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The use of arrow keys in games has come back into fashion from the late 1980s and early 1990s when joysticks were a must, and were usually used in preference to arrow keys with some games not supporting any keys. [citation needed] It can be used instead of WASD keys, to play games using those keys.
Today, inverted-T arrow keys are sometimes fitted in the same space as the Apple Keyboard II's arrows by using "half height" arrow keys; this can be seen on current Apple laptops as well as the USB keyboard that accompanied the original generation of iMacs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.24.94.61 2006-02-24 02:23 (UTC)
The commonly used keys for gaming on a computer are the 'W', 'A', 'S', 'D', and the keys close and adjacent to these keys. These keys and style of using a keyboard is referred to as WASD. A gaming keypad will not only optimize the WASD layout, but will often contain extra functionality, such as volume control, the Esc. key, the F1–F12 keys ...
fn + up/down arrow keys. Scroll up or down one page. fn + left/right arrow keys. Scroll to the beginning or end of a document. Delete key. Delete the previous character. Option + delete.
And usually the "*" key will reload the weapon, and "/" is the use button. --Vittau 03:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Actually they perfectly fit left handers - try for yourself and see: operating WASD with the right hand might proove somewhat difficult.;) The arrow keys were created for the masses, WASD is for the left-handed elite.
Some "gaming keyboards" use a matrix, but only give individual diodes to the most frequently-used keys in gaming such as WASD and the arrow keys. Key jamming is often noticed when using a keyboard to play computer games where many keypresses combine to movement vectors and other simultaneous activities rather than typing text.
WASD may refer to: Wallenpaupack Area School District; WASD keys, the default mapping in most video games for the movement for the player using a keyboard; Wide Area Surveillance Division, a VMS web server; Cobalt WASD, a game by Mojang Studios
The AnyKey is a 124-key PC keyboard, comprising the usual complement of 101 keys as well as 23 additional keys. [7] The keyboard includes twelve extra function keys, four programming keys, and four additional arrow keys for diagonal input, [8] as well as one blank key in the center of the eight way arrow key area that normally acts as a second space bar but which can be reprogrammed.