Hold the Fn button and press the CapsLock. It works.
is there a way to change the keyboard fn to be default function keys
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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You can enable FN Lock by holding FN + CAPS for a few seconds.
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
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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2013-03-27T21:14:56+00:00 +1
come on, microsoft. i don't even code anything. but now i have to hit fn+f5 to refresh a web page, after a couple of decades of only having to hit f5? and actually it's worse than that, because what really happens is i have to go back to IE before i hit fn+f5, because i've already hit f5 by itself, and the search screen has popped up.
i have purchased a couple of hp/compaq windows 7 laptops in the past few years that had the function keys mapped to other things, but at least those had a BIOS option to shut the "special" functions off. choice, choice, choice, microsoft.