Talk:Shift key

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What decided which keys are pressed with both keys??

I tried this with my computer and got ADEFGHIJKLOPQRSTUWY. What does it depend on?? (Lower row doesn't appear) Georgia guy 01:14, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See the bottom of the page on the item called MASKING. Some applications also mask. - PGSONIC 20:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oddly enough, on my keyboard, there is a similar effect when I hold down shift an caplocks. I don't get w,s or x. Epachamo 01:43, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I get ABDEFGHIJKLNOPQRSUW.
Shape:
QWERtyUIOP
ASDFGHJKL
zxcvBNm
PiotrGrochowski000 (talk) 17:33, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Highlight

Shouln't the article mention that you can highlight by pressing the shift key and the arrow key in which direction you want to highlight. INGLEHOOD! 21:27, 27 July 2007 (UTC) Agreed. That is my second-most common use of the key. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.21.243.41 (talk) 06:42, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Information about shift hold

Is there any information regarding the existence or not of a possibility to use the shift button without the hassle of holding it before typing other keys?

512upload (talk) 20:28, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

see StickyKeys Jndrline (talk) 04:35, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Caps Lock bug on PC keyboards?

I have heard that many PC keyboards have viruses in them, transmitted through accidental contact with the PC caps lock key. Is there any truth to this? Just typing along, the letters are mysteriously capitalized until you realize the caps lock key got touched. Then you have to toggle it back to its normal state, back up and start typing over again. Where can I get a PC keyboard that treats the caps lock key as a true physical lock, like a typewriter Shift-Lock, and not a software scanned toggle? 216.99.198.43 (talk) 20:23, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How big is the typical keyboard controller inside a detachable keyboard? In terms of bytes, I mean. Is there a way of examining the memory in the controller to see if illicit or improper code is in the keyboard, waiting to be downloaded into the main PC? That would be similar to a virus. There are a lot of manufacturers who provide "keyboard drivers" with their keyboards. I'm naturally suspicious of what kind of code is inside the keyboard driver. Maybe there really are a lot of viruses that work in combination with the caps lock bug mentioned above. 216.99.198.160 (talk) 21:05, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Two shift keys

Something should be say about using one hand or both hands when typing shift + letter. From the comments in this page, there was something but not anymore.

Also, are there platforms where left shift behaves differently than right shift? They are distinguished in some APIs but does the interface distinguish them? Is the combination left shift + right shift used for something? --Error (talk) 11:56, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]