Keyboard shortcuts and what fingers?
Hello, been using TM for a litle white now, slowling moving over from BB. There is a much stronger emphasis on keyboard shortcuts, I was hoping someone could help me out a little.
I can find data online with regard to what fingers go where for alphanumeric keys, the option, command, and control keys are largely not talked about, especially when used in combination.
I do tend to work on the left side of the board, since sometimes I move to a laptop, and it is missing control and option on the right. I also use the caps lock as a control, but would not want to rely on that for being able to move around as well.
"Control Shift <" is is a good example. I am using thumb on control and ring on shift, then the right hand for the less than. This is a bit of a stretch, and probably will be bad over time. Maybe index on control and middle on shift would be better? That combo them requires me to move my entire wrist down to hit it, which I wh
Or is there some strict rules for ergonomics and RSI prevention that puts a specific finder on a specific key like the alphanumerics?
Some of these are just hard for me to hit. Control-Option-Shift-H is a good example, though I only need to use it once.
Any suggestions on how you have all adapted to an app that must use keyboard shortcuts to truly become powerful, would be apprecitated. Thanks. -- Scott
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On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:07 AM, Scott Haneda talklists@newgeo.com wrote:
Keyboard shortcuts and what fingers? ... "Control Shift <" is is a good example. I am using thumb on control and ring on shift, then the right hand for the less than. This is a bit of a stretch, and probably will be bad over time. Maybe index on control and middle on shift would be better? That combo them requires me to move my entire wrist down to hit it, which I wh
I find pinky on control, ring finger on shift very comfortable on the external apple keyboard, just a slight shift of the left hand from home position.
It's a little bit more awkward, but still works on my MacBook keyboard due to the control key being shifted left to accommodate the fn key.
On 19/02/09, Rick DeNatale wrote:
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:07 AM, Scott Haneda talklists@newgeo.com wrote:
Keyboard shortcuts and what fingers? ... "Control Shift <" is is a good example. I am using thumb on control and ring on shift, then the right hand for the less than. This is a bit of a stretch, and probably will be bad over time. Maybe index on control and middle on shift would be better? That combo them requires me to move my entire wrist down to hit it, which I wh
I find pinky on control, ring finger on shift very comfortable on the external apple keyboard, just a slight shift of the left hand from home position.
I also have control mapped to the caps lock key so I use my thumb across them both to get a ctrl-shift on a wireless apple keyboard. Works nicely - I don't touch type so I don't worry too much about moving my hands away from "home".
Nigel
On Feb 19, 2009, at 9:25 AM, Rick DeNatale wrote:
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:07 AM, Scott Haneda talklists@newgeo.com wrote: Keyboard shortcuts and what fingers? ... "Control Shift <" is is a good example. I am using thumb on control and ring on shift, then the right hand for the less than. This is a bit of a stretch, and probably will be bad over time. Maybe index on control and middle on shift would be better? That combo them requires me to move my entire wrist down to hit it, which I wh
I find pinky on control, ring finger on shift very comfortable on the external apple keyboard, just a slight shift of the left hand from home position.
Same here, it seems the most natural combination. In fact my pinky always takes the control key. Then ring finger is either shift or option. For control-shift-option, my ring finger takes the shift key and my middle finger handles option. I think its just a matter of letting your hand try the keystroke and see where it ends up. Try not to use your brain for these simple tasks. :)
On 19 Feb 2009, at 17:44, Nigel Green wrote:
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I also have control mapped to the caps lock key [...]
I thought this derserved repetition: definitely remap caps-lock to control if you are using a laptop keyboard or the new wireless aluminum.
Control to the right of the fn-key is difficult to reach but using left pinky for control (on the caps-lock position) feels fine. Personally I then use right hand for the other modifiers (I have the wireless keyboard which has an option modifier key on the right side where some have an anter key).
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