really annoying command option control and shift keys showing up on screen

[theglaps]

yo,
i have a 13 inch macbook pro and recently the command option control and shift symbols show up on my screen when i press the respective keys. if i hit a key twice or hold it down for too long the key is then locked until i hit the key again. i recently wiped my harddrive and re-downloaded my applications and fooled around with my preferences. This is really annoying and i want to get rid of it but i dont know how. does this sound familiar to any applications you have used or has this happened to anyone else, and how do i get rid of it? Here is a picture of what it looks like with the command and shift keys locked (i couldnt do the other 2 because i wouldnt have been able to take the screenshot)


thanks for any answers you can give me

~theglaps

 

[simsaladimbamba]

System Preferences > Universal Access >> Keyboard >>> Sticky Keys



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[kurtdurfey]

i agree.

what a pain in the ass.

 

[Mal]

Yeah, I just ran into that today on a client's computer. Some people love the feature, it drives me crazy. Wasn't my computer though, so I didn't turn them off (since it wasn't requested).

jW

 

[kenthoven]

Hi did you solve this problem. It is a new problem for me and would like to switch it off

 

[chabig]

Hi did you solve this problem. It is a new problem for me and would like to switch it off

System Preferences > Accessibility >> Keyboard >>> Sticky Keys