What Do These Even Do? Forgotten Keyboard Keys!

[@neilgb14]

Whatdoesthelongblackkeyatthebottomofthekeyboarddo?

[@armondopiercy2647]

its space ahhahahahahahahhahahah

[@PlayerBRUV]

@@armondopiercy2647 wooosh

[@allanrichardson1468]

It’s where astronauts go to drink. The SPACE BAR!

[@PfeffergrubenNick]

Allan Richardson not bad....

[@Maria-qw9om]

Mfw i have a white keyboard

[@DINO92AVFC]

Pause/Break key is lowkey the most underrated key on the keyboard for three simple reasons: 1. it's basically a free key: since it's rarely used anywhere, there aren't any collisions with existing uses for it, so you can map it to whatever you want, and you have a single button doing stuff that you would normally need modifier (ctrl alt shift + other keys) combos. 2. its position: it's usually placed in most right place in top row, meaning it's easy to find by touch without looking at the keyboard 3. The button is layered, meaning "Pause" and "Break" are two different buttons depending on whether you hold the Ctrl or not. So you can map Pause (Pause/Break key only) to do one thing, and Break (Pause/Break while holding Ctrl) to do another thing. For example, to bring up a Steam overlay, the default shortcut is Shift+Tab, which was beyond annoying in some games (e.g. in GTA V, Shift is used for fast running, and Tab is for opening weapon wheel, so opening a weapon wheel while running opens Steam overlay in a critical moment and makes you lose your sh*t). For that reason, I just re-mapped the Steam overlay to be opened by pressing only Pause/Break button and it's so much easier to access it, and I have no collisions with modifiers and frequently used buttons. If you had some other overlays (from screen record software or some other stuff, but you didn't like their existing key combo shortcut), you can remap that to Ctrl+Pause/Break. It can be used in any game or any program which supports key mapping, and since its keyboard position is easy to find without looking and isn't used anywhere, it's great for such purposes.

[@SirSX3]

So you're saying the button is so useless that it becomes useful as a free real estate

[@DoubsGaming]

@@SirSX3 Finding none collision keys for macros is surprising hard so it's actually amazing. The only other keys that are sure to not collide are f13-f24. so having more useless keys are always welcome.

[@JohnAtMC]

I set the Pause/Break key as a hot key, to toggle Streamer Mode in Discord. So, I use it kind of often.

[@goldwinger5434]

Keyboard shortcuts are faster than mousing.

[@oniruddhoalam2039]

Yeah

[@nalaprodd]

mu

[@Fighter_Builder]

Also helpful if your mouse stops working

[@jmooroofgaming3017]

@@Fighter_Builder My mouse stopped working once, I fixed by pressing tab tab tab tab arrow keys tab tab...

[@vicvic553]

Agreement, but only when you really know them and are proficient, otherwise, better use a mouse.

[@PhoenixNL72-DEGA-]

Delete (AKA Del) is also used in a lot of programs to remove items. In the windows explorer it is the hotkey to delete a file or folder, in the playlist of a music or video player it is the hotkey to delete the selected items in the playlist etc. And ofcourse in any tekst editor you can use del not only to delete characters following the cursor but also to delete a block of selected text.

[@lanceuppercut_]

I thought this was common knowledge

[@Ekipsogel]

I use delete all the time

[@PhoenixNL72-DEGA-]

@@lanceuppercut_ not for people who actually benefit from watching video's like this. ;)

[@XaneMyers]

The delete key is oddly specific when you think about it, but it can still be useful when in a program that supports it. I think I only use the delete key for deleting files and removing items from a list (if that works).

[@kemi242]

As a programmer I use the Insert/Del, Home/End, PgUp/PgDn keys a LOT. The Insert key is actually pretty useful, if you use it properly.

[@EmiyaSyahriel]

Absolutely agree, Not just as a programmer but also as someone who types a lot, those keys saves a lot of time compared to arrow keys or mouse-based text navigation since you do not have to hold them and do not need to move your hand away from keyboard just to move the caret around or to select the entire line.

[@timehunter9467]

I’ve used it for that too, especially when you notice a bracket is missing or a colon 😡

[@pianopianist5709]

5:35 "You probably won't use it too often"- Oh my I use it ALL the time while doing python, it's so much easier than actually moving the mouse lol.

[@goldy3782]

I dont even code and i use the home and end buttons really really often, for example to fix a typo thats at the start of a sentence

[@pianopianist5709]

@@goldy3782 Yeah they're really useful

[@beestreebzz1510]

Lol ima try that later :)

[@pianopianist5709]

@@beestreebzz1510 Haha you must.

[@padenmcdonald579]

I’m blind, so I knew most of them already, but it’s cool that someone out there still knows about them. It frustrated me all the way through school because none of the teachers knew the keyboard shortcuts.

