Poll: Do you use right-shift?

[Skipple]

So watching today's ShortCircuit video I was struck by the notion of using the right shift key. This isn't the first time I have watched an LTT video where the commentator complained about the smaller size of the right shift key. After thinking about it for a little bit, I was a bit perplexed because I hardly ever use the right shift key at all. I always use the left shift when typing, personally. I think someone could remove the right shift alltogether and I would be no worse for the wear. 

 

I'm curious to know how other's use this. Am I in the extreme minority or are there others like me who never touch the key at all?

[Crunchy Dragon]

It depends. Usually I use left shift, but I have very occasionally used right shift because it was more convenient at that particular moment in time.

[Moonzy]

How else would you press ctrl+shift+n with one hand?

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[Skipple]

Just now, Moonzy said:

How else would you press ctrl+shift+n with one hand? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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[Moonzy]

13 minutes ago, Skipple said:

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hey, i dont wanna get cookies stuck in my browser while helping people build their PC

i once opened a pc list with my regular browser, kept getting ads for it until i cleared my cookie and had to relogin every webpage i visit

 

so yes i use it daily, i also use it to capitalise letters that i type with my left hand

 

edit: ya'll who voted never can try removing the keycap/disabling it in software and see how many times you use it a day

[Shammikit]

6 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

How else would you press ctrl+shift+n with one hand?

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Use both hands u uncultured swine

[Guest]

I reprogrammed it to mute my pc

[PorkishPig]

5 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

How else would you press ctrl+shift+n with one hand?

I use Firefox at home and Chrome at work. I have a love/hate relationship with this shortcut. I use it wrong at least once a day.

 

CTRL+Shift+p opens Private Browsing in Firefox, CTRL+Shift+p opens the advanced print dialog on Chrome, and CTRL+Shift+n restores closed windows on Firefox. CTRL+Shift+p is much easier on one hand though.

[starry]

12 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

How else would you press ctrl+shift+n with one hand?

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The right shift key is so invisible to me that I literally stretch my hand across the keyboard to do something like that, didnt dawn on me how crazy that was until I read that.

 

Edit: I just saw the Lenny face, oh dear.

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, seapriestess said:

The right shift key is so invisible to me that I literally stretch my hand across the keyboard to do something like that, didnt dawn on me how crazy that was until I read that.

do you also press LShift when typing ????? too?

 

 

monsters, the lot of you

[zeusthemoose]

The way I learned to type (and I pretty sure how it’s supposed to be done) is to use the left shift when capitalizing a letter from your right hand and use the right shift when capitalizing a letter from your left hand. I try to do that as much as possible, but I often end up using left shift anyways.

[starry]

Just now, Moonzy said:

do you also press LShift when typing ????? too?

 

 

monsters, the lot of you

I do, I have both hands on the home row, no matter what letter I need capital, I will use my left hand to press shift and then press the letter with my right, as long as it is on the right side of the keyboard.

[The_russian]

Glad to see I’m not the only one with bad typing habits, though I probably should work on it.

[TheBean]

I use it like... once a year...My muscle memory has not been trained to use right shift. 

[PeachGr]

I had it for alt+shift to change language, and just some times it happens.

[Mihle]

Now and then I use it but not very often.

[jones177]

I use it every day.

 

I am left handed so I use the arrow keys to move and the right shift key to either sprint or climb.

[Spindel]

I think I mainly use it to shut of my screen with one hand (iMac the command is ctrl+shift+eject if you didn't know that)

[mariushm]

Every time I have to use Shift Del  (erase, skip recycle bin)  or  Shift+insert (paste when i don't use Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V)

 

Also Alt+Shift+Enter in total commander to get the size of every folder in the current folder is very useful.

 

So yeah... i voted semi-frequently. 

[minibois]

Personally I occasionally use the Right Shift, but that's quite rare.

It's usually when I am typing something with one hand or when I am doing a certain keyboard shortcut.

 

I did a poll about this last year and found that about about 73-86% of people (reportedly) exclusively use Left Shift (for all actions; capital letters, special characters and shortcuts).

This was a sample size of 38 people though, so not too many. Plus, it's quite heavily biased towards people who use their keyboard quite often; it doesn't take into account people who use their keyboard a lot less.

[AlTech]

Honestly I just never touch the right shift key.

 

Every time I need to use Shift I just use left shift.

[GDRRiley]

7 hours ago, Moonzy said:

How else would you press ctrl+shift+n with one hand?

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easy get a decent size hand.

pink on ctrl

rig on shift

thumb on N

[Toakan]

What happens when you break the left shift tho! You need a backup shifter...

 

Yes, I know people that do use the right shift for this exact reason. They can't buy a new keyboard either so they make do using the right shift.

[The Torrent]

Never used it. I'm about 80-100 wpm.

 

Edit: wait where tf did this key come from ive never even looked at it.

 

edit2: seems i dont even use left shift i subconciously use capslock most of the time.

[TetraSky]

I use it to capitalize a lot of the letters(&symbols) on the left AND right side of my keyboard.
(Which is what I learned by written this... muscle memory is a strange thing, you think you don't use the thing, but then you start writing and suddenly you've use it like 11 times in a single post.)