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Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.

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[-] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Nice so I can remap it to something useful… unless they’re jerks and the keyboard isn’t sending a key but a combo like that useless “office” key that they tried and failed years ago

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Well, if the picture is representative of an expected outcome, you don't get a new key, you get to trade in the right 'ctrl' key for it.

[-] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Ugh so in that case I would need to remap to ctrl

Hope it tanks as all the major Microsoft “innovations “

[-] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

why not remap existing keys? the Copilot key is probably replacing the right control key, which I use it for multiple keybindings that use control + a letter on the left side of the keyboard.

We already have a ton of modifier keys: Meta or Super, Alt, Shift and Control. And you can also remap Caps Lock to be another one if you don't use it.

Personally, I like to remap Caps Lock to Super, for easier and quicker access to keybindings. I find the privileged position of Caps Lock in the keyboard absurd and rather useless.

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