[@RealBasil143]

bUt HoW dId YoU tYpE tHiS cOmMeNt?!

[@RealBasil143]

shut noob

[@padenmcdonald579]

VoiceOver on the iphone. Settings > accessibility.

[@teratrillionz]

Then why are tou watching a video

[@padenmcdonald579]

for the audio

[@oscarr0_794]

6:59 Anyone else who tried to press space expecting it to scroll down, just for it to pause the video xD

[@firecatthepotato2976]

Well, I am currently on mobile sooooo

[@vizdrom]

It's the opposite for me, whenever I want to pause the video it scrolls down many times, thus I just use the media control keys

[@user-ejxomyq]

it does scroll down on other websites but youtube reserved it as a pause hotkey.

[@firecatthepotato2976]

@@user-ejxomyq exactly. Well explained 👏

[@lxmental]

@@user-ejxomyq That's not true. It's actually a "repeat last action" key. Pause is just the default. The true pause hotkey is K.

[@zanizone3617]

0:55 I love how he used the definition of Lorem ipsum instead of actual Lorem ipsum gibberish.

[@seanc.5310]

@@NeetYeets I never knew it went back so many years. I've used it for years doing web development to fill templates. Cool facts

[@CJ_Walks]

Teeny tidbit. It's not Gibberish, it's Latin.

[@UmVtCg]

Lorem Ipsum is not gibberish, that's the wole fucking point of lorem ipsum.

[@BorlandC452]

I actually use "Home" and "End" all the time for the reasons you talked about. I don't like interrupting my typing to switch and grab the mouse.

[@anzecrv]

Tfw you press space on your keyboard while watching a YT video and the page goes down instead of the video pausing. Gets me every time.

[@anzecrv]

XHAD and also on mobile when you try to close that ad under the video but miss the X and it opens a window to install that app

[@maconbacon]

use K instead

[@W11ndy2]

Thank you

[@aastikdubey6422]

LOl , Totally dude it used get me tooo..... you Now i Use J,K,L keys to control youtube it comes in handy after you get used to it.

[@tromino2598]

It automatically focuses the video for me.

[@Invades]

Delete key is also used to delete files, shift+delete deletes the files permanently (they don't even go in the recycling bin).

[@21jd_]

RealBloodman//Greek// I didn't know about the shift+del shortcut, thanks!

[@Invades]

No problem dude!

[@Invades]

+RagingThunder yeah that has actually happened to me too, thank god they weren't that important files.

[@dittaturademocratica777]

recuva or programs like that can find it anyway ! :)

[@Architector_4]

I never just press Delete without pressing Shift with it. I mean seriously, what's the point of deleting a file but not actually deleting it? lol

[@phazze]

PrintScreen key is not 99% useless and in Windows I use it ALL the time to make screenshots, it copies screen contents to clipboard.

[@carvoloco4229]

And ALT+PrtScr captures the active window

[@luqmansahee15]

Well he never said PrintScreen and he meant the sysRq key right below it

[@Straycatstrat10]

Thank you. I was about to respond saying that the PrintScreen button isn't useless. I use it all the time as well.

[@s_jm_rusher]

Me too

[@Leiagora]

On most QWERTZ keyboards there's only "Druck" oder "Drucken" (meaning "print") on that key.

[@JesusReyes-fh6wy]

Fun fact. There are those of us who can't use a mouse, so all the highlight commands like the home and end keys, as well as the page up and down keys are very useful. Also, many screen reading software for the blind make use of the insert key in combination with other keys to pass command to the screen reader such as changing the rate of speech, reading from the system tray, etc. Good video!

[@robertchall4592]

Alt + a number in the range of 000 to 255 on the numeric keypad will give you the full asci character set. In particular alt+255 will produce a blank which can be useful for a number of "hidden" purposes. It was better in the "old" days before GUIs to create hidden folders/directories because the dir cmd would show nothing. Of course ascii wasn't the only key encoding scheme and even now it is quite possible to remap your keyboard if that kind of thing grabs you. Yes, I know encoding and mapping are very different but related things. Have fun girls and boys! Maybe ascii art will make a trivial comeback.

[@avi12]

The Print Screen System Request key in Windows is used to send to your clipboard a full-sized screenshot (when combined with Alt, it sends to your clipboard a screenshot of the currently active program). After doing so, you can open your favorite image editor, paste the screenshot in there and save it.

[@bluebirdsigma]

In modern days, it can also trigger the snipping tool so you can pick exactly what part of the screen you are taking a shot of. It's optional but I think it's going to be the default now

[@jonmcphailjr5269]

i was hoping you would tell me where the "any" key is?

[@andreaspatsalides1914]

Jon McPhail Jr batam tss

[@mrquicky]

The space bar.

