Questions tagged [shift]
45 questions
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What does Shift+Shutdown do in Windows 10?
I recently encountered the well-known Critical Error: Start Menu and Cortana aren't working message:
Signing out and in again did not help. But I found a solution on a German website:
In Windows, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to show the security…
Felix Dombek
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Typing numbers on a MacBook Pro with AZERTY keyboard with Caps Lock — possible?
I have a Belgian AZERTY keyboard on my MacBook Pro. Sadly, it appears to be impossible to use Caps Lock to type numbers — I still need to hold Shift for every number I want to type. Is it possible to change the Caps Lock key’s function to Shift Lock…
Mathias Bynens
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Synergy 'Shift' key not working on the Mac
I have Synergy server on a Windows 7 box, and a Mac client connected to it. Most keys work fine, except for the Shift key on the right side. The left Shift key works just fine but not the one on the right side.
Does anybody have the same issue, and…
Haoest
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XKB - remap arrow keys and preserve shift behaviour to select text
I realize arrow key remapping is an old problem, however I cannot seem to find a good solution that lets me select text with SHIFT + remapped keys as I would do with the vanilla arrow keys.
For instance, if I remap Caps Lock to ISO_Level3_Shift and…
dgirardi
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Shift not working with certain keys, even in "on-screen keyboard", caps lock works, safe mode works (Windows 7)
My son's laptop keyboard (Acer Aspire One running Windows 7) can no longer type E or R using shift-e and shift-r: pressing shift+e or shift+r simply does nothing. I can, however, toggle Caps Lock, then press e or r, and get E and R. The symptom is…
Jon Olav Vik
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Disable Caps Lock when holding Shift on Mac?
On Windows devices, if Caps Lock is on and you hold Shift,
Caps Lock is disabled (toggled off) until you let go.
For example, on Windows you could turn caps lock on to write this:
LOREM ipsum DOLOR
and just hold Shift to go back to lowercase to…
B-A
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Disable Mint Cinnamon Keyboard Shortcut, Shift + Numpad != Numlock
I have just started using Linux Mint with Cinnamon Desktop Environment, but I have come accross an annoying feature that I can't find out how to remove. When the num lock is off, the right numpad acts as direction keys, but when I press shift with…
topherg
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On Windows, is there a way to map double-tapping the Shift key to make it behave as Capslock, like keyboards on mobile?
I've recently remapped the Capslock key to Esc and it's great, but I also miss its actual functionality at times. So I wondered if it would be possible to make the Shift key behave as it does for keyboards on iOS, Android etc, where you just tap it…
San Diago
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How to trigger NoOp for key combinations in AutoHotkey
I am trying to put conditions on my Shift keys so that I use the correct shift keys. I should not use LShift + a instead I should use RShift + a. So LShift + a should be a NOOP.
Something like below that can be done using Karabiner
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SyncMaster
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how to shift all parameters in a batch
The well-know shift command can be used to shift positional parameters in batch file, BUT it does not affect the special variable %*.
The shift command has no effect on the %* batch parameter.
Is there an alternative for shifting %°?
eadmaster
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left shift "stuck " on Windows 7
I'm having a hard time with a "stuck" left shift key.
my sister complained she is getting symbols instead of numbers using her netbook.
after some time I fired up the on screen keyboard (winr+r>"osk")
and to my surprise, the left shift key was in…
yoshco
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Shift key has unexpected behavior in the terminal
I'm running macOS Mojave, and I'm getting strange behavior from my Shift key.
After I've typed in any text in the terminal, if I press and release the Shift key, it will add ;2D;10D to the end of that string. For example, if I type hello and…
Nathan Ong
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Disable shift key capitalisation
When I want to type a capital letter, I always use Caps Lock. I use shift for symbols like _.
I find it much easier to use Caps Lock for capital letters since you just have to press it, and then your hand is free to type the key you want,…
user423397
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Synergy: Shift keys not working on Raspberry Pi Client
Recently I installed Synergy on my desktop PC (running Windows 8.1) and my Raspberry Pi (running Raspbian) so the PC's keyboard and mouse is shared with the Raspberry Pi. The Windows PC is a Synergy server and the Pi is a client, and both run…
Ruben9922
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SHIFT command does not work on %*
When using the SHIFT command to shift the script parameters one position down, I can see the values shift by echo-ing the %1 parameter:
:: scr1.bat
echo %*
echo %1
shift
echo %1
Then:
> scr1.bat aa bb cc
aa bb cc
aa
bb
However, if I echo the…
ysap
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