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Working on a Windows PC is nothing less than a treasure hunt.
There are many features hidden in plain sight that I never thought existed.
One such feature to take note of isSticky Keys.
What are Sticky Keys?
In short, they make a specific modifier key stick until you turn them off.
Besides, you’ve got the option to use shortcuts likeCtrl+Alt+Deleteone keystroke at a time.
Lets see…
How to Turn on Sticky Keys?
There are various ways to enable Sticky Keys.
Well see all possible ways in Windows 10 and 11.
Pressing Shift
This method is exactly the same for Windows 10 and 11.
The easiest way to turn on this functionality is by pressing Shift five times in succession.
Subsequently, you will see the prompt Do you want to turn on Sticky Keys?
(as shown in the previous image) followed by a beep.
The taskbar has this notification as an indication of the active Sticky Keys.
Windows options
This slightly differs depending on which Windows version you have, so well see both.
Windows 10
EnterSettings>Ease of Access>Keyboard>Sticky Keys.
Windows 11
Here you oughta findSettings>Accessibility>Keyboard>Sticky keys.
All the options are identical to Windows 10 and function the same.
Ergo, well proceed with Windows 10.
Quick controls (Windows 11)
This method is exclusive to Windows 11.
Start with pressing + A.
ClickAccessibilityin the pop-over.
Turn on the Sticky key toggle placed at the bottom.
Check this:
So these were some methods to turn this feature on.
Lets continue this with…
How to Use Sticky Keys?
While the controls are pretty basic, Ill attempt to explain them to make this even more simple.
We have already seen how to turn them on.
Notably, pressing Shift five times is the easiest unless you want to tweak some controls.
But well proceed without changing anything in the Control Panel.
Lets take a common example of select-copy-paste, assuming Sticky keys are turned on.
You will pressCtrl(modifier key) twice to lock it.
Two beep sounds in succession will confirm the selection.
This means theCtrlis active and will remain so until we turn that off (well see this later).
But you might also need to select selectively () and not the whole content.
For this, you should probably lock one more modifier keyShift.
This can be similarly done by pressing Shift twice (take note of the two beeps again).
For deselecting, press the particular modifier key (a different beep).
Or press two modifier keys together to turn Sticky Keys off (another unique beep).
