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That evil "control key."

HOW many of you have been typing something on a web form, or into a Word document, and accidentally touched the CONTROL key and watched your input completely disappear? No "Are You Sure You Want to Delete This?" or anything like that--your input is just gone.

I have typed long emails, and accidentally touched the control key on my laptop, and watched the entire text in the email disappear.

WHY do computers and software allow this to happen? What can be done to stop it?

HOW many others have experienced this evil phenomenon?

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control + z to the rescue :)

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Yessss...lol..Sherlock on the case and tricky to the rescue!

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That'll never happen from the ctrl key.

At a guess you're accidentally pressing ctrl-a and continuing to type like normal. Overwriting everything you had.

Like tricky said ctrl-z :3

Sherlock by olga tereshenko d9qdidc
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Oh, but it has happened multiple times. And the undo button would not work.

Will try CONTROL + Z !

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sophieshizuko
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I've been typeing away on keyboards since I was 8 and never hit the Windows or control keys accidentally.... you should reconsider the way you sit at your desk, approach the keyboard, and rest your hands on the keyboard.

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Yes, but it's hard with a laptop! If you have an external keyboard, it really helps!

Don't know how people manage with tablets that have ultra-tiny keyboards!

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sophieshizuko wrote:
I've been typeing away on keyboards since I was 8 and never hit the Windows or control keys accidentally.... you should reconsider the way you sit at your desk, approach the keyboard, and rest your hands on the keyboard.

I really don't type. I look at the key board..lol. You've learned how so you know were your fingers are without looking.

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Max wrote:

sophieshizuko wrote:
I've been typeing away on keyboards since I was 8 and never hit the Windows or control keys accidentally.... you should reconsider the way you sit at your desk, approach the keyboard, and rest your hands on the keyboard.

I really don't type. I look at the key board..lol. You've learned how so you know were your fingers are without looking.

I watch the keyboard when I type as well, and I can type 90-100 WPM. Everybody tells me I could be way faster if learned where the keys are, but I get messed up when I don't watch the keys. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ (I sort of hunt & peck, as well. I pretty much use whatever finger is closest to the key, probably why I find it easier to watch. ๐Ÿ˜„)

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