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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Caps lock doesn't change the number row to use the alternate characters. It'd still type numbers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Are you an Apple user? I have that same issue with my tablet. My PC and almost all other computers I've used do change the numbers with caps lock.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

No. Current Linux user, former Windows user. I've never seen a device where caps lock effects those key's functions. Are you an Apple user, and if not are you using a different keyboard layout than QWERTY?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

You can customize the caps lock behavior on linux if you want, i have my caps lock work as an additional control button.
On Gnome you can do it from the Gnome Tweaks app.

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