[@ambersmith5457]

It means you're allowed to press any button. For best results, press the power button.

[@anotherfan2870]

bro wtf are arrow keys, why do they have arrows on them and can i shoot them?

[@kght222]

if homer can't find it, what possible hope for us? ;P

[@barkloaf]

You forgot a really cool feature that Scroll Lock can do. In Windows, you can go into the registry, and make *RCTRL+Scroll Lock+Scroll Lock* Be able to Bluescreen the computer. It gives there error of MANUALLY_INITIATED_CRASH. The ability to do this after changing the registry is built into Windows for diagnostic and testing purposes.

[@tylerfloof]

AustinTi I’m probably the only other person here who knows this

[@Kippykip]

@ScrappyWriter73 Right but you have to enable that ability in regedit manually beforehand

[@chromosoze]

pause/break can be used if you accidentally make a loop run forever

[@DragonProtector]

yea

[@TheMagnay]

Control + c is better for that since if you made a loop you are probably going to use all your processor.

[@TheMagnay]

@Jamie Owns not in command prompt, control c kills the current processes. You don't generally copy in that environment, hell copy has only been in there for a couple of years.

[@rayquantum6677]

Jamie Owns like control cancel

[@squidwardstesticles5914]

Or you could just stop the program

[@dzomlija]

Actually, the "Menu" key, or more correctly the "Context Menu" key is most often used when you'll be slowing yourself down by using the mouse. For example, when you're typing and the action of moving your hand to the mouse to use right-click to access the menu. It is faster to use the "Menu" key and then press the underlined letter. I use it all the time and find it more useful even than the main "Windows" key...

[@VincentBounce]

Totally, calling context menu directly without risking of moving mouse and clicking elsewhere is priceless. Some keyboards manufacturers overide this Menu key, a nonsense!

[@georgegrennan6328]

Shift + F10 also works for this.

[@KECOG]

One thing about the PRINT SCREEN key: it is used for taking screenshots, too. There are different commands/combinations of keys, for different versions; my current one on Win10 is CTRL+Fn+PRINTSCREEN. When you press those three keys simultaneously, you take a screenshot of whatever is on your screen. You then should use your Paint (or other graphics program) and copy it there if you want to save it. Thank you for posting this, ThioJoe. Very good video!

[@JJ_TheGreat]

I like Window+Shift+S

[@josys363]

The system request key was also used quite a bit in terminal emulator programs. IBM's 5250 emulators and 3270 emulators were a good example. The insert key is used quite a bit here too. Also the page up and page down are used a ton in those emulators. Lookup an IBM model m 122 key keyboard. :)

[@StrikeFreedom1920]

The Menu key is AWESOME for me. I try to avoid using the mouse as much as I can to increase my work speed and the Menu keys and the Navigation keys (including all the shortcuts you mentioned) are incredibly useful to me, I use them every day.

[@ambersmith5457]

There are keyboards with custom programmable keys, and it's more useful in my opinion. And scripting on a rubber ducky cut my workload by at least 15%.

[@manishsinghbisht3010]

StrikeFreedom1920 Agree with you, mouse slows me down if not doing any drawing or designing work. I always keep hitting shortcuts and random keys inside every new program I install to know what new they does there.(not recommended for serious work).

[@Q_20]

StrikeFreedom1920 ye boi mouse is for noobs

[@Q_20]

Manish Bisht u ever heard of documentation/help

[@jakedcruz7057]

You should use vim. (Assuming you don't already, and edit text...)

[@Manabender]

5:35 On the contrary; I use Home and End quite frequently. If where you want to go just happens to be the start or end of a line, it's faster than moving your hand to the mouse, then moving the mouse to the target location. Even if the mouse were somehow faster, there's still a use; if you're typing in a one-line text field (like the search bar on youtube) and you've typed more than can fit, you can't even click on the start of the line because it's hidden out of view. But Home gets you there instantly. TL;DR: Give Home and End some credit, they really do help.

[@za6604]

Same, I use it a lot.

[@kevinliu8924]

Even better, Ctrl+Home and Ctrl+End moves you to the start of the text and end of the text, respectively.

[@FZs1]

Also, CTRL+Break in the command prompt can be used to abort the current command and return to the prompt. Similar to CTRL+C, but works even when the program (command) is frozen or doesn't handle CTRL+C properly. Might be useful if you use CMD very often.

[@edwardholmes91]

Ctrl+Break is also used to stop a macro that is running, particularly useful if it's a long macro and you wan't to stop it, because you notice and error in your code.

