Yes, because I ran out of keys to bind in modded Minecraft.
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Sure, if I'm inputting data with the Numpad.
Yes but only occasionally. I have them mapped as space cadet shift keys so left shift key is ( on tap and shift on hold, right shift key is ) on tap and shift on hold.
I use ( a lot but my ide normally adds the ) for me so I don't need it as much for that.
Also, I use left shift for most capitals as I rarely gpt further than ; on the right side of the keyboard.
Smaller keyboards I have shift on hold of A and L as I don't have dedicated shift keys kn those.
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.
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?
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No, never. My keyboard doesn't even have one (40%)
Yes, I trained myself only to use opposite hand shift combinations. You can do this with a programmable keyboard, autohotkey, or karabiner.
So Left Shift+a doesn't do anything, only Right Shift+a will output A
It was a exercise in getting better typing hygiene.
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Never because I can reach left shift with my pinky from basically anywhere on the keyboard
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".
That's carnivorism. Capitalism is when an organism has tissue made of different genetic composition
That's chimerism. Capitalism is a large-scale and violent event in the natural world.
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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 touch-type, so yes.
I only use it when I have food in one hand and can't reach the desired key + left shift with my other hand.
No, I don't. I know the proper way is to use right shift to type capital letters with the left hand, but I fell out of that a long time ago.
My brain refuses to remember that they there are any utility keys below the enter on a US keyboard. The right pinky moves over and up, never down. I also never hit the spacebar with my right hand.
I never formally learned to type, I just picked it up because my hands have been glued to keyboards since the 80s.
only for keybinds that use shift and some other keys that are a little to far away from Lshift on my keyboard.
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.
I use a Dvorak keyboard to touch-type, so no, never.
Why would that be a factor?
Because all the letters are under the right hand and all the punctuation under the left.
I have to be missing something here.
Is it that very few words start with A, O, and Q?
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
Yes. Proper use of touch typing uses both shift keys. That's how I type.
Left shift only works for games
Right shift is for typing
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.
yep when game controls wasn t with wasd u have to use arrow keys to move the player
I didn't know it was a thing don't think I've ever used it
How do you use a keyboard for any significant amount of time without noticing there are two shift keys? (No offense intended, that's just kinda crazy to me).
I'm just really not observant
Fair enough, well now you've got a whole new key to try out!
Haha can't wait
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.
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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.
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.