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Chomp8645 posted:It locks your scroll. It's a good joke to play on the court herald right as he's about to read the king's proclamation. I keep frantically mashing 'End' but these posts keep coming
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quote:The scroll lock is a relic of days gone by. On old Windows PCs it was designed to allow someone to use the arrow keys to scroll through text. ... By toggling the scroll lock it allowed for the reader to leave the cursor where it was and to move to another part of the document thereby saving their spot. I just tried this and it totally didnt work. Im going to send in a complaint to Dell that my 2007 era keyboard is broken and I demand a refund.
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Big Beef City posted:I keep frantically mashing 'End' but these posts keep coming show yourself, coward. i will never stop posting
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Apr 16, 2020 22:07
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The one that conjures an 8-bit sprite of Orson Welles requesting to bite the tip of your penis.
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Apr 16, 2020 22:11
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How the gently caress do people not know what scroll lock is used for. And if you work with Excel, then double shame 
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Chomp8645 posted:I was gonna says the windows key, but I guess that's actively detrimental rather than useless. I say numlock because I genuinely don't can't think of any situation where you could not just leave it permanently enabled. The others I could at least come up with a theoretical use, even if I've never actually done it. So, let's say you're too lazy to shop around for a real computer and accidentally hosed up your long-past-warranty laptop's arrow keys. The rest of your keyboard is fine, so your choices for dealing with this when you want the arrow keys are a) pay to have the thing fixed during corona panic, b) buy a USB keyboard (lol), or c) switch Num Lock off when you actually want the arrow keys in question. Before this happened to me I'd have agreed with you and it's still true 99% of the time. On topic, it's definitely Scroll Lock followed by Insert. At least pod people get some use out of Insert presumably even though it is garbage, but what the gently caress is Scroll Lock good for in any non-technical application?
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Angelwolf posted:How the gently caress do people not know what scroll lock is used for. And if you work with Excel, then double shame I have a mouse
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Apr 16, 2020 22:16
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i vomit kittens posted:I have a mouse Well check out mr fancy pants here
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Ignatius M. Meen posted:So, let's say you're too lazy to shop around for a real computer and accidentally hosed up your long-past-warranty laptop's arrow keys. The rest of your keyboard is fine, so your choices for dealing with this when you want the arrow keys are a) pay to have the thing fixed during corona panic, b) buy a USB keyboard (lol), or c) switch Num Lock off when you actually want the arrow keys in question. Before this happened to me I'd have agreed with you and it's still true 99% of the time. Ok I guess. I've never owned a laptop so I guess it's a different angle. On a regular PC, any keyboard issue can resolved with "replace this easy changeable, not expensive part".
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Apr 16, 2020 22:20
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Surprised at all the windows key hate. I prefer it over alt+tab to escape from fullscreen programs, and it's half of the shortcut to switch your keyboard to another language.
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Apr 16, 2020 22:23
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Aside from scroll lock and pause/break I use all of the keys. Also, I've noticed over the last year or so that I use the number pad more and more. I used to think it was useless (for me) but I guess there is a reason for its existence.
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Apr 16, 2020 22:25
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I just looked up what scroll lock does and I just use ctrl + arrow keys for that, not convinced there's any need for a lock key there
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Apr 16, 2020 22:27
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Alt Grrrr is bad, get rid of it
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Apr 16, 2020 22:28
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Arrhythmia posted:Surprised at all the windows key hate. I prefer it over alt+tab to escape from fullscreen programs, and it's half of the shortcut to switch your keyboard to another language. I don't want to open the drat start menu just because I tabbed out of something. (Plus what if I know what I want to alt-tab to is open and i just hold the alt key down and keep tapping tab until I find it to open it rather than navigate through the start menu? NO THANK YOU) Also I like the numpad, I'm better at 10-key number typing than I am top row typing numbers, I feel like. Even if neither are something I'd consider myself good at to any appreciable level.
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Apr 16, 2020 22:29
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Insert is good because Shift/Ctrl - Insert for copy & paste. Scroll lock is barely useful in Excel but maybe it could be good as some sort of accessibility thing? Doesn't something + Pause/Break open computer properties? Can't check it now but I really don't remember ever using it for anything else. Games could use it for the pause menu but everything just uses Esc instead. This one should get the vote but in truth there are no useless keys, because you can always bind an extra key to something you want. i vomit kittens posted:I have a mouse
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Apr 16, 2020 22:32
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My keyboard has a "power" button on it, which puts the computer into some kind of sleep state without shutting it down properly or turning the fans off, which I can only get it to come out of by turning it off at the wall for 5 minutes. So, I'd say the most useless button is the "wake up" button next to "power."