[@denizsincar29]

yep i use it

[@bobcarn]

To expand on the Shift-Home/Shift-End.... Shift extends a selection in a word processor. Shift-LeftArrow lets you select to the left, Shift-RightArrow lets you slect to the right. So using Shift in combination with anything that would move the cursor will extend the selection in the same manner, which is why Shift-Home selects everything from the cursor to the beginning of the line, and Ctrl-Shift-Home selects to the beginning of the document (with the End key doing the same thing in the opposite direction). Before they started including a "Select All" command, if I wanted to select everything, I'd hit Ctrl-Home, Ctrl-Shift-End

[@PhoenixNL72-DEGA-]

I always use ctrl+a to select everything in a document, folder or program.

[@itsjustspecial3231]

Thanks for being a rare example of a good tutor who gets straight into it without all the time-wasting preamble which most do. I'm sticking with you.

[@blankbot2430]

>be me >watching on linux >Enjoying the video >Oh let me try alt + sysrq >Crap >Come back to video and write this comment.

[@mooulkadi8129]

>this >ain't >4chan

[@thecreatorofpc7929]

>why >do >we >talk >like >this >it >is >annoying >... >... >... >who >talks >like >this >anyway?

[@Max-ew8cg]

@Tanooki Peach is THICC yay

[@thecreatorofpc7929]

Tanooki Peach is THICC >kden

[@user-ls6qv6js7s]

Alt+SysRq+C

[@danceswithcritters]

ThioJoe. you mentioned the arrow keys. I just tried them for my first time ever. the right one zipped through your video, the down one lowered the volume to zero. AWESOME!

[@Dr-Random]

@@cliffordnicholson7292 I didn’t know that

[@Kammreiter]

That is on win/KZbin

[@Vladimir_Kv]

4:00 [Pause | Break] can be used to pause in the midst of a system boot to read all that diagnostic info scrolling. Sadly, newer systems hide it all under the motherboard brand logo by default.

[@emmarogers2573]

Hey, Thio. The "End" key also turns on "End Mode" in Excel, which works kinda like holding down the Ctrl Key, where it moves to the end of the populated cell block, or the next populated cell, so End-Down Arrow would move the current cell to the bottom of a block of cells, etc. I'm sure some people use it, but it's really annoying when you hit it accidentally. Not sure if this was a compatibility feature way back from Lotus, or whether this was originally part of Excel?

[@StephenAngelico]

No mention of Ctrl-Insert, Shift-Insert and Shift-Delete? Glad you mentioned the Linux Magic SysRq key though. Would have been nice if you brought up the old REISUB method.

[@supercellex4D]

to reboot a linux system and not have the filesystem be fucked in the case of a program bringing the system to a halt

[@xmsre]

Actually, the pause/break key is two separate keys. Pause like you said, and Break to stop a running process, application, task, or operation, often in a JIT debugger or runtime debugger.

[@aseldesu]

I use the context menu key a lot when writing, makes it easier to select spellcheck corrections without having to remove your hand from the keyboard

[@andypughtube]

Pause-Break can be used to interrupt Excel Macros / VBA. Handy when you forget to increment a row pointer (for example) and are in an infinite loop.

[@Bryan-T]

I use a few of these. PgUp and Down are used in Potplayer to change the video you're watching. Pause is the default "pause" key in Gzdoom, a port of Doom 1 and 2.

[@swinde]

Originally the "insert" key was used to insert characters while the "overwrite" function was the default. Currently the insert function is the default and the same key toggles the feature.

[@steveballmersbaldspot2.095]

The navigation keys can be very useful in word processing if you teach yourself to use them. It makes it so you barely have to touch the mouse to make corrections.

[@joestephenson1227]

Thanks Joe, I never had anyone to explain thatto me. I am 80 and not proficient with even a type writer. i never took typing in high school and i taught myself to use the old hunt and peck system, and I got good and fast with it, and I thank God that i could master that little bit. But now i know what they are used for. I appreciate all your videos, because I learn a lot. Take care my friend and keep up the good work. Also have a great day , today. Old man Joe.

[@Xnoob545]

6:18 when i was coding i pressed it and thought it was a glith in the p5 web editor so i restarted the pc

[@bertugolu]

CTRL+Break is a shortcut that is actively used in Visual Studio. You can use it to stop a program whilst building and such.

[@cheb7321]

do these keys work in India?

[@-nfsregera-622]

Kiddy Viddy xD you made me laugh but please stop lol

[@lukewebster9372]

Kiddy Viddy no

[@cheb7321]

subscribe to my channel if u want please it helps I guess

[@manishsinghbisht3010]

Kiddy Viddy they used to work before, but after new regulations they are banned(like each and everything these days) as they goes against Indian Culture and promotes Western dominance.

[@cheb7321]

Manish Bisht please check out my channel for some fun content please

[@Zerbey]

Watching this is making me feel really old since I remember using them all back in the early days of computing, but it's useful information and well presented. The Scroll Lock key would also freeze output in MS-DOS (doesn't work in Windows command prompts).

