Imagine you are disabled and only have the use of one finger.
How do you press “Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V”?
Stickykeys allows you to use your one functioning finger to press Ctrl then release it, then press C and release it, and you’ll have done the equivalent of pressing both at the same time.
TIL what sticky keys is used for
I use it to mine continuously in Minecraft without having to hold the mouse button myself.
It’s soooooooo easy to disable. The pop up for it even tells you how!
Turning off that shit is one of the first things I do on a fresh install.
Turning off sticky keys is one of the first things I do after accidentally activating it during a raid and wiping the team.
Lol
The problem is that I always forget about it, until it inevitably triggers.
Guaranteed by the 5th or 6th time I stop what I’m doing and take care of that!
Sticky keys and the windows key I always immediately disable.
The windows key is so super useful though. Not just for quickly starting or finding shit without using the mouse, but also for moving windows around, maximizing them, making them take up exactly half of your screen, locking your screen, etc.
Display Fusion does a great job of handling that, using more convenient keys that don’t get in the way
People with disabilities exist, and they use computers too.
EDIT: love the unimaginative and annoying replies that rather than use their brain and contribute would instead throw insults. A person with low hand dexterity, like for instance people with paralysis, upper limb amputees of all kinds and people who use computers alternatively, like with their feet, or alternative keyboards and hardware adapters can initiate common key chords with this feature. For instance, common ones like
ctrl+cctrl+v, by pressing the key five times, then the letters. It is stopped by pressing the sticky key again. It’s a good basic feature that enabled the use of computers for people who are usually ignored and undervalued by the tech industry. If you are a person with a disability you’re likely to already know this while ignorant ableists, as in this meme, usually act as if it is some kind of alien function. It is not, people had to fight tooth and nail to get even this basic shit out the OS back in the day.EDIT2: How about we all learn something new and interesting together instead of fighting.
Yea that is true, but you’re not answering op’s question.
It allows users to press keys like Shift, Ctrl, Alt, or the Windows key one at a time, rather than holding them down while pressing another key.
And here is my obligatory; “just use linux”.
Ugh.
