Microsoft takes three decades to make Sticky Keys less sticky
The change, introduced in the Experimental Windows Insider Build 26340.9882, adds an option to the Sticky Keys or Filter Keys dialogs to dismiss the prompts permanently.
Key points
- Once enabled, Sticky Keys let users press modifier keys (such as Control) one at a time instead of holding them down together.
- It's only taken several decades for Microsoft to put the off switch where the interruption actually happens.
- Better late than never – even if "never ask me again" has taken roughly three decades to reach the dialog.
Windows testers are getting a new option in the Sticky Keys and Filter Keys dialogs – one to banish the pop-ups without needing to venture deep into Settings.
Tap Shift five times, and you'll see what we mean: Windows chimes and shows a dialog asking whether you'd like to turn on Sticky Keys.
Additional details
- The option is also rolling out in the Windows Insider Beta channel, although Microsoft has not announced a general release date.
- Filter Keys, meanwhile, ignores brief or repeated keystrokes and adjusts the keyboard's repeat behavior.
- Or hold down the right Shift key for eight seconds to be treated to the Filter Keys pop-up.
- However, the dialogs are of little use to people who don't need the features, and they can pop up at the most inconvenient moments.
- The accessibility features themselves are useful, though triggering their activation prompts by accident is another matter.
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