[@dancoulson6579]

I miss having the context menu button on my new laptop. I used to use that all the time. Saved the hassle of a right click. I also use the break CTRL+BREAK key a lot when using VB6 - Stops a program when it's caught in an infinite loop, without having to terminate the IDE.

[@lharchmage6908]

Actually scroll lock is still used by developers since in many programming languages dont have mouse overlays. Actually many of the Keys you have exampled are used by programmers and are used regularly. They arent used by end user s

[@Yash1331]

I use these keys everyday (including menu key) What YOU forgot/didn't know: in Chrome, you can move between tabs by pressing Ctrl + PageUp /PageDown keys

[@DanCojocaru2000]

Also Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab

[@TheOzzy438]

Yash Lalluwadia and "ctrl+1" to move to first tab "ctrl+2" to move to second tab etc.

[@Yash1331]

i know. i was just pointing out this method because it uses the keys talked in the video.

[@Yash1331]

i know. i was just pointing out this method because it uses the keys talked in the video.

[@JoseSanchez-mt9by]

Yash Lalluwadia ..

[@mchenrynick]

My most common use of the home & end keys is in renaming file names or editing fields in an Excel spreadsheet. They get lots of use.

[@DerSchoermbro]

The Menu key is very useful, if you're doing a lot of file stuff (rename, use certain other programs such as mp3tag) to not always have to navigate the mouse and right click on the entry, instead you just keep pressing one button. It is also very useful when you write a text in word and want to use the corrections offered by word '(you just press the button and the enter key and its most likely corrected). Hope someone learned sth ;D

[@arghyaprotimhalder5592]

Extremely useful while coding why moving mouse press Home

[@siliconsulfide8]

The Menu key usage might be exciting also for someone whose mouse/pc/whatever refuses to react to right clicking half of the time

[@brainplot]

Other useful key combinations are CTRL+Backspace and CTRL+Del, they will respectively delete *the whole word* in front of and behind the cursor. Also, CTRL+LEFT/RIGHT allows to skip over text word by word. I find these very useful. I use them all the time!

[@doot9736]

win+L locks the PC

[@smievil]

SHIFT+CTRL and arrows also let you mark whole words rather than just letters. or SHIFT+Arrows let you mark words and can be combined with CTRL

[@nsptyty9617]

Thank you Joe!!! for the tip at 4:15 I always had to perform "run" and manually type in "control" then finding and opening "system" on every "modern" os, this tip really saves time. Thumbs up! You've come a long way on youtube since tricking people in your very early videos.

[@Kazaaak]

also if you press windows key+home it hides all the windows its the same as pressing that little button in the corner of the taskbar or wobbling the windows

[@Soup7674]

i heard about all of these :D and i know what they do edit: !!!! WHAT DO U MEAN THE DEL KEY HAS ONLY ONE USE?????? SHIFT+DEL delete any file completly DEL move any highlighted file to recycle bin

[@llpBR]

Shift+Del is also the same as Ctrl+X

[@mstech-gamingandmore1827]

@@llpBR IN WORDPROCESSORS. Do not mix up the two when in a file manager. Shift+del shift+insert are lefty shortcuts but DO NOT WORK while in the file system. Ctrl+X _does_ cut as expected, but shift+del PERMENANTLY deletes your file.

[@themd7112]

Who else is going to use the insert key to prank their friends. 😈

[@glennman2596]

minecraft

[@martinkuliza]

did this when i was a kid , back in the 80s i'm over it

[@its_just_roberto]

@@martinkuliza What? Had friends? Sorry, I saw an opportunity and I took it. I'm sure you are a very nice person, have a good day! :)

[@martinkuliza]

@@its_just_roberto No , No, Actually you're right FREINDS hehe Sorry, I also saw an opportunity LMFAO

[@its_just_roberto]

@@martinkuliza What?

[@JackEnneking]

Insert is used in terminals for copy & paste. Ctrl+Ins = copy. Shift+Ins = paste. It works in a surprising lot of other places, too.

[@chunkemonke777]

Scroll lock: exists Page up and page down: am I a joke to you?

[@mar234]

The end key will help for getting to the bottom of a KZbin channel! Thanks for the tip!

[@markusTegelane]

If you know what Insert does, you are an expert :-)

[@TheRuinedUniverse]

MarkusTegelane Ik what FN does :)

[@markusTegelane]

TheRuinedUniverse I guess everybody knows that

[@markusTegelane]

Condor Well, you get 1 point according to ThioJoe's 'Are you a computer expert?' video/test.

[@markusTegelane]

Condor Cheating with programming skills is not very nice...

