Cats and Keyboards

What F key or combination of F keys above the number keys on a keyboard does a cat have to step on to flip the display on the monitor screen 180° ? And will that same key or combination repeated reverse the flip?

Maybe ctrl alt up/down arrow? Perfectly paw-sized keyset on some laptops…only works with certain graphics card drivers, though.

I’m just trying to figure out how the Caps Lock key on my laptop is so very good at attracting paws.

Agree. Assuming Win11 the OP can go into Settings → System → Display and adjust it there. There’s also a rotation lock option that will disable any/all hotkeys if the cat seems to like that particular combo.

I was hoping the actual topic of the thread is why cats like walking on keyboards. You’d think the weird squishy moving nature of that bumpy surface would be offputting.

My cat is skilled at adding a line a gibberish to a half-finished post or email, and then posting it.

I had a keyboard years ago that had a power switch on the keyboard - I don’t think I have seen that ever again.

I also had a cat.

Guess what regularly happened. Though he did teach me Cntrl-S (save) regularly is a very good habit.

Another success for Kitties Against ScreenTime™ !

The reason cats walk on keyboards is simple and obvious. You sit in front the keyboard and stare at the screen, giving it your full attention. Obviously, if you give something your full attention, the cat knows that is supposed to be the cat itself that is the center of attention… so it will position itself so you are correctly paying full attention to it.

I don’t know the answer to your question, but every time I see something about cats and keyboards, it makes me think of this really old product:

“Catlike typing detected”! :grinning_cat:

That’s my excuse too.

Me either, but when I saw the thread title, I thought…

…and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
"When you comin’ home, Dad?
"I don’t know when
But we’ll get together then

It’s been going on for a long time.

The “helpfulness” of cats. I got stymied on bedmaking when my two decided they absolutely HAD to be on the bed right now and refuse to be dislodged (move one, move the other, cat #1 is back, move cat #1 again, cat #2 is back, lather, rinse, repeat).

Considering that one of mine is a kitten (ca. 3-4 months old), this is apparently instinctive behavior.

Chuckled at a meme the other day.

If the World was flat. Cats would have knocked everything off the edge already.