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I do this, too. The first thing I do when I get a new keyboard is to remove the caps lock key. I never used it in my 20 years of PC usages and I don't get why i
by Odenwaelder 9y ago
I do this, too. The first thing I do when I get a new keyboard is to remove the caps lock key. I never used it in my 20 years of PC usages and I don't get why it's still there.
Back in my CounterStrike gaming days I would also remove the Windows key because it would crash the game when accidentally pressed.
- wink 9y agoOn Windows, CapsLock is my Push-To-Talk key, so I remap it to F9 or something "useless" via KeyTweak. On Linux, it's my meta/compose/whatever key, so I can write äöü on UsIntl via caps-aou ( https://github.com/winks/dotfiles/blob/master/.us-intl-german.xmodmap https://github.com/winks/dotfiles/blob/master/.us-intl-germa... )
- golergka 9y agoMap escape key to it. Especially if you use vim.
- platz 9y agoI map ALT to CTRL and CapsLock to ALT, so I don't have to use my pinky to hot CTRL
- ssalka 9y agoDON’T remove caps lock!!! Use it as an application switcher! Some of my most used shortcuts: Caps + C = Chrome Caps + S = Spotify Caps + A = Atom Caps + T = Terminal +1 for removing windows key if gaming
- Noumenon72 9y agoThat's a really good idea. Most of my application switching needs are covered by the built-in Windows "Win+1 opens first icon on the taskbar, Win+2 opens the second...", but this could cover the lesser used ones like Outlook.
- cookingrobot 9y agoOn Windows, Win+1 launches the first app in the taskbar, Win+2 launches the second, etc.
- el_benhameen 9y agoI work about 30/70 on Mac and Windows. I have the caps lock key mapped to ctrl on Windows and cmd on Mac since they’re roughly equivalent. Makes switching my muscle memory when I switch my OS far less necessary. No more hitting ctrl-c to copy on Mac and instead sending a SIGKILL to the terminal!
- chris_wot 9y agoMy wife would kill me. She uses it to enter uppercase first letters. Just won’t (or can’t) work the shift key.
- stordoff 9y agoIt's used by the Japanese IME on Windows: Ctrl+CapsLock - hiragana input, Alt+CapsLock - katakana input, Shift+CapsLack - alphanumeric input.
- bananicorn 9y agoI like your typo in the last capslock, it accurately describes my capslock key ;) Though, that actually is interesting, and you made me read up ab bit on Japanese.
- ryall 9y agoAhh the good old CounterStrike quick exit! If you were lucky you could alt-tab back in, but you'd have a big mouse arrow where your reticle used to be :D I ended up coding a utility (in VS6!) to disable the windows key when you launched the game.
- roflchoppa 9y agodude that windows key always messed me up, esp because my computer was a load of crap, and it took hella days to minimize/maximize the window again, usually I had to reboot the machine.
- gadders 9y agoExcel powerusers get rid of F1: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-one-key-that-infuriates-bankers-so-much-theyll-pop-it-out-of-their-keyboards-2012-5?IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/the-one-key-that-infuriates-b...