Do you ever use Shift, Ctrl, or Alt on the right side of the keyboard?

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Board 8 » Do you ever use Shift, Ctrl, or Alt on the right side of the keyboard?
TomNook
01/18/2024
02:46 AM
#1
Exclude PC gaming.
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01/18/2024
02:00 AM
#2
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Grimlyn
01/18/2024
03:12 AM
#3
for some programs if like shift/ctrl+arrow keys are shortcut for something I might use it sometimes since they're right beside each other. like say Blender going to start/end keyframe with Shift+L/R or Davinci Resolve skipping forward/backward a full second

or if I'm typing one-handed and a shortcut combination is ctrl/shift/alt with a key on the right side

general use tho probably not and I figure that's your intent so uh haven't voted yet
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Paratroopa1
01/18/2024
03:15 AM
#4
I strictly only use right shift - the right shift key on my keyboard is deeply worn and the left shift key is nearly untouched. I use left ctrl. No idea which alt key I use.
hockeydude15
01/18/2024
03:42 AM
#5
Alt and Ctrl left side only. Shift is used for whatever the opposite side of the letter that i need to use it for.
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01/18/2024
04:31 AM
#6
Shift once in a blue moon
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01/18/2024
04:56 AM
#7
hockeydude15 posted...
Alt and Ctrl left side only. Shift is used for whatever the opposite side of the letter that i need to use it for.
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MZero
01/18/2024
05:04 AM
#8
My keyboard doesn't even have a right Alt key and I never noticed until now. I have never used any of them with any regularity

Touch type means using the home row, right? I don't do that, but I also don't look at the keyboard when I'm typing
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Paratroopa1
01/18/2024
05:08 AM
#9
Touch type just means you don't look at the keyboard when typing.
azuarc
01/18/2024
08:28 AM
#10
Voted no, but I was only thinking of the control and alt keys. There's a non-zero chance I sometimes use right-shift. I'm not even sure. I do usually hit left-shift with my pinky for capitalization and punctuation.
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Maniac64
01/18/2024
09:34 AM
#11
Alt right side
Ctrl left side
Shift usually left side but not always.
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NFUN
01/18/2024
09:58 AM
#12
I genuinely forgot the right versions of all of those keys existed
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BlueCrystalTear
01/18/2024
10:06 AM
#13
Shift only, really. I will often Shift + the letter with one hand; other times I do them with separate hands. So I use the shift keys interchangeably.

Once in a blue moon, I'll Ctrl + Alt + Del with my right hand when I'm holding something in my left.
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swirIdude
01/18/2024
10:25 AM
#14
Paratroopa1 posted...
Touch type just means you don't look at the keyboard when typing.

I checked Wikipedia on this and they said that touch typing specifically means that you're holding your fingers over the home row, and typists who do not use the home row are considered "hybrid type".
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MacArrowny
01/18/2024
10:29 AM
#15
I voted no, but it turns out I only use the right shift key for uppercase, and use left shift more rarely (like if I'm hitting ctrl shift tab).

swirIdude posted...
I checked Wikipedia on this and they said that touch typing specifically means that you're holding your fingers over the home row, and typists who do not use the home row are considered "hybrid type".
wikipedia is not always definitive
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FL81
01/18/2024
10:42 AM
#16
Only time I use the Right Ctrl key is when playing FPSes (yes I use the arrow keys for movement)

I learned to type fast from years of playing RuneScape >_>
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Fiop
01/18/2024
11:19 AM
#17
Voted no that I don't touchtype, since I didn't know what it is. Then when I read the comments, that is what I do. So oops.

Anyway, normal typing I don't use it. I thought maybe I did for Q, A, and Z but I use left shift for those too and tap those with my left ring finger. I think I used to use right shift at one point.
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foolm0r0n
01/18/2024
11:50 AM
#18
MacArrowny posted...
wikipedia is not always definitive
In this case it is definitive that people use different definitions for it

I voted that I do touch type, but I don't use homerow so maybe I should've voted no
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PeaceFrog
01/18/2024
12:37 PM
#19
Listen, if you use excel on a regular basis and you're not using the right alt and ctrl for one-handed keyboard shortcuts then you're doing things the hard way. They are critical for optimal productivity.
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Xuxon
01/18/2024
12:55 PM
#20
Ever since browsers removed the backspace as back button shortcut I've used alt+left arrow for that, and I use the right alt key to do it with one hand. I've also used right shift as the select button for emulation for as long as I can remember. For newer emulators I've used it as the right stick instead. Offhand I think that's the only time I use those keys.
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MacArrowny
01/18/2024
01:00 PM
#21
Xuxon posted...
Ever since browsers removed the backspace as back button shortcut
holy shit I forgot they actually did that! What an amazingly good decision that was.
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malyg
01/18/2024
01:18 PM
#22
I use Alt Gr coz its usually the skip button in VNs. But that's it.
FL81
01/18/2024
03:16 PM
#23
Xuxon posted...
Ever since browsers removed the backspace as back button shortcut
Firefox still has this feature, setting browser.backspace_action to 0 will enable it
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catesdb
01/18/2024
03:41 PM
#24
voted that i don't touch type even though i don't look at the keyboard, because i don't do the home row thing

if anyone's counting

and yeah right shift is the main good one of these
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Xiahou_Shake
01/18/2024
03:49 PM
#25
I use right shift for capitalization of keys the left hand is hitting, but never use right alt or ctrl. It'd surely be another story if I used Excel more heavily for work, as was pointed out.

