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. 😊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.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.
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.
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.
In that position, reaching to
~felt difficult for me.I use a corne and hit control with my thumb.
Buying corne is in my wishlist, hope to earn that much sometime in future.
For people who want to know more about corne: github.com/foostan/crkbd