Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for coding?

Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for ... by axiosgunnar on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @08:30PM (#27979178)

I thought everyone remaps CAPS LOCK to ESCAPE?

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for ... by grzm on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @08:31PM (#27979197)

Mapping CAPS LOCK to CONTROL is another popular option. But I suspect when one takes into account the entire population of computer users, CAPS LOCK remains CAPS LOCK and likely largely unused.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for ... by 3dsynd on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @09:29PM (#27979466)

I use CAPS LOCK as language switch button.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for ... by allarm on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @02:38AM (#27980892)

I use ⌘-1/⌘-2 for English/Russian layouts. It's better than using a switch key because it's deterministic - you don't need to look at the layout indicator or whatnot.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use keyboard/mouse extra buttons for ... by chrisseaton on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @08:31PM (#27979194)

The vast vast majority of people aren't remapping any keys at all.

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