Editing Caps Lock (section)

== Placement ==
[[File:Caps Lock Control Swappable.jpg|thumb|Modern keyboard that can exchange Caps Lock and left Control keys]]
Since its inception, the [[IBM PC keyboard]] had a Caps Lock. In the first version for PC/XT, Caps Lock was located to the bottom right of the letter keys area. Subsequent models switched the places of the Caps Lock key and the [[Control key]]. As such, Caps Lock has since been placed on left edge of the keyboard, above the [[Shift key]] and below the [[Tab key]], next to letter A. This layout has become the ''de facto'' popular standard.

The keyboards of some early [[computer terminal]]s, including the [[Teletype Model 33]] ASR and [[Lear-Siegler]] [[ADM-3A]], the [[Apple II]], and a few [[Apple Keyboard]] models retained the Control key where PC/XT first had it; Caps Lock was either absent on these devices or was placed elsewhere. This layout was preserved for later [[workstation]] systems and is often associated with [[Unix]] workstations. Keyboards from [[Sun Microsystems]] came in two layouts; "Unix" and "PC-style", with the Unix layout having the traditional placing of the Control key and other keys.<ref>[http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19683-01/806-6642/806-6642.pdf Sun hardware reference manual]</ref> The [[Amiga]] computers all had both the Control key and Caps Lock key in this spot at half the width.

Some users of keyboards with Caps Lock on the left remap the keys to exchange Control and Caps Lock, finding the traditional location more [[Human factors and ergonomics|ergonomic]] for using programs benefiting from use of the Control key. Keyboard layout preferences specifically to address this need are available in some operating systems. Some keyboards even provide a switch on the bottom to logically swap the two keys in hardware.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wasdkeyboards.com/media/v2-user-guide.pdf|title=WASD V2/V2B User Guide|website=wasdkeyboards.com|access-date=2016-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vortexgear.tw/db/upload/webdata4/6vortex_20166523361966663.pdf|title=Pok3r User Guide|website=vortexgear.tw|access-date=2016-10-24}}</ref>

The [[Happy Hacking Keyboard]] and the keyboards produced for [[OLPC XO]] computers also have the Control key in this location, while not including a Caps Lock.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2006/102706-childrens-laptops.html?page=4 | title=Doing it for the kids, man: Children's laptop inspires open source projects | website=Linux World | publisher=[[IDG]] | first=Don | last=Marti | date=October 27, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071122181019/http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2006/102706-childrens-laptops.html?page=4 | archive-date=2007-11-22 | access-date=2007-11-05 | url-status=live }}</ref> Beginning with the [[Google]] [[Cr-48]], [[Chromebook]]s have omitted Caps Lock in favor of either a Search button or an "Everything Button".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schoon|first=Ben|date=2020-10-28|title=The 'Everything' button is on every single Chromebook|url=https://9to5google.com/2020/10/28/that-key-that-replaces-caps-lock-on-your-chromebook-is-now-called-the-everything-button/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=[[9to5Google]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Holding down [[Alt key|Alt]] and pressing the Everything Button enables Caps Lock, which is enabled until Shift is pressed.<ref name=diaz2010>{{cite web |url=https://gizmodo.com/5708638/ |title=Google wants to take your Caps Lock key away |first=Jesus |last=Diaz |date=December 7, 2010 |website=[[Gizmodo]] |access-date=December 9, 2010}}</ref>