{"id":2090,"date":"2026-01-10T19:50:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/ive-never-used-a-trackball-but-keychrons-nape-pro-looks-like-the-perfect-one\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T19:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:50:41","slug":"ive-never-used-a-trackball-but-keychrons-nape-pro-looks-like-the-perfect-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/ive-never-used-a-trackball-but-keychrons-nape-pro-looks-like-the-perfect-one\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve never used a trackball, but Keychron\u2019s Nape Pro looks like the perfect one"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A hand holding up the white Keychron Nape Pro with its bright red trackball centered in the frame.\" data-caption=\"Put this ball under your board.\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/CES2026_Keychron_Nape_Pro_trackball_ADiBenedetto_0006.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tPut this ball under your board.\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Keychron announced new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/851900\/keychrons-new-mechanical-keyboards-offer-ultra-long-battery-life-at-wireless-8k-polling-rates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mechanical keyboards with marathon battery life<\/a> at CES, but this trackball stole the spotlight. The Nape Pro is Keychron&rsquo;s first trackball, and its slender frame means it can work on your desk in multiple ways. You can keep it to the right or left of a keyboard like a traditional trackball, or you can tuck it in front and use it without moving your hands from the keys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">That positioning makes it a bit like a giant Lenovo TrackPoint, typically found on ThinkPad laptops but sometimes used on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lenovo.com\/us\/en\/p\/accessories-and-software\/keyboards-and-mice\/keyboards\/4y40x49493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dedicated<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23929303\/hhkb-studio-review-trackpoint-mx-switches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keyboards<\/a>. And it should allow you to move your cursor, turn the Nape Pro&rsquo;s rotary dial, or press one of its six fully-pr \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/860178\/ive-never-used-a-trackball-but-keychrons-nape-pro-looks-like-the-perfect-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Put this ball under your board. Keychron announced new mechanical keyboards with marathon battery life at CES, but this trackball [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}