No. The ones mostly from the 2000’s era have the blue Enter key. The T420 is one of the most popular models and is still in use today by many. That’s just before the chiclet keyboard was introduced. In 2017, Lenovo released the T25 anniversary edition, which had the much revered blue Enter key and 7-row (non-chiclet) keyboard.
Many of the IBM models (before Lenovo) had the grey F-row. The IBM/Lenovo multimedia keyboards also had the grey F-row and modifiers.
I stand corrected. There indeed are Thinkpad keyboards with a completely gray F row, and even some gray navigation keys (Insert, Delete, Home, End, PgUp, PgDn). Gray “Esc” as well.
@voodoo6k Would it be possible to add a completely gray F row to one of the kits? Maybe to the Novelties kit? That way we could get something as close as possible to an OG Thinkpad keyboard.
The base kit currently has gray F keys only on F5 through F8.
its funny how much I love this set, even though I despise ABS. I can definitely consider this set as something I might get if the price is good. I’ll be keeping an eye on this for sure
Doing the F-row and nav keys in grey was my original idea, but it gets a bit tricky when designing the kits. I think some people would appreciate the authenticity, but I guess most will take it at face value (and not really care what the reference is). Also, since this is GMK, having many kits is more difficult.
Going with the theme I’m pretty sure my old thinkpad keyboard got some pretty intense keycap shine over the course of its life. So ABS would be the way to go.