Personally I press Ctrl

  • azimir@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    33
    ·
    edit-2
    3 months ago

    Space key. That way it won’t accidentally enter an actual letter or command that could be passed to the current active application.

    That’s not really much of a problem anymore these days (serious issue in WinXP era), but it’s still the safe key, so I use it.

    Edit: I totally botched this. I meant Shift key. Derp.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      28
      ·
      3 months ago

      Space bar is “accept” in many interfaces. If the screen was off but not locked, and a dialog box was focused, hitting space will submit that in some OS.

      Control, on the other hand, won’t.

      • lud@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        3 months ago

        I always wake up with space and I have had that problem once. That was on a PC that was installing using PXE.

        Otherwise my PC is pretty much always locked if the screen has gone to sleep.

        • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          3 months ago

          I remember one time when I was a youth trying to fix my dad’s computer, he tried to wake it with the space bar. The screen came on and that space bar cancelled some long running operation. Woops.