capslock

[rowdy]

Who's annoyed by people who say "cap locks"?

[Brammm87]

WHY DO KEYBOARDS STILL HAVE THIS KEY THAT SWITCHES ITSELF ON AND MAKES THINGS LOUD?

WHO ACTUALLY USES THE CAPS LOCK KEY AS A CAPS LOCK?

Smart people use the Shift key as a kind of caps lock, by making it sticky with a double-tap. Allows better use of that key on the home row, by turning it into a Tab, for example.

How do you do that? I use caps lock for comedic effect.

[SBJ]

Who's annoyed by people who say "cap locks"?

Never experienced this, thankfully. I'd probably punch them in the throat.

[algernon]

WHY DO KEYBOARDS STILL HAVE THIS KEY THAT SWITCHES ITSELF ON AND MAKES THINGS LOUD?

WHO ACTUALLY USES THE CAPS LOCK KEY AS A CAPS LOCK?

Smart people use the Shift key as a kind of caps lock, by making it sticky with a double-tap. Allows better use of that key on the home row, by turning it into a Tab, for example.

How do you do that? I use caps lock for comedic effect.

I reprogrammed my keyboard firmware, but most OSes have a sticky modifiers setting, I was told.

[Morituri]

Who's annoyed by people who say "cap locks"?

But.... many companies - especially oil companies and refineries - use cap locks.  They are padlocks that hold pipe caps in place with a hasp so that vandals and thieves can't unscrew them without first using a hacksaw on the hasp or lock.  On hearing someone say cap locks, I'd ask why they were using such a specific, specialized piece of oilfield equipment, rather than assuming it had anything to do with typing.

[xtrafrood]

Who's annoyed by people who say "cap locks"?

But.... many companies - especially oil companies and refineries - use cap locks.  They are padlocks that hold pipe caps in place with a hasp so that vandals and thieves can't unscrew them without first using a hacksaw on the hasp or lock.  On hearing someone say cap locks, I'd ask why they were using such a specific, specialized piece of oilfield equipment, rather than assuming it had anything to do with typing.

Some cars/trucks/motorcycles have those too. So, they have a name! Neat

[KaLam1ty]

I also remapped it to Backspace.
Best thing I've ever done, in terms of custom layouts. Is it a lot more efficient.

As a bonus, it allows for a useful keybind in games. I could never really bind Caps Lock to anything, because I'd have to untoggle it, if I ever wanted to type chat. Now that it's mapped as Backspace, I don't run into any odd issues with using that key.