Nope
I didn’t know it was a thing don’t think I’ve ever used it
How do you use a keyboard for any significant amount of time without noticing there are two shift keys? (No offense intended, that’s just kinda crazy to me).
I’m just really not observant
Fair enough, well now you’ve got a whole new key to try out!
Haha can’t wait
Once every blue moon I’ll use the right shift to Ctrl+Shift+m and unmute a Teams call but thats the only time I can think I’ve used it.
Only if I need to type a capital letter with one hand
Yes. E.g. why typing a capital P. But less often for more complex chords, I use left hand modifiers more often when using multiple modifiers.
That is the exact opposite of how you’re supposed to do things (assuming you’re on a qwerty keyboard or other keyboard where P is typed with the right hand). The reason there are two shift keys is so that you can hold down the one that is not the one you’re typing the letter with, i.e. you should be using the left shift key to type P, but the right shift key to type Q, W, E, R, etc.
Ah, you’re right, I got my left and right mixed up in that example 😅
Anyway, I use both.
Yeah, but I’m gonna one hand it anyway!
You’re thinking of a different qwerty.
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, when doing Ctrl+Insert to copy then Shift+Insert to paste
Right shift has gotta be my least used key. I actually don’t know if I’ve used it more than like 10 times in my life
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 forgot that it was even there lol
Constantly, but only at work. I use it for ? and that’s it.
Interesting. Ive never thought about it but I think I actually capitalize exclusively with RShift.
I have literally only ever used the right shift key when playing, like, two different games. Both were simulations with insane amounts of controls. One is ARMA, and the other was a flight sim.
I used it because it had a function bound to it that wasn’t on the left shift.
Edit: Oh and I think there was a pinball game on DOS that used both shift keys to operate the flippers.
Never. I exclusively use my left thumb for the space bar, too.
I could probably type faster if I fixed those issues, but 30 years of bad habits die hard.
Which one is the wrong one?
