• @RedditWanderer
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    2011 months ago

    Yes if you hold “shift” for 5 seconds, it will attempt to turn on sticky keys, which makes individual key strokes act like if you were holding them down. Individually pressing ctrl, alt, del with sticky keys is like pressing ctrl+alt+del

    • @papalonian
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      4611 months ago

      Correction because I’m annoying: it’s when you press shift 5 times in a row. It would be terrible if just holding it down for 5 seconds activated it, haha

      • @ThatWeirdGuy1001
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        611 months ago

        It’s both, different computers have different settings

      • @[email protected]
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        -711 months ago

        Ha ha, it’s still so fucking stupid though.

        Hey let’s activate hard disk defragmentation if you type 1 2 3 and 4 !!

        • @[email protected]
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          611 months ago

          Gee, I wonder why anybody might need an accessibility feature that enables key combinations to be executed one key at a time? I mean, it’s not like there’s anybody alive on Earth who’s missing fingers, or has to use a pointing implement, so I guess we’ll never know.
          Windows has a lot of features to make computing easier for the profoundly disabled, you should check the Ease of Access Center to see if there’s one for you.

          • @[email protected]
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            -211 months ago

            So smart to use the shift button. It’s idiotic. Put it in some config panel somewhere instead.

            • @[email protected]
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              210 months ago

              It makes it easier for people who struggle to enable it, and the able bodied can learn turn it off as well as the shortcut. It’s not for you or about you, you weren’t considered at all. Skill issue