My laptop has a control key there. I know on some larger desktop keyboards there’s the application key, but I’ve not seen one on many keyboards from the last 10 years
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JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks agoWhen was the last time you on purpose used the application key on your keyboard to open the right-click context menu so you could navigate it using the arrow keys? Because that is the key it replaced - Microsoft has demanded for the last 32 years that the two spaces CTRL and ALT on Windows compatible keyboards are used for the Windows key, and the Application Key.
SqueakyBeaver@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve used it yesterday. Haven’t been at the desktop today, but will use the key when I get at it.
Normally it’s mapped to alt in my setup, while alt is remapped to ctrl, but I haven’t gotten around to figuring out how to do that with Cinnamon. Meanwhile, Double Commander allows adding useful actions in the context menu, and Emacs has the commands menu (M-x) mapped to the ‘application’ key.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I used it regularly before I got a keyboard that turned out to have a useless Fn in its place
FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Today. I don’t like mouse inputs.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
TIL I even had an application key there. I don’t think I’ve ever used it.
morto@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Well… I use it. I find it faster to use than the middle click gesture in the touchpad and the touchpad’s buttons are awful to press, so I use the keyboard button and navigate with the touchpad
RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Is a middle click even an option on a touchpad? I get annoyed that I can’t even right click hold and then left click. Rip fishing minigames on trackpad
morto@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Tapping with 2 fingers usually works as a middle click, but sometimes it fail for me, sending a single click instead