Left Shift vs Right Shift

[-Nobody- 519]

Left shift. I think I've only used the right one, a handful of times in my life.

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

Left shift, it's closer to my left pinkie than right shift is to right pinkie

[Dynamo Pad 11,364]

I use left shift the most when using my keyboard. I rarely use the right shift key, if not barely at all. 

[Kiri 7,289]

I use left shift the most when using my keyboard. I rarely use the right shift key, if not barely at all. 

 

Same here! I'm not sure if I've ever used my right shift.  

Edited July 31, 2015 by Quartz Aegis

[Empty Room 512]

Both. I use the left one while gaming, and the right one when I'm writing.

Using the right one in a game would be very difficult, because I'm used to the WASD layout. The shift key on the left is closest to those other ones and I use a mouse with my right hand.

 

When I write, however, I always tend to hold the right shift key when capitalising a word, although my finger still hovers over the left key.

[ThePoniMan 164]

I know that left shift wins by a landslide. I have noticed this with my friends. I surprisingly only use right shift. Maybe is has to do with whether you are a lefty or a righty? I know that I most likely use right shift because I use a mouse with my left hand, so when I am trying to do something while using a mouse, it is easier for my right hand to reach right shift (Weirdly enough, though, when I game, I use left shift and WASD with my right hand while continuing to use my left for the mouse. It's just the way I started playing and now I'm so used to it ).

Edited August 5, 2015 by Joseph Stallion

[ARagY 1,152]

Both, because I touch-type and both are necessary for maximum efficiency

[Xenomorphic 362]

Left Shift Because Of Sprinting.

[Midnight Solace 5,132]

^^ Hey! That's how I used to type...

I prefer using the right shift, as it is closer to the enter key and more convenient for writing. 

[Dreambiscuit 9,904]

I always go left. I do most of the other stuff with my right hand so that leaves my lonely old lefty with nothing to do but press that Shift key. I wouldn't deny my left hand that one simple pleasure in life. 

[PaulBron 173]

Left shift WINS `_______

[Meson Bolt 2,648]

Pretty much only use Left Shift. I don't think I've ever used Right Shift, or at least, not recently. I'll just type normally and use my left pinkie to grab the Shift when needed.

If I need to capitalize a letter that I'd normally type with my left pinkie (A, Q or Z), I'll move my left ring finger over to type it while my pinkie gets the Shift.

[Lucky Bolt 35,064]

I only use left shift, and always will. Being right-handed it makes more sense. 

[CypherHoof 26,483]

Both about equally - I was taught to touchtype fairly young, so which shift is appropriate depends on which letters the other hand wants capitalized...

[DixonTheAdversary 1,632]

Left shift. I find it to be more convenient for typing, considering most of the important keys are on the left side of the keyboard. 

[Nsxile 27,130]

Hmm... I think I use left shift the most, although I do use right shift sometimes.

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,645]

I hold any of the 2 keys needed, it doesn't matter to me  

[EpicEnergy 23,220]

I hardly ever use right shift, not sure why but I always use left shift over right shift.

[Astralshy 26,927]

I use the right shift key very rarely but it happens

[Stancet 689]

This is a very weird topic. You're supposed to use the right shift key when capitalizing the left-hand letters and the left shift key for the right-handed ones. That's just typing 101.

[dead account 2,711]

Never understood the purpose of the right shift key and never used it. I didn't even know it is a shift key. It was always just...there.
Just like the the 17 keys on the right side (numbers etc.), it serves no purpose whatsoever.

[Evil Pink One 13,507]

Caps lock, caps lock............

[O-78 28,607]

I tend to favor the right shift key, and it seems I'm in the minority on this one.

[Twilight Sparkle97 402]

I honestly didn't know that there even was a right shift. I always use the left shift. 

[Kitty_Cat 376]

I normally use left when I'm playing games, and right when I'm typing. Sometimes I'll use left when typing as well but it's not nearly as common for me to do.