Windows – How to make Shift, Ctrl and Alt toggle like Caps lock

accessibilitykeyboardwindowswindows 7

I can't use one hand so it's pretty hard to work with Photoshop and Illustrator.

Is there any way how to make Shift, Ctrl and Alt modifiers toggle (like Caps Lock) instead of holding down?

Best Answer

Windows has a built-in feature called Sticky Keys for holding down one or more of the following modifier keys: Ctrl,Alt, Shift and Win.

When the feature is activated, you only need to briefly press one of those keys and it will act like it is being held down until you press a normal key or click the mouse. To prevent mouse clicks from releasing the modifier key you can press the relevant key twice to lock it.

Sticky Keys can be activated either by pressing Shift five times in quick succession or by going to:

Control Panel->Ease of Access Center->Make the keyboard easier to use->Set up Sticky Keys

Sticky Keys Screenshot

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Though you could then set Capslock itself to a much more useful function rather than disabling it entirely. You could have it equal to shift, for example:

Capslock::Shift

or set it to open/switch to Firefox:

Capslock::
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
IfWinExist, Mozilla Firefox
{
IfWinActive, Mozilla Firefox
{
Send ^t
Send !d
sleep, 100
Send ^a
}
WinActivate
WinWaitActive
}
else
Run %programfiles%\Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 3\firefox.exe
return

(Though the latter would need a tiny bit of configuration for FF's path, and how long you need the sleep to be)

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