[@mocha5044]

i despise insert

[@sosigs6741]

I think SysRq Stands For System Request

[@dazzledinz0]

you don’t say

[@Splitz2022]

That key is for screen shot just hold the windows key and press print screen sysrq

[@Dhalin]

You forgot something: Shift+Delete = Cut (deletes what you have selected and copies to clipboard), Shift+Insert = Paste (contents from clipboard). These, combined with Shift+Home and Shift+End can really save time from having to highlight, right click, click cut/paste. It's quite a bit faster once you train your fingers how to do it.

[@SuperPupperDoggo]

ctl + x, ctl + v?

[@lwvmobile]

PrtScn is a great button in most Linux Desktops, it'll bring up a menu asking you if you want to screenshot the entire desktop, active window, or highlight an area to screenshot and then also ask you where to save it and what to name it, or if you want to open it with a program like GIMP.

[@Haagaustin]

When I was ~9 years old i accidentally hit 'insert' and got so frustrated writing over what i already typed I cried :(

[@BobMcCoy]

Next Video: GAIN 6 INCHES WITH THIS EASY TRICK!!!

[@Maria-qw9om]

My uncle showed me how to do that but in a different way

[@jurajanal2277]

@@Maria-qw9om ooof

[@amikkelll]

i used scroll lock to turn on the LED to my keyboard

[@madmikedoessirens2333]

same

[@venturoes1912]

same

[@iv7nn]

Mune is set as pause break

[@raik1766]

I used my second windows key (german keyboard) for it

[@thegreatgabe7229]

For me, insert can also be used with the up and down arrow keys to change the brightness on the light in it, and insert + CTRL changes the pattern the lights move in

[@Lofote]

Missing tip: Ctrl+Cursorkey left/right lets you move to the last/next word, e.g. while writing a comment. VERY useful. (And please, please never say again, that using a mouse would be faster, thats just not true, what you said there in the video.)

[@mabelore3355]

Just discovered that while playing a youtube video if u press "home or end" keys, it will take u to either the beginning or end of the video

[@allanrichardson1468]

Mabel Ore Thanks, good to know!

[@martinkuliza]

HEHE to me this is fucking funny, because i grew up with this it's like someone saying I just learned that a key can open a door hehe LMFAO but ok, fair enough.... YOU DIDN'T KNOW hehe it's still funny but, hey, if you didn't know. you didn't know now... YOU SEE WHY MY GENERATION KEEP GOING OFF AT YOUR GENERATION ABOUT LEARNING SHIT FROM THE PAST hehe THIS IS FUCKING WHY hehe

[@umbaupause]

Yo! The home and end keys are amazing, especially when used with shift. "Just use the mouse" Pft.

[@TrentonDoesStuff.]

If you don't wanna use the mouse for that t ake ur mouse unplug it and throw it away. SCRATCH THAT IF U DONT USE UR MOUSE FOR THAT THROW THE WHOLE FUCKING COMPUTER AWAY BECAUSE YOU DONT DESERVE IT HOW DO YOU EVEN FUNCTION MENTALLY

[@umbaupause]

@@TrentonDoesStuff. You okay there, buddy?

[@DigitalHandle]

0:08 me using a laptop: hhmmm

[@solidsnaker1992]

i'm using a laptop and i still have all the buttons their just squished about the numpad for me

[@TheExileFox]

real laptops have these home/end/pageup/pagedown keys. And standard size arrow keys. Anything else is a damn toy.

[@edwardholmes91]

A few that I like to use are as follows: *1.* Shift+Arrow (to select text, in a similar way to the Shift+End/Home) *2.* Alt+Tab (tab through fields in reverse) *3.* Ctrl+A (select all) *4.* AltGr (select third grapheme of a key)* *5.* AltGr+Shift (select fourth grapheme of a key)* * The 4th and 5th are particultarly useful when typing letters that use accents, e.g. é or É.

[@acadiansty]

Thio I have use your videos to help with my computers many times. I decided to become a member because your video are great easy to follow To to be honest. I trust your videos

[@vizthex]

My keyboard doesn't even have a SysRq or Pause/Break key. rip World's best Keyboard Key

[@allanrichardson1468]

vizthex Mine has STSRQ, PRTSC, BREAK, and PAUSE as FN-shifted actions of HOME, END, PGUP, and PGDN, respectively.

[@allanrichardson1468]

Those functions may be performed by holding down the Fn key, often marked in blue, while pressing one of the keys which has an extra symbol marked in blue on the key top. This varies by manufacturer.

[@adrianh.6427]

My laptop has all of these and my laptop is modern high end. lol

[@DanCojocaru2000]

Well, I bet you don't have a 13" or smaller laptop then

[@adrianh.6427]

Dan Cojocaru it is its 13 inch maybe less

[@glennman2596]

ABH laptop from 80 bc

[@Chaos89P]

Lucky you. My laptop doesn't have SysRq, Pause|Break, or ScrLk. I need to grab my USB keyboard if I want to use them.

