Editing Keycap mount (section)

==Cherry MX mount==
[[File:Cherry_MX_blue_closeup.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Cherry MX switch and its mount]]

A cross-shaped stem on the switch's slider into a cross-shaped hole within a cylindrical stem in the bottom of the keycap.
This is often called a "Cherry MX mount" because it is found on [[Cherry MX]] switches.
Whether the mount type has an industry-wide designation is unknown.

Cherry's MX keycap specifications give the keycap slot dimensions as a cross 4.1+0.05 mm wide, with arms 1.17±0.02 mm wide<ref>[[File:Cherry MX 1×1 keycap specification (1983).pdf]]</ref> (this would make them 1.465 mm long). There are no known specifications for the switch stem.

[[Signature Plastics]] gives the dimensions (presumably of the keycap) as a cross 0.159ʺ (4.04 mm) wide, with arms 0.047ʺ (1.19 mm) wide.

[[Cherry M8]] switches use a cruciform mount with the same lateral dimensions as MX switches, but with a shorter switch stem. This shorter stem leads to keycap incompatibility. Cherry produced a [[Cherry MX-M8 Adapter]] variant of the [[Cherry MX]] switch family which allowed the use of shorter M8 keycaps on otherwise standard MX switches.

See: [[:Category:Keyboard switches with Cherry MX mount|keyboard switches with Cherry MX mount]]

===Switches===

*[[Cherry MX]]
*[[Cherry MY]]
*[[Marquardt Series 6184]]
*Some [[Mitsumi miniature mechanical]] switches
*[[:Category:Clones of Cherry MX switches|Cherry MX clone]] switches
*Some [[Futaba clicky switch]]es
*Some Gateway keyboards, including early [[Gateway AnyKey]], Model no 2189013-XX-XXX
*BTC Dome with Slider

... and more

===Keycap manufacturers and vendors===
Additional keycaps are made/sold by:

*[[Signature Plastics]]
*[[WASD Keyboards]]
*[[Devlin]]
*[[Tipro]] (low profile and relegendable)
*[[Jarltech]] (low profile and relegendable)
*[[Genovation]] (low profile and relegendable)

... and more

===Notes===
There are also some mount types that are quite similar but not exact like the Cherry MX mount.
There are switches with a cylinder around the stem, and there are keys with struts in-between the keycap stem and keycap wall that make it not "Cherry compatible" without modification.