I'm super curious what the people who say they touch type but don't use the home row are doing. How are you positioning your hands when you start typing? The natural thing to do is to just glide your index fingers to the raised parts of the F and J keys, which would place you on the home row - if you don't do that, what's your anchor to actually start typing correctly without looking?
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catesdb
01/18/2024
04:02 PM
#26
i think i do look at the keyboard when i initially position my fingers, but then i don't look at it after that?

i guess i can find F and J without looking... but i only type with my index fingers and thumb (and occasionally pinkies). the spacebar is also pretty big? as is left-shift, which is where my left pinky usually goes back to

i assume people assume a certain thing when you say you touch type that involves your middle and ring fingers making a non-zero contribution
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foolm0r0n
01/18/2024
04:38 PM
#27
Xiahou_Shake posted...
if you don't do that, what's your anchor to actually start typing correctly without looking?
I have tried to figure this out for myself but I don't really know. My muscle memory is based on the full keyboard pretty much. I can hit a key with any hand from any position.

I do occasionally start typing 1 column shifted to the right.
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mnk
01/18/2024
05:26 PM
#28
I use shift sometimes, but not the others. I guess on rare occasions I'll use right Ctrl when opening a link in a new tab, if I remember to.
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MZero
01/18/2024
10:48 PM
#29
Xiahou_Shake posted...
I'm super curious what the people who say they touch type but don't use the home row are doing. How are you positioning your hands when you start typing? The natural thing to do is to just glide your index fingers to the raised parts of the F and J keys, which would place you on the home row - if you don't do that, what's your anchor to actually start typing correctly without looking?

I have no anchor, I just type on pure muscle memory. I position my hands based on what I'm about to type, I guess. It's all very instinctual and hard to explain. Depending on the word and what letter comes before and after I use different fingers to hit each key and sometimes even a different hand.

For example, I just realized that i type the first "T" in "that" with my left hand and the second "T" with my right hand
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Xiahou_Shake
01/18/2024
10:54 PM
#30
All of those responses are super interesting to me, thanks for sharing!
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SwiftyDC
01/18/2024
11:22 PM
#31
I left Shift when entering passwords only. All other times, I use the caps lock when capitalizing.

I don't use Alt or Ctrl. Except for Ctrl, Alt, and Delete to get to the task manager/lock screen. Never use right Shift.
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Forceful_Dragon
01/18/2024
11:45 PM
#32
hockeydude15 posted...
Alt and Ctrl left side only. Shift is used for whatever the opposite side of the letter that i need to use it for.

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Xtlm
01/19/2024
12:38 AM
#33
Shift sometimes

The others very rarely, if ever
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WickIebee
01/19/2024
12:51 AM
#34
Shift yes, in fact, I used it to capitalize that s.
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trdl23
01/19/2024
12:53 AM
#35
hockeydude15 posted...
Alt and Ctrl left side only. Shift is used for whatever the opposite side of the letter that i need to use it for.

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ChichiriMuyo
01/19/2024
02:40 AM
#36
Shift yes. Ctrl and Alt no.
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andylt
01/19/2024
07:51 AM
#37
What does the 'home row' mean?
Dels
01/19/2024
07:57 AM
#38
andylt posted...
What does the 'home row' mean?
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Paratroopa1
01/19/2024
08:01 AM
#39
Dels posted...
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foolm0r0n
01/19/2024
11:09 AM
#40
My home row is ertyu
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MZero
01/19/2024
11:55 AM
#41
foolm0r0n posted...
My home row is ertyu

the home row is where the heart is
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andylt
01/19/2024
12:56 PM
#42
Oh, thanks. I would've guessed the home row to be the bottom or top one.
mnk
01/19/2024
01:09 PM
#43
andylt posted...
Oh, thanks. I would've guessed the home row to be the bottom or top one.

Defaulting to the middle row makes it easier to go up or down.
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NFUN
01/21/2024
10:16 AM
#44
This topic cursed me. Yesterday my left shift was kinda broken, and in trying to fix it I broke it completely in a way I'm pretty sure is irreparable. So rather than use right shift like a monster, my left shift is disabled, my caps lock is left shift, and my right alt key is caps lock... so I guess I do use right alt now...

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MZero
01/21/2024
11:03 AM
#45
NFUN posted...
This topic cursed me. Yesterday my left shift was kinda broken, and in trying to fix it I broke it completely in a way I'm pretty sure is irreparable. So rather than use right shift like a monster, my left shift is disabled, my caps lock is left shift, and my right alt key is caps lock... so I guess I do use right alt now...

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FL81
01/21/2024
12:00 PM
#46
andylt posted...
What does the 'home row' mean?
my "Home" key is on the same row as the numbers
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MXCM
01/23/2024
01:04 AM
#47
Shift once in a blue moon
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