You will prefer having your address come out as 
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Interesting, thanks.
While weโre at it, letโs get rid of the โQโ key. I, for one, never use it and it really is just taking up space.
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Programmer here. I never use caps lock. Fancy context-aware code autocomplete figures out when Iโm referencing a constant, even if Iโm typing lowercase, and fills in the capitals for me, so I only need to hold shift when Iโm defining a new constant.
I remapped mine to escape since Iโve got one of the new Macs which doesnโt have an escape key and I use vim sometimesโฆ
I do love certain old keyboards where the caps lock key actually physically latches down when pressed, like the clicky button on a ballpoint penโฆ
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Same here - that key is in pristine condition, in my desk drawer
I snap it back on just before I surrender the computer back to IT dept.
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Small world; me too.
Itโs an easy fix which doesnโt require needlessly manufacturing more keyboards, which results in putting even more e-waste into the environment.
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My dad, who was born in the 1940s, used to take a daisy-wheel typewriter with him to work until long after laptops had been invented.
I donโt get too many emails from him, but when I do THEYU ALL LOOK LKIE THIS.
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๐ด, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ป๐พ ๐ท๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ. ๐ด๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
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I used to run the registry setting on windows, and xmodmap on unix, that would swap Ctrl and Caps-lock. Ctrl is used a lot in many applications, and making it more accessible was excellent.
Then Microsoft โupgradedโ my employer from Win XP to Win 7. Individual users lost the ability to change their keyboard mapping. Where your pinkie looks for Ctrl is a โmuscle memoryโ, you canโt switch back and forth. I could get my own machine changed by IT, but then would be screwed on every co-workers keyboard. (Under XP, I had a USB stick with a few hundred bytes of registry file, and could swap it and swap back in seconds. No longer.)
So I re-learned the bad old way. Now that Iโm retired, I suppose I could go to Ctrl beside โAโ again, and should.
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๐ด๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
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There are forms that require all caps, too. Due to two freak injuries when I was young and dumb, both my pinky fingers have reduced flexibility and holding down the shift key while keyboarding is not in the cards.
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ISTR typewriters where they were mechanically coupled. Pressing the shift lock key simultaneously pressed the shift button, but it physically locked the shift button down. You had to press the shift key to toggle it back off.
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You may be right. Itโs been a while. 
Just in case, map it to Compose O ,.
EDIT: Here this gives me วช, which is close enough.
EDIT 2: As with the fracture enthusiasts above, not close enough with screen readers / text to speechโฆ
EDIT3: oh wow, Google Translate can read/pronounce fracture, but not translate it! cc @semiotix, @DonatellaNobody
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Thereโs no excuse for a computerized form to require the user to enter text in all caps. It can either automatically capitalize as you type, or accept lowercase and convert to caps later on as needed.
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Itโs an accessibility thing. There are a lot of people who canโt hold and press more than one key at a time; and caps lock helps them type capital letters by toggling caps lock on and off instead of using the shift key. And yes, itโs problematic because it doesnโt work for the characters above the numbers.
(It is unfortunate that so many people have taken to USING ALL CAPS ONLINE FOR SHOUTING AND SCREAMING because the all-caps used to be a hack for disabled people to type faster because it eliminated a lot of the chording.)
There is a stickey keys function in Windows but I donโt think itโs universal across other platforms, and a lot of people who could really use it donโt know about it. But unless we want to discuss replacing the CAPS LOCK with a SHIFT LOCK key then this is a ridiculous thing.
(If you have problems with keyboarding and canโt chord - which is a very common issue- and you use a Microsoft OS, Stickey Keys helps by allowing you to push one key, then push another, and it treats it as one button push. For instance, with stickey keys on, you can push shift and 2 to get a @ symbol, or you can push control, then alt, then delete to bring up the security menu. You can turn it on by pressing on the shift key 5 times in rapid succession, then you can turn it off by pressing two keys at the same time.)
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Our younger writers and interns use key caps all of the time. They donโt use the Shift key for caps. They will taps Caps Lock, type the letter, and then tap on Caps Lock again to turn it off. I have not learned how to use the Shift key instead.
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Did you know that on Windows, Print Screen copies the whole desktop view to the clipboard?
Did you know that alt-Print Screen copies the view of the current window only to the clipboard?
Itโs very likely you did know, I realize, but every time I see this mentioned online, it turns out there are people who didnโt.
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