under consideration”.

Quite an expensive product to just have 2 sliders that do exactly the same thing, especially when the website advertises this product as “fully” customizable.

No response from devs on this either in almost a year. Hopefully people see this before accidentally purchasing.
22 Jul, '23
Les
I bought the GMMK Numpad exclusively for the slider and knob to help in Star Citizen. I was about to return the numpad, but if Glorious is working on making the slider available to remap, I'll keep it, and remap the crap out of it.
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06 Aug, '23
Ray
I agree. It is absurd that an otherwise good keyboard doesn't offer any options to customize the rotary knob.
Would be nice to be able to control the monitor brightness with the knob.
Or at least let us reprogram the rotary functions to any other key binds so we can control the monitor brightness with a third party software like twinkle tray.
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24 Aug, '23
Ryan
I bought the numpad for use as a macropad for art and planned on programming the slider to zoom in and out, but I've just learned this isn't possible currently. It would be incredibly useful to allow for the numpads slider and scrollwheel to either press keys when moved or to act as a scroll wheel
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30 Nov, '23
HJ
I just purchased this for the sole reason of using the slider in photoshop for brush size. :( Very disappointing!!
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30 Nov, '23
Jaedan
Bumping this. It's surprising to have two redundant controls with next to no customization. They would be very useful for productivity-related binds.
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03 Jan
Aron
+1 but for GMMK Pro please, the knob is so useless now...
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05 Jan
Zak
up-voting this because I mistakenly bought this under the assumption that the slider and knob were fully customizable, and they're literally NOT. least not yet.
I play Star Trek Online, and from my perspective the slider would be AMAZING to use to adjust ship speed!! Think about it! Adding that single feature would BEAT OUT all other competitors like Corsair, Steelseries, and my Go-To; Razer! This thing, with that MINOR adjustment [which would be SOOOOOOO easy from a programming standpoint, just saying] would be a GAMECHANGER for these types of gadgets. It already feels natural in my left hand.
DEV team... please make this happen. Look at ALL the upvotes already, and most of these aren't even for gammers that would use the slider and knob for throttle control, which would be EPIC~!
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15 Jan
Matthew
I'm not sure for how long, but the suggestion is "In Progress". Huge hopes that we can finally do more with this numpad than just adjust volume. Would really like to have mousewheel functions (up, down, middle click) with the encoder, at the very least.
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22 Feb
Jason Rodriguez
I would like to control my webcam light with the knob or slider or both!
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05 Mar
Damon
Says that this feature is under development. do we have any idea as to when more customisation options will be added to the slider and rotary? I would very much like to be able to use these both for any other use than volume control