I am referring to touch typing, it is a bit painful to Ctrl + ~, is there a better way to do that?
We can press it with bottom start of the pinky finger.
Practice this key hand positioning, it will payoff in the long run.
Ctrl + Shift + ~ for opening terminal
Make a karate movement!
Ctrl for control key combinations
We can press it with bottom start of the pinky finger.
📝 The second trick I have learned sometime from some reddit post
Happy coding!
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IMO, the best way to solve this whole Ctrl-issue is to bind Ctrl to Caps lock.
Such layout was a default option in the past.
I type most of the Java variables in CAPS, so for me I could not remove / swap caps.
One option for that is to just turn on Sticky Keys (or whatever your desktop calls it). Most implementations let you double-tap a modifier key to ‘lock’ it, which lets you use Shift just like you would on the keyboard on your phone.
Okay, now I learned what to do with sticky keys. It is helpful. It would take a while for me to make use of sticky keys.
Yeah, it's a good reason to not swap Caps!
My advice is not suitable for everyone, of course.
Most variables in caps? Shouty! I thought the majority of Java apps use lowerCamelCase and just caps for configuration constants?
Even for a single CAPS word, I prefer CAPSLOCK on instead of
Shift+. Some people can have other preference. 😊I have never gotten this detailed 😅
My trouble is with "shift + |" all with the right hand. Have tried to train myself to press shift with the left hand. Not happening. Pls help.
You can press shift with left hand, like a karate hand strike. And
|with right hand pinky finger.If you see the first (ctrl +shift + ~) press position in this post, you place more pressure on shift key.
Ctrl + Shift + ~I don't think I've ever had to execute this shortcut to open a terminal on any of my systems, or if they were there I never used it. I have had to use
Ctrl + Shift + ESC, which is similar, but this usually is a "one-time-task" such as opening something that I wont ever close/toggle.Currently in windows I use
Win + ~to toggle a "quake" terminal. Almost the same thing, but without the nasty Shift.For me it's super hard to reach how it was shown in the post above.
My most unused keys are: cap locks, right alt, right shift, left alt.
You could, for example, do this:
If CTRL/ALT/Shift is a huge problem for you, and you don't play video games, you can try home row modifiers:
there's Super/ALT/CTRL/Shift on both sides of your keyboard and when you press a key shortly, it will act as a key press, not a modifier. If you hold it and press any other key, it will act as a modifier.
Hi @algj update after 3 months,
It was a bit uncomfortable to use the position in this post, but now I am smoothly able to press Ctrl+R, Ctrl+Shift+~, and Ctrl+ .
I started using ALT key with thumb nowadays.
thanks
In Windows, you can use AutoHotKey to map every command you can think of to every possible key or combinations of keys.
I wrote some articles about this a while ago, you can find them here: dev.to/radualexandrub/top-8-macros...
My gamer fingers aren't scared performing any akward positions hahaha
I wish I could do that.
ctrl-shift-esc for opening task manager in windows
Thanks. The point here about hand positioning, not about shortcuts!
$ setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcaps
Recently, have known about Karabiner on Mac. It allows to reassign Caps Lock key for ESC if pressed single and for CTRL + key if pressed with another key
And why not using the right Ctrl (or Shift + Ctrl) with your right hand?
Lazyness to fire up the terminal 😅. Using one hand to fire up is really useful there.
That's a real deal.