Talk:Sticky keys

Correct writing
Under Windows this options is actually called "StickyKeys" without any space in bewteen.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.31.11.24 (talk) 13:18, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

The screenshot from Windows shows it spelled "Sticky Keys" three times. --193.91.228.241 (talk) 19:16, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Contradictory article
This article contradicts itself, saying both there is no way to turn it off after giving directions on how to turn it off. I tried. It is quite easy to turn it off. I wonder if it becomes harder when one does not make a valid attempt? Kyujuni (talk) 09:13, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

It becomes harder to turn off when you try to follow the instructions as written. Specifically the Windows text says "two keys at once" when in reality only pressing both shift keys at once turn the misnamed "feature" off. Sometimes Microsoft is more adept at being soft on forethought and hard on usability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.236.143.130 (talk) 19:46, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Mac OS and Easy Access
I read this article, but was sure I recalled seeing the sticky keys feature in a version of the Mac OS prior to Windows 95. I've done some digging and turned up an old Apple article which suggests that a system update present on Macs from 1994 provided an update to this feature: "Updates the Easy Access Control Panel to version 7.2, fixing a wake up problem on PowerBooks. It now remembers whether sticky keys, mouse keys, and slow keys were on or off between restarts." This suggests the sticky keys functionality was available prior to this update. Gaspodog (talk) 01:35, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Further to this, I have found a copy of the Macintosh Classic user guide on the Apple support site here which indicates that Sticky Keys (with the space) was present in the system software that shipped with the Classic in 1990-1992. Sadly the document is itself undated.  Gaspodog  (talk) 17:05, 25 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Additionally, I found no references to a similar feature in prior versions of Windows, so I'll change the article accordingly. Thanks for your details! --Poc (talk) 08:58, 8 March 2010 (UTC)


 * The reference to that System 6 manual dropped out of the article somehow. I added it back in. – Minh Nguyễn &#x1f4ac; 23:38, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Tone
The article implies that the only reasons people use Sticky Keys, is due to disabilities and other complaints. However, some people, like me, think that they are superior and that the only reason not everyone has switched to it yet, is because people don't think about it. I feel offended by this article's tone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.71.110.7 (talk) 12:15, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I have an OS/2 manual for Warp 3 that tells how to activate and use Sticky Keys. OS/2 Warp was released in October 1994, according to http://www.os2museum.com/wp/?page_id=173. I think that the one sentence in the History section about Microsoft implies that Microsoft invented Sticky Keys.Stephen Angelico (talk) 02:48, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Linux
Most Linux distributions also offer the Sticky Keys feature. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.246.228.2 (talk) 13:45, 11 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Partially, or only somewhat, taken care off. Without mentioning Linux, or any specific Linux distributions. Only a reference to possible source code. Which claim to support the X specification. See Special:Diff/1152656368.
 * Edit1: I tried. It was undone. Notability not established. See User_talk:Willondon. I hope User:Willondon will explain here, rather than in his talk page.
 * Edit2: Should I consider Notability?
 * 109.253.178.208 (talk) 15:06, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

New page could be added for Key-Chaining / Key-Chords
While StickyKeys may be used for accessibility, there are applications which use Key-Chaining (MSVC and EMacs for example). This is quite a different use-case, instead of using this for accessability, a key-shortcut can be defined that takes a series of key-strokes which can't be accessed in any other way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.123.225 (talk) 09:03, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Issues section might contain an advertisement
The sections ends with "This feature can be misused in Windows by a hacker to backdoor into a system, but doing so requires physical access to the system." This claim is backed up by a citation to an article that explains why the exploit is useful, but stops before explaining how to use it and asks you to subscribe to their paid service to finish the article. Alyssa h (talk) 05:12, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Sticky Keys Exploit
I've read about it. Should something about that go into this article? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:14, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I disagree it being an actual 'exploit' and removed it from the article.
 * The majority of online tutorials tell you to replace  with , or use the   registry key to launch   as a 'debugger'.
 * You would already need to be an administrator, or have physical access to the computer to boot into recovery/safe mode/USB, in order to perform any of those steps. If you can get administrator access or have unrestricted access to the OS files, you can do a lot more than just replace the Sticky Keys GUI...
 * Ngyikp (talk) 02:54, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Recent additions
I was asked on my talk page to respond here regarding a revert I made. I had two concerns with the edit: (1) that xkbset was not a notable enough thing to be included; (2) given that the link had also been added to a similar page, the intention of the additions might be to promote something rather than to improve Wikipedia. Perhaps I'm wrong. signed, Willondon (talk) 15:32, 1 May 2023 (UTC)