Avoid the Cooler Master Masterkeys Lite L Keyboard

Some key combinations do not work on this keyboard. For instance, the combination LCtrl+LShift+P, which is used by default in VSCode to open the command palette, does not do anything. At first I thought it was because it was intercepted as a global hotkey by another running program, but the combination still does not work even after I killed all other programs. Finally, I found my answer here and here.

Dear Nomikos, Thank you for your inquiry. We have checked the MasterKeys Lite L and unfortunately is this normal that certain key combinations don’t work. This is because the MasterKeys Lite L combo doesn’t have NKRO (n-key rollover). When a keyboard doesn’t have the NKRO then some combinations, where you need to press multiple keys will not work. This is not implemented because the MasterKeys Lite L is a budget set. When you have any other question please let us know. Kind regards, Cooler Master Support

Weirdly, the combination RCtrl+RShift+P works, though there isn’t even a way to remap the left Control and Shift key combination because it just does not send any to the system. This means that one day during the product meeting, they just decided to deliberately disable/remove the functionality for the left LCtrl+RShift key combinations.

This lack of functionality is not mentioned anywhere in the product description, and sadly neither is it mentioned in the customer reviews on Amazon where I ordered it (Link). So, here’s a warning to those who think of buying this budget keyboard: several key combinations DO NOT WORK!