For years, I only played PC games with a mouse and keyboard. For years after that, I played almost entirely with a controller. Now I’m back with the mouse and keyboard, and it’s been an illuminating ...

Microsoft's use of open standards such as USB means that its peripherals will work with products from almost all computer manufacturers, including Apple. However, Apple's own keyboards and Mac OS X ...

The Keychron Q2, a brand-new fully customizable mechanical keyboard in a super-compact 65% layout, makes for a pretty sweet Mac desktop companion. Not only does it feature the ability to fully ...

You will come to love the Tab key with iPadOS 13.4's Full Keyboard Access. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Did you know you can control your iPad using just a keyboard? You can use the arrow keys to ...

Do you use a keyboard and mouse or a controller when playing PC games? One of the biggest advantages gamepads have over keyboards is the joystick, which provides pressure-sensitive control in a way ...

Learn about mechanical and membrane keyboard options to know the real performance differences and choose the best keyboard ...

Learn about all of the keyboard controls and default key bindings PC players will need to make the most out of No Man's Sky Next. Hello Games has finally released the much-touted Next expansion to No ...

Earlier this month, Microsoft revealed that the Print Screen key’s function would be changing in Windows 11. This venerable artifact on modern keyboards will eventually open Windows 11’s Snipping tool ...

Longtime readers of the Mac Gems column know that I’m a keyboard person. With few exceptions, I prefer to keep my fingers on the keyboard and off my mouse, trackpad, or trackball—sticking to the ...

Abbreviated "Ctrl" or "Ctl." A modifier key that is pressed with a letter or digit key to command the computer. The caret symbol is a common symbol for Control; for example, ^Y means Ctrl-Y. In most ...

For the last few decades, the computer keyboard has been seen as just another peripheral. There’s no need to buy a quality keyboard, conventional wisdom goes, because there’s no real difference ...

Elden Ring's a recent example of clunky mouse-and-keyboard controls, but there are plenty of other games that make terrible use of the PC's default setup. Games that don't let you rebind keys; that ...