Scroll lock is still super useful for me, maybe they could just use the right control key.
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Zoidberg@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Another useless key? Use Scroll lock or SysRq for that. Or even better, reuse that stupid “menu” key. They’ll cram one more key to the left of the spacebar and make ctrl, alt, and windows keys smaller. Or change their order.
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 8 months ago
sir_reginald@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m sure more people use right control than scroll lock.
richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 8 months ago
Specially if they’re touch typists and they use the Ctrl opposed to the letter key as one usually does with Shift.
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 8 months ago
If that is a defining quality of touch typists, I guess I’m far from one. My hand position moves all over the place as I type, but I haven’t had to look for a key (or where my hand should go for whatever task) in a decade or so (I do have to look for a couple odd keys occasionally, only symbols I don’t use frequently).
Just easier to crtl + a lot of keys with the same hand, then the hand slides right back to where it was (similar to how some people hit crtl + alt + del with one hand while others use two).
richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 8 months ago
Hey, I use my menu key as Compose!
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
I use the menu key all the time… It’s very handy to avoid using the mouse.
filcuk@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Bruh how am I gonna lock my arrow keys for screen navigation in Excel then??
variants@possumpat.io 8 months ago
You mean i dont have to arrow each cell to move the view?