Yes. Any time I capitalize a letter on the left side of the keyboard. Isn't that normal?
That is the way I was taught, but not the way I did it then. Never developed the habit, so I never do it.
Damn, that makes sense. I one hand everything with my left hand. Maybe it's because of muscle memmory from playing videogames lol
I was taught to type that way, but I was never that good at using my right pinky while typing a letter with my left. Or maybe I just wasn't good at coordinating which shift key to use with which letter. So I started just always using the left shift key which I somehow never had a problem with.
If I have to type capital A, left pinky holds shift and ring finger hits the A. This isn't the "right" way to touch type, but I can still type pretty fast.
I tend to use right shift for pretty much everything. The arrow glyph has worn off the key I use it so much.
Important factors:
British English keyboards, like the one I have, tend to be ISO, with a larger shift key on the right. Bigger target. Easier to hit.
I have at least a couple of passwords that each have at least one shifted character from the left side of the keyboard and it's much easier to use both hands when I need to type those.
It might even go back to the fact that most of my early typing was on a Commodore 64C and the positions of surrounding keys. Hitting shift-lock or run/stop by mistake would have been a nuisance. Caps lock isn't quite as annoying because it's not a literal mechanical toggle, but even so, the right shift avoids that particular error.
i don't type capital letters
because fuck capitalism :3
That's capitalisation. Capitalism is a philosophical view that the universe is solely based on randomness
That's casualism. Capitalism is the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind
That's cannibalism. Capitalism was a practice done in the First Brazilian Republic that is also known as "rule of the colonels".
Yes, I touch type so use it whenever I capitalise a letter typed by the left hand.
I thought this was strange, but I noticed my muscle memory actually uses left shift for letters typed with my left hand, and right shift for my right, I use my pinkie in either case.
Yes, I use both. Learned typing that way.
It's funny, isn't it? My mom made me take a typing class at the community college one summer - on IBM electric typewriters. This was before everyone owned game consoles, much less PCs. You'd think in today's world, typing classes would be even more in demand, but are they? Do kids take typing classes in K-12?
Same. That's why it's there, folks.
Ergonomically, you should use the Shift (or Ctrl or Alt) key on the opposite side of the keyboard as the key you are modifying. This helps prevent carpal tunnel issues because you can keep your wrists straight and not be twisting them unnaturally to reach key combos. You should also not have your wrists resting on the wrist rest or other surface while typing as that also contributes to carpal tunnel problems. Just use it in between stretches of typing (or maybe people just hunt and peck these days, I dunno).
Yes, because I ran out of keys to bind in modded Minecraft.
No, I repurposed it as a nightstand
I think a good followup question for this one would be "Were you able to answer the question from memory?"
I couldn't remember, so I had to do some typing to see. And based on the amount of visible keycap wear, I'd say they get used equally.
Yes. Proper use of touch typing uses both shift keys. That's how I type.
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.
I touch-type, so yes.
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 legitimately know people who press the caps lock key, type what they need uppercased, then press the caps lock key again. That said, I use both shift keys.
Yes. I still use my computer for mostly writing, so proper technique includes using the Right Shift key when capitalizing anything on the left hand side of the keyboard.
Yes. E.g. when typing a capital ~~P~~ Q. But less often for more complex chords, I use left hand modifiers more often when using multiple modifiers.
Only if I need to type a capital letter with one hand
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
I use a Dvorak keyboard to touch-type, so no, never.
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
I forgot that it was even there lol
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Nope. I use left shift for everything.
Even if you do use both shift keys correctly, it still feels awkward to me since you have to sacrifice a pinky from home row and shift your hands.
It's why I've been curious to try a layout where Shift and Alt are swapped, that way you can use your thumb to press shift and keep your fingers in place.
My keyboard has two shift keys. I don't think I've ever used the right shift key, not even for usage with emulators for consoles with a lot of buttons... the modifier is always the left shift key since it's closest to my left hand and I can have my right hand on the other side where the arrow keys are. The arrow keys, WASD, Z, X, A, S, Q,W, 1, 2 etc have always been sufficient for most games.
other than as a keybind in a singular Minecraft mod, no never. Always the left one, I also never use the caps lock key
exclusively. i never use the left shift for anything other than running in games.
yes - ctrl + shift ) splits the kde konsole
Yes, but not as often as the left.
While touch typing, I pretty much always use the left shift key. To type "A" for example I slid my hand over one set of keys and pressed the A key with my ring finger. Right shift ends up used mostly with the punctuation marks to the right, like I actually move my entire right hand down to hit shift and ?
I also strike T, Y and B with different hands depending on what I'm typing.
There may be some other eccentricities but I do mostly touch type properly, asdfjkl; and all that.
Left shift only works for games
Right shift is for typing
Which one is the wrong one?
With emulators mostly.
I only use it when I have food in one hand and can't reach the desired key + left shift with my other hand.
I type with both hands usually so use both, but when doing the one hand thing it's always the right shift key. That one is more worn on my keyboard.
I use it to wake my computer up when the display is off.
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