[@_Taco_]

The "END" key ends videos on youtube.

[@Mark_i_guess]

and home restarts the video

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

PgUp/PgDn jump the current playing point by one minute one direction or the other.

[@GreenTornado]

@@DrunkenUFOPilot That'll be useful when youtubers think it's okay to make their intros 3 hours long. 😂

[@libertarian1637]

I still use quite a few of these; one has to love NYS and the fact that a great number of agencies therein still use terminal systems that are text and not GUI based.

[@axjmd]

Print screen key is wonderful. If you go to a website that does not allow you to save photos by the conventional right click method, you do the following... 1) press the print screen key on a picture you absolutely want. 2) open PAINT and paste here. 3) crop the picture and save it with a JPG extension and in the folder you want to store the new photo. I do this all the time, so when Thio says it's not useful, it indeed is useful.

[@KaylaTsukinochan]

Most of those keys especially the six you last mentioned are extremely usefully m useful when you're using a screen reader. In most cases, insiet actually becomes a modifier key to execute complex keyboard commands in screen readers. Even though I prefer caps lock.

[@wh0_am_152]

Thanks for telling me about the insert key, this has been infuriating me.

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

press ALT+F4 as it will minimize all open windows, ITS NOT A JOKE

[@DanCojocaru2000]

But if you want to trick your friends, tell them it's Win+D

[@thecomedyballers680]

wclifton968 You're funny aren't you?

[@JamesPlaysGames89showsomelove]

Dan Cojocaru what does that do

[@nacrt1984]

Ctrl + W only closes your opend tab

[@lewismcconnell7296]

closes the tab

[@stefankruger9547]

TJ, you mentioned Print Screen and rightly so, it doesn't count for much in modern OS's, but still has a vital function which is a hotkey for taking a snapshot of your desktop, or ctrl+print screen to take snapshot of the active window. In both cases the snapshot saves to the clipboard and can then be pasted in other programs eg Powerpoint

[@RanmaruRei]

I use PageUp, PageDown, Home and End a lot, because I write texts in Word. Especially Ctrl+End is extremely helpful: I can continue where I ended.

[@TimbavatiLion]

Did you know: When you press End/Home in the video player, it skips to the end or the beginning respectively ^^

[@Roxor128]

Nope, but I'm not surprised to hear it.

[@gustavodlp]

Dude, I use the print screen key all the time to edit images on MS Paint!

[@HungryGuyStories]

Actually, a lot of these keys have their origins on IBM Mainframe 3270 terminals. When IBM created the IBM PC and XT, they had known that people would use them in place of 3270 terminals so these keys, as well as the F keys, were necessary on IBM PC keyboards. _Mainframe COBOL programmer here, lol_

[@allanrichardson1468]

Hungry Guy Me too (actually I knew Assembler too, but 90 percent of what we did was COBOL). I remember an aftermarket take home 3270 for coverage duty. It was shaped like a distorted chocolate “kiss” with the keyboard hinged and clamped to cover the screen. But to make it smaller, most of the 3270 non-letter keys were in different locations from the real 3270. And it tied up the phone line and operated much more slowly than the ones in the office. Sure beat having to come in at 0300 though.

[@s714s714]

You sparked some dusty old memories, I started on an IBM 1130 (it used punch cards) doing Fortran then I went into Cobol and Assembly.

[@JackOfAllRAIDs]

The Pause button also helps if you need to see the BIOS command options during POST and your computer goes through POST way too fast for you to read those options.

[@Saint_Wolf_]

I gotta confess I totally use the "Shift+home/end" command and the ctrl version on my daily life, it really makes things easier as it avoids me from having to reach out for the mouse.

[@ShaDoW-uc7bn]

Age of Empires 2 uses pause/break for pausing the game :D

[@martinkuliza]

DOUBLE FACE PALM hehe Age of Empires....??? Seriously ? hehe

[@dangerx69]

I still sometime play age of mythology ........

[@smievil]

people still seem stream it on twitch

[@hangglider1979]

Why is the "Alt" key on the right side called "Alt Gr" Does it do the same thing? :)

[@pulkkakelkka]

Depending on your area Alt Gr is used to make the 3rd symbol on the button( lover right corner). Welcome to Finland where you press Alt Gr + 2 to get @ and Alt Gr + e to get € etc.

[@MariaTorres]

Its the same as shift+ctrl

[@frozendude707]

"Alt Gr" stands for Alternate Graphic, it allows you to change to the 3:rd and 4:th shift-levels, like when you press shift, you get a capital or the character above the normal one, Alt Gr gets you the one to the right of the normal character, and shift and alt gr together gets the one above that.

