# \#cursor-key

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## [Cursors, Foiled Again! The Curious and Confusing History of Cursor Keys](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/cursors-foiled-again-the-curious-and-confusing-history-of-cursor-keys/3132)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [6 May 2023 11:07 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/cursors-foiled-again-the-curious-and-confusing-history-of-cursor-keys/3132 "2023-05-06T11:07:03Z")

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Is there any arrangement of cursor keys that hasn’t been used? Remember when the Apple Lisa and original Macintosh came with no cursor keys—“make 'em use the mouse!”? Remember the WASD/HJKL wars? And the…