▲ 216 ▼ Forget star signs, what key do you press to wake up your computer from sleep? (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by bonn2@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 260 comments fedilink hide all child comments Personally I press Ctrl
[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Shift. They're big enough I don't have to aim. They're located on both edges (at least on TKL). They do nothing on their own. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah I really expected this to be the vast majority of answers, it just makes the most sense. Ctrl is too small and space will type a space into my password box that I'll have to delete before I can unlock my screen permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Control is easier for me to hit because it's the corner of the keyboard. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hit Shift+Ctrl 3 times. Its easy enough and the pattern works on my desktops and laptops so I only have to remember one behavior to wake up all my devices permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Does that still do the sticky keys thing on windows? We used to turn that on so it would make noises in like high school, because we were a bunch of gremlins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago i mean, the question was about waking my computer up from sleep. I don't think that would trigger sticky keys, even on windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah I really expected this to be the vast majority of answers, it just makes the most sense. Ctrl is too small and space will type a space into my password box that I'll have to delete before I can unlock my screen permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Control is easier for me to hit because it's the corner of the keyboard. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hit Shift+Ctrl 3 times. Its easy enough and the pattern works on my desktops and laptops so I only have to remember one behavior to wake up all my devices permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Does that still do the sticky keys thing on windows? We used to turn that on so it would make noises in like high school, because we were a bunch of gremlins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago i mean, the question was about waking my computer up from sleep. I don't think that would trigger sticky keys, even on windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Control is easier for me to hit because it's the corner of the keyboard. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hit Shift+Ctrl 3 times. Its easy enough and the pattern works on my desktops and laptops so I only have to remember one behavior to wake up all my devices permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Does that still do the sticky keys thing on windows? We used to turn that on so it would make noises in like high school, because we were a bunch of gremlins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago i mean, the question was about waking my computer up from sleep. I don't think that would trigger sticky keys, even on windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hit Shift+Ctrl 3 times. Its easy enough and the pattern works on my desktops and laptops so I only have to remember one behavior to wake up all my devices permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Does that still do the sticky keys thing on windows? We used to turn that on so it would make noises in like high school, because we were a bunch of gremlins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago i mean, the question was about waking my computer up from sleep. I don't think that would trigger sticky keys, even on windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Does that still do the sticky keys thing on windows? We used to turn that on so it would make noises in like high school, because we were a bunch of gremlins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago i mean, the question was about waking my computer up from sleep. I don't think that would trigger sticky keys, even on windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago i mean, the question was about waking my computer up from sleep. I don't think that would trigger sticky keys, even on windows. permalink fedilink source parent