What's your default keyboard hand positions?

ThePirateHulk · 5 Jan 2016 at 05:17

Anchundan said:
Left hand: ASDF thumb on space
Right hand: JKL;

If my two index fingers are not resting on F and J (the keys with the little bumps on) before I start typing, it just feels weird. Something to do with touch-typing I think.

Never learned to touch type so always wondered what these bumps were for

Kosmiche · 5 Jan 2016 at 06:07

On the left

SexyGreyFox · 5 Jan 2016 at 07:38

kieran_read said:
As in subconsciously.

When you place your hands on your keyboard without even thinking where's the first place they go?

Both thumbs go near the spacebar and my left fingers hover over Tab Q W and right fingers over O P [

Feek · 5 Jan 2016 at 08:32

Anchundan said:
Left hand: ASDF thumb on space
Right hand: JKL;

If my two index fingers are not resting on F and J (the keys with the little bumps on) before I start typing, it just feels weird. Something to do with touch-typing I think.

This.

Tone1979 · 5 Jan 2016 at 08:45

Glanza said:
FPS position by default.

this.

Locky · 5 Jan 2016 at 09:35

I'm an arrow key player.

NexusK · 5 Jan 2016 at 09:47

Left hand tucked into my wasteband, just in case.

Cosimo · 5 Jan 2016 at 10:01

NexusK said:
Left hand tucked into my wasteband, just in case.

I just leave a Magnum next to my mouse.

Josh · 5 Jan 2016 at 10:06

Default FPS for moi.

elrasho · 5 Jan 2016 at 11:31

Left hand FPS position right hand in crotch area

boxman2000 · 5 Jan 2016 at 12:20

Always home keys (touch typist) but after reading this thread as soon as I need to shift it's always with left pinky and the rest of my fingers on left hand side move over to A S D.

Old habits and all that!

Mynight · 5 Jan 2016 at 12:31

One hand on one hand off.

Damn beaten

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Craig321 · 5 Jan 2016 at 12:46

Depends what I'm doing. Typist position with index fingers on F & J at work. At home, at the moment, fingers on 1,2,3,4 as I'm currently playing Grim Dawn

Unicorn · 5 Jan 2016 at 13:02

wasd (2nd finger hovers over f a lot though for gw2 looting) , pinky on shift, thumb over spacebar

HangTime · 6 Jan 2016 at 23:21

Smokey Deza said:
How is it the most optimul key? Left shift is closer to WASD. Left Alt for crouch (can't crouch and jump at the same time).

I feel the PC Master Race need purging

If we're going down that route then arguably neither is optimal for games needing a lot of key functions, as WASD (and adjacent keys) are so far left. TFGH or similar is more optimal as pinky/ring fingers have more keys available to them.

Sandycheeks · 6 Jan 2016 at 23:34

Left middle finger ("the persuader"

) on Esc and thumb on space bar, right hand on mouse [Autocad]
Still use the mouse for everything, never bothered to learn the shortcuts really apart from the ones that can't be selected {dimaligned}

bitslice · 6 Jan 2016 at 23:42

*Jazz hands*

233 · 6 Jan 2016 at 23:48

thumb on alt first finger on F4 other hand in lap.

too much info?

Gilbert89 · 7 Jan 2016 at 00:09

This thread made me sit down and think how I actually play!

I use my Index Finger (W) Middle Finger (A) Thumb (D) Ring Finger (Shift) Pinky (Ctrl) now I have never noticed I actually did this until I thought about it but for example in CSGO when jumping is required I use my Thumb (Spacebar) but then if I need to strafe/move my Index Finger moves to (D) Middle Finger (W) Ring finger (A) then pinky for shift/ctrl etc but usually by then without even realising my hand has adjusted again :O