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There's a button for the keyboards back-lit keys, which can be adjusted in three brightness modes and off as well as a windows protection key (so you do not exit a game if you by accident press the key with the windows logo). Sitting next to it to the right are multimedia keys and volume control.

Basically, you can cycle the LED brightness from off as towards three higher stages of brightness. Obviously, that can be configured with the CUI software as well. The wrist rest is detachable, should you not want to use it. Overall, this is your standard Corsair layout and design, and Corsair certainly has many of them these days. 

Once powered on for the first time, you'll be welcomed with the rainbow animation on the keys. We'll talk a bit more about the animation and functionality with the Corsair CUE software overview later in this article. As you can see K68 lacks extra programmable G keys in the form of left side gaming keys that it's bigger brother the K90 and K95 do have. All keys, however, are programmable with the Corsair CUE software, but here again, we'll address that later on in the article. 

The backside, plain and simple. We mentioned the rubber feet already. You can use standoffs as well to allow a little more height and create an angled position. It has a very firm grip on my desktop.

The K68 does not have braided cable that it's bigger brothers do have. Just plain rubber with one USB connector (2.0). The cable is roughly two meters in length, which offers plenty of reach.
 

Here you can clip on the wrist rest (turned upside down for visual). The K68 feels like a heavyweight product, and combined with rubber feet will prevent you from the keyboard sliding away.