# Shift as secondary action on home row not working \[solved\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Programming\ **Created:** [January 16, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/shift-as-secondary-action-on-home-row-not-working-solved/6597 "2024-01-16T10:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dennis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/dennis/32/4301_2.png) [@Dennis](https://community.keyboard.io/u/Dennis)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/shift-as-secondary-action-on-home-row-not-working-solved/6597/1 "2024-01-16T10:29:31Z")
Using Chrysalis, I’ve set Shift as a secondary action under F and J, but they don’t work. I also have set Command as secondary action under D and K, and that works perfect. Is there something I’m doing wrong? I already tested with Space Cadet enabled/disabled, but no such luck. What else can I do? Thanks in advance! ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/keyboard/original/2X/4/430723124b916351edb7790ad9d00900f1dbe47c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Dennis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/dennis/32/4301_2.png) [@Dennis](https://community.keyboard.io/u/Dennis)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/shift-as-secondary-action-on-home-row-not-working-solved/6597/2 "2024-01-19T11:18:38Z")
Not sure what changed, but for some reason Shift is working now. So, consider this issue to be solved. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/dennis/32/4301_2.png) [@Dennis](https://community.keyboard.io/u/Dennis)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/shift-as-secondary-action-on-home-row-not-working-solved/6597/3 "2024-03-08T21:50:08Z")
Mmm… today Shift stopped working again on home rows. Same as with the Atreus. Anyone else with this issue? ---
**Author:** ![simisimis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/simisimis/32/4391_2.png) [@simisimis](https://community.keyboard.io/u/simisimis)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/shift-as-secondary-action-on-home-row-not-working-solved/6597/4 "2024-03-31T16:32:11Z")
I am having the same problem. If I set secondary action to lshift or rshift, it is not registered. alt, ctrl, super working without a problem, however shift is ignored. ---
**Author:** ![simisimis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/simisimis/32/4391_2.png) [@simisimis](https://community.keyboard.io/u/simisimis)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/shift-as-secondary-action-on-home-row-not-working-solved/6597/5 "2024-03-31T16:47:52Z")
actually I read in github issues that somebody else had that problem and their workaround was to disable space cadet. I had my default layout shift keys unassigned from space cadet to regular shifts. However short tap was still printing parenthesis. So I what I did: 1. explicitly disabled space cadet on those keys and then uploaded my layout 2. again assigned them to shift keys. and uploaded layout.(short taps stopped adding parenthesis) then I went again to test the secondary shift that I had on a home row and now it was working. so I guess next time ‘shift’(as secondary action) will stop working, I will go check if space cadet got enabled on a default layout 'shift’s again. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/dennis/32/4301_2.png) [@Dennis](https://community.keyboard.io/u/Dennis)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/shift-as-secondary-action-on-home-row-not-working-solved/6597/6 "2024-05-03T20:50:25Z")
Yeah, it seems to be related to SpaceCadet. I’ll test it out a bit more and longer to see if that really is the issue. Thanks.