Alt+Tab, Alt+Enter, and the Windows key.

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mangakiwi
mangakiwi
Ascalonian Squire
#1
I cannot tell you how many times I have been holding down the Alt key and accidently pressed tab to cycle through to the nearest enemy!

Picture yourself here. You and your party are in a heated battle, your life is low, you press tab to toggle through to the next enemy. BOOM! Hello desktop!

Come back and you are dead.

It would be so helpful if you could disable the Alt+tab, Alt+ Enter, and windows key when you are playing GW.
Undivine
Undivine
of Brackenwood
#2
I'll second that request. I tend not to use tab, but that annoying windows key is awful! I mean it sits there, it does nothing. You never use it for anything for any reason ever, and the only thing it has ever accomplished since Microsoft first introduced it is kick people out of their games!

So I'm /signing that, and also /signing the petition to murder Mircrosoft chairmen.
dont feel no pain
dont feel no pain
Forge Runner
#3
sometimes i want to rip the windows key out of my keyboard!!
mortalis doleo
mortalis doleo
Wilds Pathfinder
#4
"press alt+f4 to see enemy stats"

you need to be able to disable alt+f4 (that would be the default), so that this kind of thing stopped happening...
K
Kariston The Swift
Lion's Arch Merchant
#5
I hear about alot of people just popping out their windows key lol.
Deadlyjunk
Deadlyjunk
Banned
#6
Tip: know your keyboard
Chev of Hardass
Chev of Hardass
Wilds Pathfinder
#7
Quote:
Originally Posted by dont feel no pain
sometimes i want to rip the windows key out of my keyboard!!
I did that months ago.

Now about that alt+tab, that is a pain.
Mathias Deathwater
Mathias Deathwater
Frost Gate Guardian
#8
Quote:
Originally Posted by Deadlyjunk
Tip: know your keyboard
Yeah, that doesn't help much when you're reaching for ctrl and you accidentaly nudge the windows key. I know exactly where it is, but that doesn't stop me from accidentally bumping it.

Oh, and /signed. The windows key must die.
g
ghezbora
Frost Gate Guardian
#9
http://www.dansdata.com/ibmkeyboard.htm

no windows key! i use one and i can never go back to 104 key rubber dome ----tastic keyboards ever again...

btw thats also a HILARIOUS read even if you're happy with your keyboard
F
Fred Kiwi
Wilds Pathfinder
#10
the windows key is your friend! I love it, you are all fat fingered mongs.
H2SO4
H2SO4
Academy Page
#11
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chev of Hardass
I did that months ago.

Now about that alt+tab, that is a pain.
yeah me too, late at night you hit the windows nd the nby the time you pull up gw again its toolate pwned by a grawl or sometihng.

But if you HOLD your finger on the windows butto nand then HOLD alt then rlease windows you sohuld be ok
wolver1ne
wolver1ne
Frost Gate Guardian
#12
Window mode is the best.
Kai Nui
Kai Nui
Desert Nomad
#13
Get a screwdriver and slip it in between the keyboard and the Window's key and pry the button out. You can replace it when you're done playing, I have done this many times. Also since my brother can't type well I've swapped some of the keys around like N and M. Lol, it really screws with people.
Fungus Amongus
Fungus Amongus
Wilds Pathfinder
#14
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mathias Deathwater
Yeah, that doesn't help much when you're reaching for ctrl and you accidentaly nudge the windows key. I know exactly where it is, but that doesn't stop me from accidentally bumping it.

Oh, and /signed. The windows key must die.
Understatement....

/Signed
MCS
MCS
Banned
#15
My keyboard doesn't have a windows key .
VGJustice
VGJustice
Desert Nomad
#17
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mathias Deathwater
The windows key must die.
/signed and /signed
E
EF2NYD
Wilds Pathfinder
#18
Alt+tab is every multitasker's friend. I use it all the time to switch to something else while I'm not doing anything in GW. I've never had a problem with it, since alt just shows friendlies in the area and ctrl shows enemies?

I use the Windows key as a quick minimize when I want to do something else as well. Also useful to start opening programs when you have GW running in a window and not having to minimize it to the desktop. Never pressed it accidentally ever.

Alt+enter, never had a problem with that? Under what circumstances would you need to press that combination other than fullscreen/window?
Apple
Apple
Desert Nomad
#19
/not signed
Not everyone uses Guild Wars and Guild Wars alone while they're on the computer, so screw that. I regularly use MSN messenger and AIM while listening to music and playing GW, so no. Definitely not signed.

EDIT : Yeah, and i took out my windows keys ages ago too :P
HawkofStorms
HawkofStorms
Hall Hero
#20
My problem is I have a laptop. Their keyboads are quite condensed. The alt, ctrl, and windows keys are all right next too each other (as in, no gap between each other).

To apple, that is why it is an OPTION! You don't have to enable it. Just give us people who like it the abilty to do it.