▲ 129 ▼ Microsoft accepts defeat on the Windows 11 Copilot key with a "Do nothing" switch, but PCs still ship with it (www.windowslatest.com) submitted 3 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 3 months ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 months ago (3 children) That's nonsense. To do what it does, it sends a signal to the operating system. It's entirely within the operating system's power to do something different when it gets that signal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago (2 children) I went searching for the article I read after posting my comment. Either I misread a headline, or misremembered details. Regardless, I was plain wrong and deleted my comment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) You probably saw something which said the key can't be remapped, which is likely to be true but only because windows won't let you, rather than being any kind of technical problem permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 point 3 months ago Supposedly the key sends weird signals that make it harder to use like any other key. Where a normal key would send KeyDown when pressed and KeyUp when released it sends a bunch of KeyDown and KeyUp when pressed and nothing when it's released. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 months ago (3 children) That's nonsense. To do what it does, it sends a signal to the operating system. It's entirely within the operating system's power to do something different when it gets that signal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago (2 children) I went searching for the article I read after posting my comment. Either I misread a headline, or misremembered details. Regardless, I was plain wrong and deleted my comment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) You probably saw something which said the key can't be remapped, which is likely to be true but only because windows won't let you, rather than being any kind of technical problem permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 point 3 months ago Supposedly the key sends weird signals that make it harder to use like any other key. Where a normal key would send KeyDown when pressed and KeyUp when released it sends a bunch of KeyDown and KeyUp when pressed and nothing when it's released. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago (2 children) I went searching for the article I read after posting my comment. Either I misread a headline, or misremembered details. Regardless, I was plain wrong and deleted my comment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) You probably saw something which said the key can't be remapped, which is likely to be true but only because windows won't let you, rather than being any kind of technical problem permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 point 3 months ago Supposedly the key sends weird signals that make it harder to use like any other key. Where a normal key would send KeyDown when pressed and KeyUp when released it sends a bunch of KeyDown and KeyUp when pressed and nothing when it's released. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (1 child) You probably saw something which said the key can't be remapped, which is likely to be true but only because windows won't let you, rather than being any kind of technical problem permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 point 3 months ago Supposedly the key sends weird signals that make it harder to use like any other key. Where a normal key would send KeyDown when pressed and KeyUp when released it sends a bunch of KeyDown and KeyUp when pressed and nothing when it's released. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 point 3 months ago Supposedly the key sends weird signals that make it harder to use like any other key. Where a normal key would send KeyDown when pressed and KeyUp when released it sends a bunch of KeyDown and KeyUp when pressed and nothing when it's released. permalink fedilink source parent