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Unfortunate Keyboard (lemmy.one)

submitted 6 months ago by waspentalive@lemmy.one to c/haikuos@sopuli.xyz

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The right shift key vs. the up arrow key on my Lenovo Ideapad have been placed unfortunately - I think they would be better swapped - When I go for shift I usually catch the up-arrow instead

Is there any help for this?

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[–] Ildar@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Use left shift 🙈

[–] waspentalive@lemmy.one 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Old typing habits die hard. Why would I have to type differently on one machine vs. the way I have always done on 3 others. Muscle memory makes typing go fast. So I just attached a USB keyboard, but this won't help if I want to take the laptop away and work remotely.

Update:AS it turns out, I don't do that often.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you want to disable a key or remap your keyboard?

[–] waspentalive@lemmy.one 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The best situation would be to swap right shift and up arrow. I tried that and still had mistakes, but now the opposite kind because I had become somewhat accustomed to the bad layout. If I go the disabled route then I would be disabling the up-arrow, and I don't have any place nearby to make a new up-arrow.

What I am doing for now is just using an external keyboard (Logitech wireless set with a mouse)