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TL;DR

Allow modifier keys in the keybinds to differentiate between Left and Right sides.

What?

As a QoL feature, please make it so that Left Shift and Right Shift, Left Control and Right Control, Left Alt and Right Alt, are seen as different keys in the keybinds.

Existing keybinds set up to use Shift, Control, and Alt should continue to register for both, but going forward, when assigning keys, Left and Right variants should be differentiated.

Why?

This is a small QoL feature that not everyone will benefit from, but some of us would. Factorio is a game with a lot of controls, as it should be, but this reduces the key and key combinations players can use for other apps running simultaneously (push to talk on Discord, recording keybinds on recording software, etc.) and unlocking Left and Right variants of the modifier keys significantly increases the number of keybind options we have for other things going on at the same time.

And really, why not? It helps some people while not causing a problem for anyone else.