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Xaintrailles posted:My keyboard has a "power" button on it, which puts the computer into some kind of sleep state without shutting it down properly or turning the fans off, which I can only get it to come out of by turning it off at the wall for 5 minutes. So, I'd say the most useless button is the "wake up" button next to "power." Open up device manager (type 'dev man' in your start menu and look for it in results) Click the '>' next to 'Keyboards', you'll see a few. Right click each one and click 'Properties' and then 'Power Management', and then make sure the 'Allow this device to wake computer' option is checked. If you have a laptop, and it's going into hibernate mode, turn that poo poo off. I think you can just open a cmd prompt and type in 'powercfg -h off' and that disables it without having to go through and manually uncheck a bunch of poo poo.
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Apr 16, 2020 22:47
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scroll lock is trash but function is worse, because it doesn't work across oses
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Apr 16, 2020 22:48
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olives black posted:The most uselessly bound key is Caps Lock. The actual key itself is fine, but it should be swapped with Control by default. ftfy
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Apr 16, 2020 22:49
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Mozi posted:ftfy meh, Escape pops the vim clutch without contorting my hand
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Apr 16, 2020 22:53
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Does "the entire MacBook touchbar thing" count? Because it is terrible and I'd rather have the f keys back.
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Apr 16, 2020 23:15
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Quote-Unquote posted:Does "the entire MacBook touchbar thing" count? Because it is terrible and I'd rather have the f keys back. It's loving evil
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Apr 16, 2020 23:24
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Roumba posted:Whatever the gently caress that key is with no name and just a cartoon of menu. It never does poo poo or is exactly the same as a right-click. That key is really useful if you are dealing with a mouse issue. Seriously being able to right click in a remote session when you can't get good control of the mouse because they keep using it is a godsend tab to where you need and you use that.
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Apr 16, 2020 23:34
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star eater posted:i legit don't even know what scroll lock does Yeah, was downhill free scrolling a problem in the past?
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Apr 16, 2020 23:38
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Xaintrailles posted:My keyboard has a "power" button on it, which puts the computer into some kind of sleep state without shutting it down properly or turning the fans off, which I can only get it to come out of by turning it off at the wall for 5 minutes. So, I'd say the most useless button is the "wake up" button next to "power." i just pulled those off so i'd never be able to accidentally push them
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Apr 16, 2020 23:58
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Windows key + M minimize your screen. It's scroll lock. It is literally becoming an Any-Key where you can map whatever you want on it. Just use page up, page down, home, end buttons on spread sheets if you want to move through it quickly without a mouse. Edit: personally though, I rip off the f1 key. It gets in the way, when I press the f2 key, when I want to rename files. mazzi Chart Czar fucked around with this message at 00:05 on Apr 17, 2020 |
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Apr 16, 2020 23:59
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its the =/+ button on the top right
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It's obviously Any key, you rubes
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Apr 17, 2020 00:23
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No key can cause such despair as Insert, while offering nothing good in return.
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Apr 17, 2020 00:25
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The "Any" key is completely useless. I can't even find it on my keyboard but so many programs ask for it.
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The "A Flat" key is the most useless. And you gotta be careful because people get upset if you ask for 'A flat minor"
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Apr 17, 2020 00:32
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Num lock. I press it and my nuts still hurt when squeezed.
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Basticle posted:whatever the thing between windows and right ctrl is I finally had the courage to touch mine, and it opened a context menu.
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Apr 17, 2020 01:04
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I use every key in exactly equal amounts
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I've looked up what scroll lock and pause/break do like 40 times including just now and I still don't remember what they do voted scroll lock because it has a dedicated light to indicate whether it's on or off as if anybody gives a poo poo home and end are fine, they're like pressing page up or page down until they no longer do anything
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Apr 17, 2020 01:38
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Ctrl-p It don't work
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Colonel Cancer posted:Ctrl-p lp0 on fire
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just lol if you don't use Win+X on a daily basisElentor posted:No key can cause such despair as Insert, while offering nothing good in return. 
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Ruffian Price posted:just lol if you don't use Win+X on a daily basis I don't usually remember the keystrokes to get to different things there so I get there by right clicking the start button it's the same menu. If I'm going to pick from the menu with the mouse might as well open it with the mouse.
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