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For VIM: I am using CAPS Lock now as ESC key, because there is no physical ESC Key with the touch bar anymore.

Generally: I configured my touch bar to match the old keyboard function keys layout & they never change, no matter if I switch the program. I just don't want to change my behaviour + can't deal with the fact that I can't quickly change volume/brightness + hit play/pause/forward/backwards keys.

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> can't deal with the fact that I can't quickly change volume/brightness + hit play/pause/forward/backwards keys.

Do you find this a deal breaker? I use a MacBook and not being able to get a new model without a touch bar is holding me back from upgrading.

This annoys me so much, at least provide the option to make certain buttons globally accessible regardless of the applications context.

There is a way to do this. It took me a bit of googling but it is possible. I needed the function keys or IntelliJ would be rendered useless

Hmm, yeah, I use volume and brightness constantly, so this is not great for me. Might try and get a refurbished with old ports, without the touch bar

You can set the touch bar to show "Expanded control strip" in Settings -> Keyboard -> Touch Bar Shows so you get the same layout as the physical keys.

Isn't a dealbreaker if you use it like I do and set a global touch bar configuration, which doesn't change. Only useful feature of the touchbar is Touch ID (which works very well). However, regarding your question about productivity: no it doesn't increase nor decrease with the touchbar (especially if you can work with caps lock being the ESC key in vim).

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