As stated in the other topic, this would also be very useful for people who don't use a QWERTY-based layout. I am personally using the
BÉPO layout and doing CTRL+C/V with the left hand is difficult/not possible.
I am thus using CTRL/SHIFT+insert/delete on a
keyboard that has dedicated macros for that (
TypeMatrix or ErgoDox with a layout similar to the TypeMatrix).
It does not work in Factorio textboxes though. I am playing on Linux. I guess there are tools as well for this, but to be frank I expect all applications to behave the same, and not needing such tools for standard
keyboard shortcuts.
Note that those macros do not work well with blueprints either, as I described in
this bug report. Unfortunately the topic was moved to Technical Help and I never got any feedback, despite my further investigations.
Snork wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:16 am
I found a [not a] bug report from April 2019 in which this is suggested/discussed (to an extent)
[0.17.33] Copy with Insert key
Twinsen, Rseding91 and kovarex all commented on the topic.
Rseding91 and kovarex were against the idea; but it could be a huge accessibility win for the left-handed player base (presumably ⁓10%)
I am surprised to see this topic is now locked. I see Rseding actually faces issues with shift+delete so it appears it really annoys some people. I wonder if it would be a problem for Factorio though (you don't have to select and delete text very often in Factorio, but maybe I am missing some usecases).
Maybe they could implement ctrl/shift+insert already, and not shift+delete, as a compromise?