The FnLock key is activated at boot on my wired keyboard.
Is there a way to disable it?
Unfortunately, pressing the FnLock key is not visible through showkey nor keytouch.
it is really annoying because all the F1... keyx are remapped to unwanted actions like closing the window.
The FnLock key is under the control of the keyboard firmware and there is no way for software to change this. You would need to rewrite the firmware, but the keyboard manufacturer will not tell you how.
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I want to change a key function in BIOS. My down arrow key is broken. I couldn't change boot options on the boot options screen. Because I have to use down arrow key. That's why I remap my down arrow key. I don't use the right CTRL(this is just an example). I don't want to remap in Windows. Is there any way to change key functions in BIOS?
Thank you.
no because there is no way of changing them unless you change your layout or get a external keyboard my AYTRGFJKBVGU keys are broken lol so i use a desktop keyboard via USB and a bluetooth one too.
So I have a keyboard, and it has a mode where it lights up every key you press.
I was wondering if you could physically simulate a keypress, AHK just sends it directly to the system.
However I need a way to make the keyboard light up, because AHK doesn't do that. The keyboard is not programmable.
Solutions in mostly any language are welcome.
This is not possible, you want to send a simulate keypress to your fysical keyboard. (this is i think a mechanical switch insite the keyboard self, that does do light up if you press a key) and it is only possible if the company did make a keyboard driver that allows you to change the settings (disable - light up) in the Windows Registry. (you did not give me the name of your keyboard but you can then try to searching into the registry for example software/Logitech/settings)
Forgive me if this is a silly question but I am a novice programmer, and I'm hoping there is a novice solution to this.
Is there any programming language that will quickly allow me to write a simple program to show a notification on Windows 7 when CAPS LOCK is pressed?
My laptop doesn't have an indicator light and I have no program on my computer to do so, although I'd be open to suggestions. The only partial solution I've found is through accessibility settings in Windows which plays a god-awful beep every time the key is pressed.
Thanks!
Try Auto Hotkey. It is a great program just for that. It runs scripts in the background that can directly manipulate your keyboards input.
I changed capslock to require ctrl+capslock to work otherwise pressing capslock by itself does nothing :)
You can also do a bunch of other things. You are able to set a custom tone for when you push capslock (however a simple popup or key remapping would probably be best).
Here's an example from the site:
"Capslock::Ctrl Makes Capslock become a Control key. To retain the ability to turn Capslock on and off, also add the remapping +Capslock::Capslock (this toggles Capslock on and off when you hold down the shift key and press Capslock)."
I can't use any shortcut that has meta-shift (alt and shift) in it because ubuntu will treat it as "change keyboard layout" shortcut (I map it to alt-shift since I use the same shortcut in windows) as soon as I press m-s. In windows change keyboard layout shortcut doesn't register until you release the key so any shortcut with m-s is usable in windows.
Is there any work-around without changing shortcut or meta key ? I kinda used to it.
Change the Ubuntu change-keyboard-layout shortcut, to something else.
Or use Esc as Meta
Nothing easy that I know of.
You can manually bind everything that's M-S-??? to C-M-S-??? in your .emacs or at least all of the ones that you use...
Or you can just change the short-cut... how often do you change the keyboard layout? (I use dvorak, and qwerty, but I've never needed a shortcut for it, I just use the button...)
I have tried different things, and in my opinion it is best to change the layout shortcut to something else. The power of emacs is all in its shortcuts that are available right there under your fingers. If you move the M key away and make it harder to reach, it will most surely have a negative impact on your editing speed.
Right now I'm trying to get used to switching layouts with the right Alt key. I almost never use it for anything, so missing it won't be a problem. And from my experience teaching yourself to switch layouts with another combination is a matter of several days.
P.S. Also it pays to use Caps-Lock as an additional Ctrl key, it helps tremendously!
My laptop has a mysterious "AV Now" button on it, which would usually launch Samsung's "AVStation Now" application. I don't have this application installed, so I'd like to get this button to do something else.
So (and this question can be generalised to any keyboard with softbuttons on it), how would I go about writing a Windows program (C++ or C#) to:
Figure out what pressing this button does. Is it a custom USB HID device, or is it just an obscure key combination?
Install a global hook for this button, so that I could get it to do something useful.
I'd like to get this button to do something else.
If you don't insist on writing the program yourself, you can remap keys: These extra buttons are mostly just obscure key combinations, and in WinXP and above it is possible to remap just about any button on the keyboard to any other by modifying a registry setting at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout
There exists a frontend utility to do this for you: check out SharpKeys. You select the key to remap from, key to remap to, write to registry and reboot. (Writing the keymap into the registry requires administrative privileges, as the keyboard mapping is global for all users.)