is there a way to change the keyboard fn to be default function keys

Anonymous
2013-02-12T14:11:15+00:00

I use the function keys a lot more that I use the charm keys. Is there a way to switch them?

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Anonymous
2013-05-25T21:58:17+00:00

Hold the Fn button and press the CapsLock. It works.

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Anonymous
2013-02-13T05:39:50+00:00

Greetings,

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You can enable FN Lock by holding FN + CAPS for a few seconds.

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Anonymous
2014-01-03T07:37:53+00:00

you can toogle the functions of the keys by pressing

FN (right of space)

left shift - lock (the key with the "A"  in a square and the lock-symbol)

pressing them together for about 1 second toogles the funktions of the keys from search to F5 and back

Ralf

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Anonymous
2013-06-01T14:41:33+00:00

This has been answered in a couple other threads but apparently the answer doesn't work for everyone.  Still, it's worth trying:

Try key combination CAPLOCK (hold down) + Fn.  You'll hear a click when you first hit the Caplock, but nothing when tapping the Fn key.  That should toggle the top row of keys to now perform the Function as the default, and Fn + (key) will then do the indicated operation.  I just retested mine and for example the search (magnifying glass) will do a browser page reload (F5).

The CAPLOCK+Fn toggle seems to stick around thru a restart as well, but might be reset by removing and reattaching the touch keyboard. 

Hope this helps - if it works for you please mark as an answer for others.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-02-22T17:33:30+00:00

    Changing that registry value should help you, since it's under the "Local Machine" key, it will be applied at bootup, prior to you logging in, so the num lock should already be enabled if that key is set.  At least, that's how it works on PC's, I've not used an external keyboard on the Surface so perhaps it's doing something odd.

    Are we looking at something entirely different?  The article says:

    HKCU\Control Panel\Keyboard

    ... aka HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

    There isn't any "Control Panel" section under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, there never has been.

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