How to turn off caps lock on the keyboard. How to make a super button from CapsLock

Key Caps Lock - handy tool, which can be used when the user needs to write one or more letters or even the entire text in capital letters. It is worth keeping in mind that pressing this key will cause a change appearance only letters to be typed: for example, numbers and others special characters will not change from its use.

Using the Caps Lock key

Additional options for using the key

This technique, however, can be used in the opposite way. For example, you are typing text in capital letters with the Caps Lock key turned on, and you need to change one or more letters to lowercase. In this case, when pressing the necessary letters hold Shift button: she is temporarily registered on lowercase letters, and after you release it, Caps Lock mode will become permanent again. Don't forget to turn it off after you finish typing the text in capital letters.

Sources:

• Caps Lock key

On computers that have been connected by a network, restrictions are always placed: from running websites social networks until the possibility of using hot ones. As a rule, such restrictions are set in offices, computer clubs and other institutions where work safety policies are encouraged. For example, having completely closed access to the Start menu, launching Explorer will not be difficult if you know the hotkeys associated with Windows button.

You will need

• Create a registry file.

Instructions

Most of the 101-key standard come with additional keys with the Windows window logo. On desktop keyboards there are 2 of them (left and right), but mobile ones contain only one (left) key. Above was an example of launching " Windows Explorer" Using the “Win” key you can do this much better (Win+E). For example, some combinations of useful key combinations: - Win + R – Start menu - “Run”;
- Win+D – minimize all windows;
- Win+L – a welcome window will appear;
- Win+Pause – “System Properties”.

I call a super button a modified CapsLock, which, along with Ctrl, Opt and Cmd, can be used in keyboard shortcuts. A shortcut based on a super button a la Caps Lock Letter is convenient to launch and switch between open programs.

To make a super button we will reprogram CapsLock with the utility Karabiner Elements for simultaneous pressing Shift Ctrl Opt cmd. This combination is not accidental, because only these keys are perceived by macOS as triggers for shortcuts. You cannot use Tab, Delete, F1-F12 or regular CapsLock in shortcuts.

The super button has an excellent location - under the little finger of the left hand. It is convenient to click on it, as well as on the adjacent Shift. Here are five of my favorite shortcuts:

• CapsLock H - Converts selected text from Markdows to HTML
• CapsLock Delete - closes all programs except the active one
• CapsLock R - optimizes selected images via ImageOptim
• CapsLock 3 - typographite text
• CapsLock S - opens Safari

To customize the super button on macOS, we need Karabiner Elements. This utility is capable of changing the actions of any keys: replace CapsLock with Delete, Fn with Esc, etc.

Setting up a super button

1. Install Karabiner Elements and launch it;
2. Go to the Complex Modifications tab and click the Add rule button;
3. In the window that appears, select “Change caps_lock to command+control+option+shift” and press the Enable key.

How to use the super button

Standard keyboard shortcuts macOS you will find in Settings▸ Keyboard▸ Keyboard shortcuts. Shortcuts are configured there system functions: switching language, screenshots, starting services, etc.

I specify shortcuts for launching programs using . I also run scripts through it, such as converting Markdown to HTML.

If you want even more flexibility, then try BetterTouchTool(Setapp/site). This utility can change the action of the shortcut depending on the application. I'll tell you about it some other time.

Hello friends! Today we will talk about how to disable unnecessary Windows features 7.

Agree, Windows has a lot of different, sometimes annoying functions, such as sticky keys, the CAPS LOCK key, etc., that I would like to eliminate. Let's look at some of them, and methods for "deactivating" them =) There are, of course, various tuning programs, such as TweekUI, Tune Up and the like, but why use something third-party when there are regular ones Windows tools? Let's go in order

How to disable the Caps Lock key?

How often do you use this key for its intended purpose? Unless you “cap” on the forums, which only annoys everyone in the end, and sometimes you can get a ban for frequent inappropriate use of “caps”. And how often, when entering a password, this key is magically pressed, and the password is naturally entered incorrectly? Some services, of course, warn that Caps Lock is pressed, but not all.

In general, I personally don’t need this key at all. So why not turn it off completely? To do this, we will need to create a simple text file and enter the following values ​​into it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 "Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,2a,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00

Then we save the file and give it some name, for example, disable_capslock. And we change the file extension: instead of .txt, we write .reg. The file is ready. Now we click on it twice, and in the pop-up windows we agree with everything. Don't pay attention in this particular case pay attention to the various system warnings, this file will not cause harm, guaranteed.

