Press Shift to activate CDU keyboard

[Peter Lang]

Two fingers? Ouch, I don't like that idea.

With both Shift I would need two arms...  two fingers, why not?

Left Shift: CDU L
Right Shift: CDU R
left or right CTRL: CDU C

    ->  left or right CTRL + Shift: CDU C?

No counting anymore.

This sounds good. Simply turn it on and off with left and right Shift.

Peter

[Hardy Heinlin]

Actually, I'm not a fan of two-arm key combinations either. Not nice for disabled computer users.

Click L shift: CDU L
Click R shift: CDU R
Hold 2 sec any shift: CDU C

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[Peter Lang]

To avoid another misunderstanding:

the two arm key combination I also dislike. Just the two finger key combination would be ok for me.

...and I'm sure the PSX author will solve that  

Peter

[Will]

This is the best idea so far:

Click L shift: CDU L
Click R shift: CDU R
Hold 2 sec any shift: CDU C

It's a great idea because it's so wonderfully extensible. Holding a key for 2 seconds could globally mean "activate a similar function to the main function, but one that's very rarely used and never needed instantly."  That triples the number of key-presses you can program, whilst sacrificing very little in the way of intuitive-ness.

Nice solution.

Will

[Hardy Heinlin]

Also, the 2-sec time is a pretty common value on the real flight deck, i. e. good to remember. E.g. the CVR test (newer version) starts after holding the button for 2 sec., ... the ISFD attitude reset starts after a 2-sec. delay, ... also the APU start switch should be held for 2 sec., ... just to mention a few ...

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And we had it here already :-)

... any non-shift keystroke or a timer of about 2 seconds makes the ...