3 comments

  • Findecanor1 hour ago
    Reverse Tab ⇤ is still with us, above the Tab ⇥ symbol. It is at the top to indicate that it is generated while holding Shift.<p>Many people have got the misconception that <i>both symbols together</i> is the Tab symbol, though. There is even a symbol consisting of both close together in Unicode: ⭾ and many PC keyboards that similarly have both arrows closer together than on keys with printed symbols generated with and without holding Shift. (Apple has been printing only ⇥ though)
    • leephillips29 minutes ago
      This article is the first time I’ve heard of the reverse tab. What is it?
      • tpm22 minutes ago
        Move one tab backwards. So in form fields move one field back, in text editor indent one tab less etc.
  • CalRobert41 minutes ago
    Insert is gone? I have it here... though I can&#x27;t remember the last time I used it. I never found much reason to think &quot;I want to overwrite existing text as I type&quot;
    • leephillips38 minutes ago
      My keyboards have always had an INS key but they’ve never done anything and I’ve never bothered to map them to anything. I do sometimes want to overwrite, but that’s always in Vim where I can enter replace mode.
      • CalRobert27 minutes ago
        I think I used it most in the odd game... I recall it may have activated stealth in Subspace (Continuum)
  • card_zero1 hour ago
    &quot;Insert, now gone&quot;? I press the INS key, I overwrite text, it&#x27;s very useful. Though thinking about it I suppose that really turns insert mode <i>off.</i><p>&quot;Key beep&quot; sounds horrific. :D
    • jstanley55 minutes ago
      The Insert key <i>toggles</i> insert mode.
      • em3rgent0rdr39 minutes ago
        Mind blown: we have always by default been in insert mode.