Sure, if I’m inputting data with the Numpad.
… You use capital numbers?
No, the Shift key has uses other than for standard alphabet keys.
I know the shortcuts, but I have never used shift with the numpad. I have used computers before numpad existed on computers. Maybe I am missing out on something.
Just a bad habit for data entry that stuck from use of the old IBM keyboards. Somehow it felt better to shift my attention to the right-hand side instead of the standard layout and extending my hand to the keyboard’s top just below the F-keys. Everything I needed was right there on the right 1/4 of the keyboard…
Yes, I trained myself only to use opposite hand shift combinations. You can do this with a programmable keyboard, autohotkey, or karabiner.
So Left Shift+a doesn’t do anything, only Right Shift+a will output A
It was a exercise in getting better typing hygiene.
Well, I don’t use the wrong shift key /s
I do. Perhaps, as another poster pointed out, it ties into typing classes I had back in the late '80s or early '90s.
i don’t type capital letters
because fuck capitalism :3
That’s capitalisation. Capitalism is a philosophical view that the universe is solely based on randomness
That’s casualism. Capitalism is the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind
That’s carnivorism. Capitalism is when an organism has tissue made of different genetic composition
That’s chimerism. Capitalism is a large-scale and violent event in the natural world.
Yeah, pretty sure i use it for capitalising symbols on the right of the keyboard.
In fact, i think i might use it for some of the symbols above the numbers, too.
I need to get in front of a keyboard and find out.
I on the other hand use it to capitalize the letters on the left side of the keyboard.
This, I very striktly press always the opposite shift. One hand types the desired symbol, the other modifies it.
Do you copy/paste with one hand or two?
I use a Dvorak keyboard to touch-type, so no, never.
Why would that be a factor?
Because all the letters are under the right hand and all the punctuation under the left.
I have to be missing something here.
Yes. Any time I capitalize a letter on the left side of the keyboard. Isn’t that normal?
I tend to use right shift for pretty much everything. The arrow glyph has worn off the key I use it so much.
Important factors:
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British English keyboards, like the one I have, tend to be ISO, with a larger shift key on the right. Bigger target. Easier to hit.
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I have at least a couple of passwords that each have at least one shifted character from the left side of the keyboard and it’s much easier to use both hands when I need to type those.
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It might even go back to the fact that most of my early typing was on a Commodore 64C and the positions of surrounding keys. Hitting shift-lock or run/stop by mistake would have been a nuisance. Caps lock isn’t quite as annoying because it’s not a literal mechanical toggle, but even so, the right shift avoids that particular error.
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That is the way I was taught, but not the way I did it then. Never developed the habit, so I never do it.
Nope. I use left shift for everything.
Even if you do use both shift keys correctly, it still feels awkward to me since you have to sacrifice a pinky from home row and shift your hands.
It’s why I’ve been curious to try a layout where Shift and Alt are swapped, that way you can use your thumb to press shift and keep your fingers in place.
No, I repurposed it as a nightstand
exclusively. i never use the left shift for anything other than running in games.
other than as a keybind in a singular Minecraft mod, no never. Always the left one, I also never use the caps lock key
Thank you for participating in our market research. The right shift key will now be replaced with a “Grok” key. Goodbye.