Simply making any changes to the registry (and this is where we are making them now) can sometimes lead to Windows crashing if you don’t know what to make and where to make it.

After this, restart the computer. And voila! Annoying key Caps Lock is no longer functioning and does not bother us! If for some reason you need to change everything back, create a new text file, name it something and enter the following values:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 "Scancode Map"=-

As with the first file, change the extension to reg. Then run it, agree with everything, and restart your computer. The functionality of the key will be restored. In general, instead of disabling Caps Lock, you can assign it another function, but I don’t see much point in this.

If you don’t want to bother with creating reg files, you can download the archive with ready-made files:

• disable_capslock.reg (disable Caps Lock)
• restore_scancode_mappings.reg (reset changes).

This archive may be criticized modern browsers, because it still contains reg files. But I guarantee that there is nothing bad in these files.

How to disable deletion confirmation?

If, when deleting a file, you are annoyed by the question that constantly pops up:

You can disable this confirmation dialog. This can be done as easily as possible. Open the properties of the "Trash" and uncheck "Ask for confirmation to delete"

Please note that it is better not to check the box “Destroy files immediately after deletion, without placing them in the trash”. You never know, suddenly you want to restore deleted file from the basket. But for permanent deletion just use the key combination SHIFT And DEL, instead of standard DEL.

How to disable Sticky Keys?

Sticky Keys is activated by pressing SHIFT five times, and this feature is designed for people with disabilities. But for most people this is completely unnecessary. And even more - it is very annoying if you accidentally press it five times (a child presses, for example, or a cat lies down on the keyboard). This is especially annoying for gamers when a sign like this may pop up during a game:

So, to disable this function, just click on the link in the dialog box that appears: “Go to center special features to disable the keyboard shortcut." And uncheck "Enable Sticky Keys when pressing SHIFT keys five times"

You can do it even more cunningly and assign a completely different function to pressing five times, for example, calling command line(cmd.exe) as administrator. But more about this some other time.

Removing unnecessary items from the context menu

Many programs, when installed, "smuggle themselves" not only onto the desktop, into the panel quick launch, in the Start menu, but also in context menu(this is a list of commands and functions that we see when we press right click mouse (RMB) on some file). And sometimes the context menu is really cumbersome and with extra points. Especially for those who regularly install and uninstall everything. So, to “clean” it and remove all unnecessary things, you can use such a wonderful utility as . It is very functional and has long proven itself only with positive side. In addition, it is free (there is also PRO version). You can download it from the official website

I will publish a full review of this program later, in the “Software” section. And now we are interested in its ability to adjust the autoloading of the context menu. To do this, go to the "Service" - "Startup" section in the program, and go to the " tab Context menu", where you can easily turn off everything unnecessary.

That's probably all. But only for today! Wait for new articles and useful things. And so as not to miss anything “delicious”, subscribe to updates.

If when you press Caps Lock the game minimizes or the game goes into windowed mode, then the caps lock indicator on the screen is to blame. Which appears in the lower right corner of the screen every time you press Caps Lock or Num Lock.

Except Caps Lock And Num Lock A window pops up in the lower right corner of the screen above the clock telling you to turn it on/off Scroll Lock.

A pop-up notification about turning on Caps/Num Lock interferes not only with games, but also with many programs running in full screen mode and requiring these keys to be pressed.

For example in GTA 5 Caps key Lock enables a special ability. And when you press it, the game goes into windowed mode, which is simply unacceptable! You can, of course, change the assignment of the keys, but in GTA V, almost all the keys are occupied and besides, this will not solve the problem globally.

To get rid of this notification, you need to disable the program that displays it. You can do this in startup if you know what it is called.

It often happens that its name is unknown or there is no such program in startup. This happens especially often in laptops.

As it turned out, Notice Caps Lock is issued by the BTTray.exe process which can only be disabled in the registry.

How to enter the registry:

Start > Run > enter “regedit” and go to the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Widcomm > BTConfig > General > KeyIndication > change the value of "KeyIndication" instead of "1" set to "0". Click OK and close the Registry Editor.

We reboot the computer and rejoice in the absence of this nasty notification!

At launch we write msconfig, select there, find the program BTTray and remove it from startup. This software starts after installation wireless headphones And similar devices on Bluetooth.