Insert button on keyboard
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From: Alain Dekker on 12 Apr 2010 06:46 Is there any way to stop this button from functioning? I'm sure there are many people who do need the ability to type over what has been written (if that needs to be done, just select the text you want to go, and press Delete). Its just a constant annoyance finding you've accidentally hit the Insert key and then typed over a few characters, having to undo, press Insert again, continue, etc. Thanks in advance, Alain
From: SC Tom on 12 Apr 2010 07:11 "Alain Dekker" <alain.dekker(a)NO.SPAM.loma.com> wrote in message news:uTdBd1i2KHA.1016(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Is there any way to stop this button from functioning? > > I'm sure there are many people who do need the ability to type over what > has been written (if that needs to be done, just select the text you want > to go, and press Delete). Its just a constant annoyance finding you've > accidentally hit the Insert key and then typed over a few characters, > having to undo, press Insert again, continue, etc. > > Thanks in advance, > Alain > > > Jam something under it so it can't be pressed? Just kidding, although that may be the easiest way. Being a four fingers, all thumbs typist (using the term VERY loosely), I feel your pain. I sometimes hit the Insert key when reaching for the Delete key, but have kinda learned to live with it :-) -- SC Tom
From: Alain Dekker on 12 Apr 2010 09:24 We need to start a petition to the hardware driver writers to include this as a feature! I cannot believe more than 1% of people need the functionality that "Insert" provides (brace self for responses from people who "could not live without it"). Your idea of jamming something under the key might not be a bad one... :o) Thanks, Alain "SC Tom" <sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message news:%233EyWDj2KHA.5820(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > "Alain Dekker" <alain.dekker(a)NO.SPAM.loma.com> wrote in message > news:uTdBd1i2KHA.1016(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Is there any way to stop this button from functioning? >> >> I'm sure there are many people who do need the ability to type over what >> has been written (if that needs to be done, just select the text you want >> to go, and press Delete). Its just a constant annoyance finding you've >> accidentally hit the Insert key and then typed over a few characters, >> having to undo, press Insert again, continue, etc. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Alain >> >> >> > > Jam something under it so it can't be pressed? > > Just kidding, although that may be the easiest way. Being a four fingers, > all thumbs typist (using the term VERY loosely), I feel your pain. I > sometimes hit the Insert key when reaching for the Delete key, but have > kinda learned to live with it :-) > -- > SC Tom >
From: Bill Blanton on 12 Apr 2010 10:03 See: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/w2kscan-map.mspx As an example, here's a reg file I use to map the Caps Lock to Left-Shift. REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout] "Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,2a,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00 You can find the keyboard scancodes here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/1/161ba512-40e2-4cc9-843a-923143f3456c/scancode.doc On 4/12/2010 09:24, Alain Dekker wrote: > We need to start a petition to the hardware driver writers to include this > as a feature! I cannot believe more than 1% of people need the functionality > that "Insert" provides (brace self for responses from people who "could not > live without it"). > > Your idea of jamming something under the key might not be a bad one... :o) > "SC Tom"<sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message > news:%233EyWDj2KHA.5820(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> "Alain Dekker"<alain.dekker(a)NO.SPAM.loma.com> wrote in message >> news:uTdBd1i2KHA.1016(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> Is there any way to stop this button from functioning? >>> >>> I'm sure there are many people who do need the ability to type over what >>> has been written (if that needs to be done, just select the text you want >>> to go, and press Delete). Its just a constant annoyance finding you've >>> accidentally hit the Insert key and then typed over a few characters, >>> having to undo, press Insert again, continue, etc. >>> >> Jam something under it so it can't be pressed? >> >> Just kidding, although that may be the easiest way. Being a four fingers, >> all thumbs typist (using the term VERY loosely), I feel your pain. I >> sometimes hit the Insert key when reaching for the Delete key, but have >> kinda learned to live with it :-) >> -- >> SC Tom >> > >
From: Bob I on 12 Apr 2010 11:16
learn to use CTRL-Z for "undo" Alain Dekker wrote: > Is there any way to stop this button from functioning? > > I'm sure there are many people who do need the ability to type over what has > been written (if that needs to be done, just select the text you want to go, > and press Delete). Its just a constant annoyance finding you've accidentally > hit the Insert key and then typed over a few characters, having to undo, > press Insert again, continue, etc. > > Thanks in advance, > Alain > > > |