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[wblipp]

My favorite accidental key combination in windows is ctrl-alt-right arrow. I'm waiting for the right time to do this to somebody else's computer.

[davieddy]

Originally Posted by firejuggler

so, did hitting F11 again fix your issue?

Originally Posted by davieddy

I'll try it if I encounter this again.
Meantime...
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT!

I summoned up some Dutch courage and Whoopie... it works
(both ways).
THX.

Don't feel up to risking William's suggestion yet though.

David

[imwithid]

Originally Posted by davieddy

THX

INSERT is a useful button, but putting a duplicate next to "delete
previous character" (not to mention F11) can be a real PITA.

I've already moaned about CAPSLOCK next to SHIFT.
And the CONTROL button seems to mean anything but!

David

PS wtf does that St George's flag between Ctrl and Alt do?
I shudder to think.

For those of us keyboard shortcut and mouse gesture fanatics, that "St. George's flag" (a.k.a. Microsoft Key or Super) is incredibly handy.

If you want to minimize all windows (in Windoze), Super+D will do that. In Ubuntu (prior to 11.04, I think, when Unity or whatever the new GUI Canonical started using) Super+W or A will behave similarly to Alt+Tab but give you an organized layout of the active windows to choose from. This is a small sample of the many shortcuts that make user input more efficient.

As to your problem (which, I think, was best answered adequately by others on this thread - F11 seems to be the most obvious answer), a subsequent question, however, comes to mind: who uses IE anymore?

[davieddy]

Before the "extended" keyboard came in, I always had number lock off.
I found the cursor keys came in handy, and the numbers were ordered
rather logically on the top row anyway.
Although I use the "new" cursor keys now, I still keep number lock off.
So the right 4 inches of the keyboard is effectively redundant, but I still
use it for "home" and "end".

I don't even know what one of the 3 LEDs is supposed to mean, and it
annoys me that nothing tells you the state of "insert".

David

[cheesehead]

Originally Posted by davieddy

So the right 4 inches of the keyboard is effectively redundant,

I imagine that my accountant relatives use it.

don't even know what one of the 3 LEDs is supposed to mean,

"Scroll Lock"?

and it annoys me that nothing tells you the state of "insert".

Hmmm... Sometimes my screen cursor changes shape from underscore to block, or vice versa, when I press "insert", but right now, as I compose this reply, it doesn't. Hmmm...

[Mini-Geek]

Originally Posted by cheesehead

Hmmm... Sometimes my screen cursor changes shape from underscore to block, or vice versa, when I press "insert", but right now, as I compose this reply, it doesn't. Hmmm...

It depends on the program you're using. Word processing programs (e.g. Word, OpenOffice Writer) would probably support the Insert key and switch the cursor, but other things (e.g. Google Chrome, probably most other browsers) don't change the behavior or cursor when you press it.

[Xyzzy]

We just looked and our newest (wireless) keyboard is missing the SysRq key. We rarely use it but when we do it is very useful.