swapped keys

tut4nkh4m3n SG

i don’t know how it happened but my keys seemed to have swapped by itself. maybe i click something accidentally but really idk what happened. for eg, when i press the number 1, the number 2 comes out instead, and when i press 2, 1 comes out. yupp. it’s all back to normal now, but since it’s happened a few times alr, just wondering…

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Laptop keyboard or normal desktop PC keyboard?

tut4nkh4m3n SG

i think desktop. can it happen for laptops too? Shocked

eagle SG

i think hor

1. virus
2. keyboard problem

rathcycle SG

last time my keyboard kena water, same thing happen, time for new keyboard .

tut4nkh4m3n SG

no, definitely not virus or water, that i'm sure.

it didn't only happen at my place. i rmbr that it happened once at a gaming centre too. so i had to screw my game and get another comp cos i didn't know what to do at that moment.

i think i spammed the keys and accidentally clicked on something.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Laptops have certain hot keys, which when pressed, will do it nicely for you. Laughing

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Then you probably triggered some shortcuts which swapped the keys. Sometimes reboot will work, other times, no as the changes are permanent. You need to hunt down the settings and change it back, which is tedious and painful.

tut4nkh4m3n SG

like? can tell me how i do it?

tut4nkh4m3n SG

where do i start? and what do i do form there? but i seemed to have swapped them so easily...

ndmmxiaomayi SG

On laptops, there is this key called the Fn (Function) key. Press it together with some other letters/numbers will change the whole keyboard format. To undo it, press the Fn key + the same letter or number which triggered it.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Start > Control Panel

Look under these sections:

Accessibility Options
Regional and Language Settings

0oohLaLa SG

this happened to me before too while in a middle of a game.. had to restart com

tut4nkh4m3n SG

that's why there must be some sort of hotkey to do it. cos i was also in the middle of a game, there was no way i could go control panel to configure some settings.

and the characters that came out were rubbish, for one of my case, not just mere swapping here and there. but so far restarting the comp solves it all.

allentyb SG

you abuse your keyboard too often!

casshern SG

ur keyboard trying to act cute