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• Carnelian@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I do use it. I press it with my right pinky when I want to capitalize letters that I type with my left hand, which is a convention of touch-typing

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• glimse@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is an asklemmy question…

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• OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes, I use it all the time when capitalizing letters on the left half of the keyboard.

  I guess if you don’t touch type you don’t need both shifts, but I use both mine regularly.

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  • solitaire@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s interesting, when I learned to touch type in school we weren’t taught to use the right shift. Likely an oversight rather than intentional, but I just use my pinky to hit the left shift while using the left hand side of the keyboard.

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• PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I thought I never used it until my right shift key stopped working. I then found out that I use that thing a lot actually.

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• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I use neither! I hunt and peck the Caps Lock key every time I need to capitalize something.

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  • Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Me too. I know it’s not optimal, but that’s the way I’m used to

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was being sarcastic. Please buy Mavis Beacon or something.

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• ptz@dubvee.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I rarely use it. While I did learn proper touch typing (on an actual typewriter back in the stone age), I mostly use the left shift key even when capitalizing letters typed with my left hand. If I use right shift at all, it’s only for a few awkward letters (mostly Z).

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  • Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same for me. I learned “proper” touch type but never retained it. Instead I hover type with whichever hand is convenient. Can still hit 120WPM with >90% accuracy though

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• 200ok@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes! When I’m typing in a form where hitting “Enter” acts like a “Submit” button… I’ll use “Right Shift” + “Enter” to create a line break instead of submitting the form.

  This also happens with, say, chat support windows. So, not always form fields, I guess.

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  • AToM_exe@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Left Shift + Enter is much more convenient for that.

    Like, how do you press Right Shift + Enter?

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    • Syd@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      With two fingers?

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• ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I use my F1-F12 keys regularly and right shift modifier opens up F-13 through F-24. It’s nice.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I saw those in my new keyboard’s manual and I’ve been wondering how you got those to work. Thanks!

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• lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I use it way more than I use the left one. In fact, I think that I only use the later for keyboard shortcuts (like Ctrl+Shift+Alt+→ or ← to change workspace).

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• notnotmike@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes, I use the key. For touch typing you should be using it whenever a letter pressed by your left hand needs capitalization.

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• Borkdornsorkpor@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I only use right shift when typing. Technically not correct form for touch typing, but it’s what I’m used to. Left shift is only used when gaming.

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• wetnoodle@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Image I do not

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• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I used it for pick block in mc before I realised I could use 3 finger tap to emulate middle click.

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have only ever used the right shift in some game that used damn near everything on the keyboard, so left and right shift each did something unique. I wanna say ARMA but I can’t remember what the function of right shift was; I just remember actually needing it regularly.

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• Unsaved5831@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I really had to think and I guess I seldom use it. I touch-type but somehow my body has learnt to use only the left hand for almost all the modifier keys no matter how many keys I have to press there.

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• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have it set up so when I hit both shifts at once it swaps my keyboard between US English and “English international deadkeys” typing since I need to be able to write in French sometimes.

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  • fubbernuckin@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I used to have both shifts at once activate an autoclicker ahk script.

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  • Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    To type accented characters like that I just use regular us layout, and use the compose key to get accents and stuff on letters.

    As a bonus you can also type many other special characters using the compose key, you just need to map it to something. I have mine set to caps lock

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• dharmik@mathstodon.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  @alvaro @nostupidquestions I seldom use the shift key to capitalize the letters. My left pinky always goes to caps lock rather than the left shift. (Checking if cross-posting works)

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• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Some times I’m typing with all of one hand or all of another.

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• WhimsicalSofa@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Constantly. However I have mapped my left control key so that if I tap it, it sends Escape.

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