I was just reading this thread… https://sh.itjust.works/post/23476261

…and it got me thinking about something that I’ve wanted for a long time. Why is it that keyboards have not evolved to have dedicated copy/paste keys left of the main board? I’d love to see an additional column of keys left of Esc->Ctrl configurable as macros at least. I do a lot of copy/paste for work. The current shortcuts arent terrible or anything but they’re not exactly comfortable. I’d rather move my whole hand to the left for a macro key than contort to hit the current shortcut.

What do you think?

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 months ago

    I can see the benefit, although personally I’m too attuned to ctrl+c,v,z,x

    A key I’d really like to see on computer keyboards is a shift key that behaves the same as on a phone, toggling between lowercase, Title Case, and UPPERCASE.

    It’d be so useful to be able to select text you’ve already typed and change the format. Phones have done it for years, why not computers? Could be a much better use for the Caps Lock key.

    • ArtieShaw@fedia.io
      2·
      3 months ago

      I like the mnemonics of c (copy), v (get in there), x (snip-snip), and z (bad idea) as much as I like the similar ones for bold and italics.

      text you’ve already typed and change the format. Control (shift) + F3 used to do that in MS word. Highlight your text and Toggle Through The POSSIBILITIES.

      • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 months ago

        Control (shift) + F3 used to do that in MS word.

        Yeah, so I’ve just been discovering after googling to see if anyone had asked before. Shame there’s no systemwide method though.