Why are there sticky keys

Figure 2. Turn on Sticky Keys dialog box. Figure 3. Sticky Keys icon. Give us feedback. Oak St. Staff Login.

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Social Media. More Button Icon Circle with three vertical dots. It indicates a way to see more nav menu items inside the site menu by triggering the side menu to open and close. Ross James. Sticky Keys is a Windows feature meant to help the physically impaired, but can easily be turned on by mistake. This is useful if you want to know that sticky keys is expecting a keyboard shortcut to be typed, so the next key press will be interpreted as part of a shortcut.

Select Beep when a modifier key is pressed to enable this. Got a comment? Spotted an error? Found the instructions unclear? Send feedback about this page. Go to page content Go to main menu Go to the search field. About Users Administrators Developers. Turn on sticky keys. Click on Settings.