The "any" key, of course.
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I move the mouse.
Team mouse wiggle!
My computer always drops the first character or two when waking, making me screw up my password. So I wiggle the mouse and by the time my hand is back on the keyboard I can type my password with confidence.
Space
The final frontier
Space key. That way it won't accidentally enter an actual letter or command that could be passed to the current active application.
That's not really much of a problem anymore these days (serious issue in WinXP era), but it's still the safe key, so I use it.
Edit: I totally botched this. I meant Shift key. Derp.
Space bar is "accept" in many interfaces. If the screen was off but not locked, and a dialog box was focused, hitting space will submit that in some OS.
Control, on the other hand, won't.
I like ctrl as well.
Less alarming and obtrusive. To the computer? For me?
I prefer left Ctrl, but will press the right ctrl if I'm feeling wild that day.
This is a great question.
A nice open palm slap on the middle of the keyboard does the trick for me
The "cat" method.
Spacebar
Space, because I enjoy chaos.
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sfg [waggle mouse] qqwthr
ctrl is the only correct choice obviously. it's the only key that does nothing by itself and it's positioned at a corner so it's hard to mistype
Space - The Final Frontier
These are the voyages...
I shake the mouse then start entering my login before the screen turns on, works 50% of the time.
Shift.
They're big enough I don't have to aim. They're located on both edges (at least on TKL). They do nothing on their own.
Any single modifier key by itself, in case it’s just the screen that’s asleep and I’m inadvertently typing into a text field.
I always turn off my computer when I'm done. I like to get a fresh boot
Up arrow
Left Ctrl
My 2 year old, when prompted to hit any key, hit the power button instead.
Anyway, the answer is a swift kick of my desk to move my mouse cause that seems to wake it up.
Up arrow
Mouse click.
I just smack the keyboard or press a bunch of keys at once.
I spam escape but I usally disable sleep on all my machines and use hibernation instead. Too many issues with sleep. Randomly wakes up, USB devices aren't recognized, a monitor stays black...
Fingerprint scanner power button thing
Been using spacebar but what I would like to do is set up a midi drum pad as an input device so I can wake my computer up by smacking it with a stick.
I have to press the power button because the dumbass enters deep sleep.
Wait... You guys actually only push one button?
I slide my entire hand across the keyboard like I'm waving to the computer haha