<kbd> elements are way too intrusive

kbd {
    -moz-background-clip: border;
    -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;
    -moz-background-origin: padding;
    background: #EEEEEE none repeat scroll 0 0;
    border-color: #CCCCCC #AAAAAA #888888 #BBBBBB;
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 1px 1px 2px 2px;
    color: #000000;
    padding: 2px 1px;
    white-space: nowrap;
}

...would make <kbd> a bit less broken:

Sadly, it breaks Pesto's castle.

OUR PRINCESS IS IN ANOTHER CASTLE!

 Esc      F1F2F3F4   F5F6F7F8   F9F10F11F12   PrtScScrLkPse

 `  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  -  =   ←  Bksp       Ins HomePgUp
  Tab  ↹    Q  W  E  R  T  Y  U  I  O  P  [  ]  \     Del  End  PgDn
  Caps   A  S  D  F  G  H  J  K  L  ;  '   ↵  Enter    
  ⇧  Shift       Z  X  C  V  B  N  M  ,  .  /    ⇧  Shift                           ↑   
  Ctrl    ⊞    Alt                                                               Alt    ⊞    Ctrl        ←     ↓     →  

I'll put the NumPad below, 'cause it wouldn't fit if I placed it beside the keyboard.

Num /  *  - 
 7  8  9  +  
 4  5  6  + 
 1  2  3 En
      0       .  ter

This is the most fun I've had all day.

This is a very old post and the system has changed, it includes the original code for the keyboard and below it the image it generated, currently the original code does not make a good keyboard.

Trying out beat Pesto's keyboard. Mine has square buttons and correct spacing between items.

 °  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  ö  - Backspace  
Tab     q  w  e  r  t  y  u  i  o  p  ð  ' ENTER    
Caps       a  s  d  f  g  h  j  k  l  æ  ´  +            
Shift   <  z  x  c  v  b  n  m  ,  .  þ Shift                 
Ctrl        ❖   Alt                    Space                   Alt    ❖   Menu Ctrl 

Original (image form)

I tried to make a keyboard and failed miserably. :(

Although I will present this:

Any

The mystical Any key.

Shiftt h i s space i s space w h y space w e space c a n ' t space h a v e space n i c e space t h i n g s .

Or so I'm told.

Esc     F1F2F3F4   F5F6F7F8   F9F10F11F12  PrSnScLkBrek

 `  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  -  = Backspace  Ins HomePgUp  
Tab   q  w  e  r  t  y  u   i   o  p   [    ]    \          Del  End PgDn
Caps    a  s  d  f  g  h   j   k   l   ;   '    Enter         
Shift         z  x  c  v  b  n  m   ,    .   / Shift                             ▲  
Ctrl   Win Alt                                                        Alt   Win MenuCtrl    ◀   ▼    ▶  

I couldn't find my keyboard layout here, so I thought I'd post it. You guys are using real small keyboards... (image below for posterity in case the CSS changes in future)

Felt sorry for the poor broken{*} castle, felt that it MUST be fixed as a tribute to the history of meta.

Take THAT, Jin!!

^{*Today I realised that non-breaking spaces can break stuff as well O-0}

OUR PRINCESS IS IN ANOTHER CASTLE!

I totally agreeI totally agreeI totally agreeI totally agreeI totally agree

I totally agree

this is another pyramid lol.

You know, I totally agree.
You see, on my posts I'm never intrusive, that's why I never use <kbd></kbd>

Though I always wanted to make an unpressable button.

And, ladies and gentlemen, the nothing-button!

You see, now that this is fixed,

I use buttons all day long.

You don't need keyboards to make castles! Inline code blocks work just as well!

Look, it has a flag! Try doing that with keyboards!

P.S. The new keyboard styles are awesomesauce. The unicorns are happy.

I would like to propose that from here on out we replace

Caps Lock

with

Billy Mays

William Darrell "Billy" Mays, Jr. (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009) was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson most notable for promoting OxiClean, Orange Glo, and other cleaning, home-based, and maintenance products. His distinctive beard and loud sales pitches made him a recognized television presence in the United States.

I couldn't resist:-)

Which computer had this keyboard?

    ⟵ 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  +  -  £ HOMEDEL      f 1 

   CTRL Q  W  E  R  T  Y  U  I  O  P  @  *  ↑ RESTORE      f 3 

RUNSHIFT A  S  D  F  G  H  J  K  L  :  ;  = RETURN         f 5 

C=SHIFT Z  X  C  V  B  N  M  ,  .  / SHIFTCRSRCRSR         f 7 

I saw this in an answer once
and have been baffled about how it worked
ever since then. But I
guess I know now. I'm terribly sorry about this

it looks like a label maker

Am I late?

esc F1 F1 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 ⏏

^~_` ^!₁^@₂ ^#₃^$₄ ^%₅^{^}₆ ^&₇^*₈ ⁽₉⁾₀ ^__-⁺₌                 delete

tab                    Q W E R T Y U I O P ^{_[ ^}_]    ^|_\   
^⇪ caps lock           A S D F G H J K L ^:_; ^"_' ^↵ _return  
shift                      ^⇧ Z X C V B N M ^{_, >}_. ^?_/ ^⇧       shift
^⌃ control ^{⌥ alt} _option cmd  ^⌘                             ⌘ _cmd alt ⌥  _option ⌃ control

 
(based off of my keyboard)

I had no idea you could even do this, but now that I know, I want to do it everywhere!!!

Ins HomePgUp

Del End PgDn

           ↑  

  ←  ↓   →  

Eliminating this is an affront to Emacs users everywhere. They will then delete SO with:

Ctrl + End + Del + S + O + F8

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