bonn2@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoForget star signs, what key do you press to wake up your computer from sleep?message-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareForget star signs, what key do you press to wake up your computer from sleep?bonn2@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareazimir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agoSpace key. That way it won’t accidentally enter an actual letter or command that could be passed to the current active application. That’s not really much of a problem anymore these days (serious issue in WinXP era), but it’s still the safe key, so I use it. Edit: I totally botched this. I meant Shift key. Derp.
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoSpace bar is “accept” in many interfaces. If the screen was off but not locked, and a dialog box was focused, hitting space will submit that in some OS. Control, on the other hand, won’t.
Space key. That way it won’t accidentally enter an actual letter or command that could be passed to the current active application.
That’s not really much of a problem anymore these days (serious issue in WinXP era), but it’s still the safe key, so I use it.
Edit: I totally botched this. I meant Shift key. Derp.
Space bar is “accept” in many interfaces. If the screen was off but not locked, and a dialog box was focused, hitting space will submit that in some OS.
Control, on the other hand, won’t.