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Re:Scrollbar Blindness by narag on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:16PM (#24295173)
Windows keys started the nightmare for me decades ago. So nice hitting one of those while gaming full-screen!

This conversation happened a thousand times: "but you can hit them again and restore what you were doing"... no, I can't, specially if I have pressed a dozen keys since.

I used to buy IBM keyboards from more civilized times, but my dealer disappeared, maybe he was arrested?

Re:Scrollbar Blindness by Yizahi on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:35PM (#24295405)
My rather new HP laptop has scroll lock hidden on the unlabeled combination fn+C which is obviously right next to the daily used ctrl+C. It is trigger, and it doesn't LED or any OS indication that it's on or off. Good luck understanding why arrow keys are broken in Excel :)
Re:Scrollbar Blindness by makecheck on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:24PM (#24295261)
My favorite is when I use control-L to clear the screen on a terminal and hit Windows-L by accident to lock the entire laptop.
Re:Scrollbar Blindness by chrisco255 on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:33PM (#24295378)
Get you a gaming keyboard with a Windows key lock.
Re:Scrollbar Blindness by jasomill on Thursday August 27, 2020 @02:17PM (#24296751)
Better yet, use any keyboard you like, and remap (left) Windows to a different key code, ideally corresponding to some key that's not present on your current keyboard layout and that, unlike the Windows key, is fully remappable by AutoHotkey, in-game options, etc., using something like

https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys

Re:Scrollbar Blindness by narag on Thursday August 27, 2020 @07:06PM (#24299673)
I don't play much lately, but I do have a Keyz Iridium. It was the cheapest mechanic keyboard I found, at least what feels more similar to mechanic. Don't get me wrong, the trippy colours are nice too. And... it has a combo to disable Windows keys!!

Thank you very much :)

Re:Scrollbar Blindness by ChuckNorris89 on Thursday August 27, 2020 @04:08PM (#24298065)
Doesn't windows 10 have a gaming mode that disables that key in full screen?