[@skbartistry2473]

*Alt gr + 2* and *alt gr + e* also make those symbols in Denmark. I believe that's the case for all of Scandinavia. *Alt gr + 3* also gives us the *£* symbol. *Alt gr + 4* gives us the *$* symbol. *Alt gr + 7* and *alt gr + 0* gives us the *{ }* symbols. *Alt gr + 8* and *alt gr + 9* gives us the *[ ]* symbols. *Alt gr* also gives us the following symbols for the buttons near the backspace and enter keys: *|* *~* and it gives us this symbol for the button next to the left shift key *\* I believe a lot of these are the same for the rest of the Nordic countries.. Also, you can't make a space between words in Windows 10, while pressing the *Alt gr* key. And KZbin can't make anything bold, if either of the following *, . : ;* are placed before or after the *** No matter the spacing between before the star, but it does matter with a spacing after the star. This last line don't make as much sense as I couldn't put a comma after the star

[@allanrichardson1468]

Even in USA keyboards that don’t mark the left and right CTRL, ALT, and SHIFT keys differently, the builder of an application CAN code different functions. For example, in IBM-3270 emulators, the 3270 Enter key, used to send all the modified text on a screen back to the host computer, is usually the CTRL key on the right, and the RESET key, used to unlock the keyboard after trying to type in a protected cursor position, is usually the CTRL key on the left, after the location of those keys on the original 3270 keyboard. The Enter key is used for New Line (or Carriage Return), which tabs to the next unprotected position below the current line. The original 3270 had an ALT key but no CTRL key. The default in the Windows API is to detect only the pressing or automatic repeat of character and action keys, modified by holding down some combination of CTRL, ALT, and/or SHIFT, and the current setting of the CAPS LOCK switch, but there are also ways to detect the pressing or releasing of any key, returning its physical location (thus left and right copies of CTRL/ALT/SHIFT return different codes). I suppose these special API calls are so commonly used in certain countries that the special usage is stamped on the keyboards there, and maybe coded in the keyboard drivers also.

[@FourOf92000]

5:08 "Shift" + [nav] performs a text selection in general, for the record

[@sm5574]

As a coder, I much prefer using the Home/End keys (and combos) rather than reaching for the mouse just to navigate a few lines of text. I use them absolutely all the time.

[@selewin]

The end key is useful if you have a page with a endless scroll and it needs to load new content. but you just want to scroll to a certaint date. everytime you press end it automatically goes to the lowest part and after it loads you can press it again.

[@MarkW1210]

you forgot print screen :-(

[@DanCojocaru2000]

Back in the old days it sent the text on the screen to the printer. Nowadays, it captures a screenshot and copies it to the clipboard, so you can paste it somewhere like Paint.

[@memoonasaeedsuser9898]

Print screen key now is gonna take a screenshot

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

I have OneDrive so when I presente Printscreen it sends the imagem directly to the saved images folder In my opinion computer, I don't know have to open Microsoft Paint or anything like that, it's incredibly useful for me

[@__init__3493]

Does anyone _not_ know what Home and End do?

[@mariannmariann2052]

No

[@musicminute2306]

If you like the end key, but find it annoying to press try using shift + 1 on the numpad as it acts as end for a lot of programs as a tip!

[@algis-kun8777]

There are only the pause/break key is actually a legacy key from early computing days, and the scroll lock is used in server or terminal based systems. The rest are pretty useful.

[@PhoenixNL72-DEGA-]

scroll lock is also used in Excel. If you press it you move the screen view instead of the cell cursor.

[@MrFlox888]

A replacement shortcut for Pause/Break is Ctrl + C and a replacement for the TaskKey/RClick is Shift + F10.

[@smievil]

shift+F10 is terrible though, like almost the opposite end of each other while it's normally a very accessible button. think some of the F# combinations have replacements.

[@smievil]

maybe it's ok with right shift though.

[@Bugwrangler]

I thought I would add that the PrtScn key can be used as a screen shot • You can change this shortcut so it also opens screen snipping, which lets you edit your screen shot. Select Start > Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard, and turn on the toggle under Print Screen shortcut.

[@vladimirpain3942]

PrintSc key is saving current monitor output into clipboard. And it is a thing since W98, I think, and still is a thing in W10, so I am suprised you didn't mention it.

[@bitset3741]

I use these keys - especially the Page up Page down, Home, and End keys. No matter how good a mouse or touchpad are at scrolling nothing is as quick and precise as simply tapping one key.

[@patrickwall8517]

You can still use the print screen key to make print screens. If you press control-alt-print screen it will copy just the window your in rather than all the windows you have open.

[@macbuff81]

"Shift-insert" functions as "paste" un conjunction with the clipboard. Quite useful. I use it all the time