Shift Numpad 5 is null and unable to be keybound.
I’m unable to keybind it through the keybind window or the quick keybind. I am one of the weird players that uses both hands on the keyboard with little to no mouse usage. Shift + numpad all the other keys work fine, except 5 which is null for some reason.
Is there a way around this? Or can this perhaps be fixed? Other MMOs I’ve played this isn’t an issue and one can keybind any key to anything.
I tried “/cast [mod:shift, NumPad5] ability” in the macros after asking for some help from the newcomers chat, but it doesn’t work either.
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It’s based on the way WoW reads the keyboard. Rather than reading raw key input codes it reads back the same way the OS would. In the case of Windows (I can’t speak for MacOS), Shift+Num5 while Num Lock is on is indeed a null character without any functionality at all, and WoW treats it as such. In fact, Shift and any Numpad button is a bad idea, simply because this (at the OS level) will typically reverse the current Num Lock state - though it’s not as bad as Alt + Numpad, since they may not respond at all until you let go of Alt.
Whether there’s a work-around for it? I know there’s a means to make WoW read raw mouse input - it’s possible there’s the same for keyboard input. Raw keyboard input, if it is available, would not be subjected to the same limitations. But I unfortunately don’t know if such functionality exists - perhaps someone over on Technical Support might.
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Thanks Asterchades, I’ll open a ticket with Tech Support and see if they can assist.