Shift key to release caps lock

"lhermann" wrote in message news:*** Email address is removed for privacy *** .com...

Earlier versions of Windows contained a switch that would allow pressing either shift key to release the caps lock key, creating an action similar to that of a typewriter. I have not been able to find this switch in Windows 7. Can someone help?

As it has always been, press the Caps Lock key a second time.  It has always been a toggle, once on, once off.

Unlike a typewriter to get to the characters on the number row you have to always press the shift key while on the typewriter the characters would always type if the shift lock was depressed. This has always been the design of a computer's keyboard since most people only press the special characters occasionally and use the numbers with capital letters most times.

The question was NOT "how do I use the Caps Lock key" or "how has the Caps Lock key 'always' worked", and I doubt the author of the original question expected such a patronizing answer. The question was if Windows 7 contained a switch to change the behavior of the Caps Lock key so that if the Shift key were depressed, it would toggle the Caps Lock off. The answer had some information, but it was not to the question asked, so the original question remains unanswered.

I, too, have wished the Shift key worked traditionally, ever since I started using my first 8086 machine. The traditional typewriter behavior is more logical and more natural for current everyday usage. In the old days of programming in COBOL, Fortran and BASIC, and even more contemporary C/C++, it is easier to type SOME_CONSTANT with the default behavior, as hitting the Shift key to type the underscore "_" would have released the Caps Lock if the traditional behavior were used.But, that style of using strings of uppercase letters is somewhat dated now, and thevast majority of users of computers are not programmers. Therefore, inclusion of a switch thatenables a choice of the behavior of the Shift and Caps Lock keys would make the world a much better place.

I hope this is something Microsoft can add to their default keyboard driver settings.

All I can say to this,is....WT!!!!!!!

Ihermann, have a goooood look...at your keyboard, go on?   Please,note the KEY (above the Left-hand side SHIFT Key) is.......this CAPS LOCK function you are talking about. I would suggest very strongly that you PRACTICE using it....to become very familiar with it's obvious function. Like PRESS once, it is ON....PRESS it again, it is OFF!

Sadly, cookie7746 can't read.  Ihermann wants to turn off Caps Lock by pressing Shift.  I guess he may have actually found Caps Lock is a toggle, but using Shift avoids those silly errors like "bUCKINHAM pALACE" which you are lucky if you never make.  We already have an answer from mr1900.