Guild Wars 2

As of this patch, I can’t shift+click the minimap with my right shift key. I’m left handed, so I need it there, and there’s no way to remap it as far as I can see.

Still works the same for me. Left for pings and right for drawing.

Not the mouse buttons, the shift key on the other side of the keyboard.

There were some changes added in the Options menus. No idea if any were added concerning your issue, but you could check through Options, just in case.

Good luck.

Well, there you go. The Devs probably should have put these changes in the Patch Notes.

This is a game breaking function for left handed players. We Map/Bind our Game Key’s to the Right Side of the Keyboard. We normally use Cursor Key’s to move around, by taking away the Shift/CTRL/ALT from that side of the keyboard, we are forced to cross our arm in front of us causing discomfort, RSI is not something I want from this game. Please give us the option to change which side of the keyboard we can have those keys active on so we can use them without the discomfort.

Regards,
GroundFrog.

GroundFrog.4798:

Please give us the option to change which side of the keyboard we can have those keys active on so we can use them without the discomfort..

They did – read more closely what is written above

The keys are separate, and BOTH are usable as controls. You will have to re-pick in the options, but then there will be “right shift key” in it.

The difference is that you can now select “right shift key” or “left shift key”, instead of both acting as the same button.

And I agree, this stuff should be in the change notes.

Syndic.6198:

GroundFrog.4798:

Please give us the option to change which side of the keyboard we can have those keys active on so we can use them without the discomfort..

They did – read more closely what is written above

The keys are separate, and BOTH are usable as controls. You will have to re-pick in the options, but then there will be “right shift key” in it.

The difference is that you can now select “right shift key” or “left shift key”, instead of both acting as the same button.

And I agree, this stuff should be in the change notes.

These particular actions are not rebindable.

Just adding some volume to this issue.

Please either re-enable these commands for both left and right shift, or at least make them bindable. You’re actively hurting a large, and frequently ignored portion of your playerbase with this change.

Syndic.6198:

GroundFrog.4798:

Please give us the option to change which side of the keyboard we can have those keys active on so we can use them without the discomfort..

They did – read more closely what is written above

The keys are separate, and BOTH are usable as controls. You will have to re-pick in the options, but then there will be “right shift key” in it.

The difference is that you can now select “right shift key” or “left shift key”, instead of both acting as the same button.

And I agree, this stuff should be in the change notes.

While their functionality has been separated, these aren’t in the options to rebind. If that were the case, I would just move it to a more easily accessible key. Hope it’s fixed soon. I can’t PVP as is.

left handed player aswell, was forced by my instructor to use right handed grip.

-Everything in this world is made for right handed people, use it this way.

Im glad for that today but hated it back then.

Bold Coyote.1482:

As of this patch, I can’t shift+click the minimap with my right shift key. I’m left handed, so I need it there, and there’s no way to remap it as far as I can see.

Same bug here ,
I can’t to ping or draw in the mini map with my right shift key + mouse , but i can with left shift + mouse ….

GroundFrog.4798:

This is a game breaking function for left handed players.

Um, no. I’m left-handed and it didn’t affect me at all.

I’d prefer it if ANet set it up so we could choose which side of the keyboard worked as a control, which worked as keys and I always prefer that they give us a heads up about changes that affect inputs.

So let’s just say that this a big deal for people who favor using the right-side of the keyboard, regardless of why they might do so.

Jon Olson.8439:

We’ll be looking into options to help alleviate these where possible. I cannot guarantee if or when that will happen though, given prioritization of issues…

Thanks for taking this on as a side project mate, its good for the ones who need it.

In the mean time you can remap right shift to the left shift
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/map-any-key-to-any-key-on-windows-xp-vista/

https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys/releases/download/v3.5/sharpkeys35.zip

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

I’d prefer it if ANet set it up so we could choose which side of the keyboard worked as a control, which worked as keys and I always prefer that they give us a heads up about changes that affect inputs.

The option to choose which side of the keyboard would be great as a remap under options without being forced to use some 3rd party program to do so.

maybe “game breaking” was a little direct but that’s how it feels from my side of the keyboard.

Regards,
GroundFrog,

Ankhari.9108:

Just adding some volume to this issue.

Please either re-enable these commands for both left and right shift, or at least make them bindable. You’re actively hurting a large, and frequently ignored portion of your playerbase with this change.

This is what I was trying to convey but can never get the words to come out in the right order.

Regards,
GroundFrog.

i hope the devs’ll make it bindable or make both shift key usable to ping or draw on the map. its a big problem for me.