F keys

[ivory]

I sign into an emulator for work and have to use my F keys extensively. It is way too much trouble to hold down the FN key at the bottom of the keyboard. Does anyone know how to turn off the pre-defined functions of the F keys and use them as they are mapped on my emulator?

Thank you.

 

[zigzag3143]

I sign into an emulator for work and have to use my F keys extensively. It is way too much trouble to hold down the FN key at the bottom of the keyboard. Does anyone know how to turn off the pre-defined functions of the F keys and use them as they are mapped on my emulator?

Thank you.

Hi and welcome

Im not going to be much help here but there was a thread here at sevenforums that listed several key mapping apps. You could use the app to map to emulator. If not here google

Sorry I cant be of help but someone here must know Good Lucjk

Ken J+

 

[Frostmourne]

Some FN keys can't be mapped, as they are special function keys, rather than standard keys.

 

[ccatlett1984]

simplest solution, plug in a keyboard.

 

[jamesvdm]

If you tap the Fn key once won't it just swap between modes?

 

[ivory]

No. You have to hold the FN key down to make F keys work the way they used to. Exp FN F5 to refresh vs F5 to brighten the screen. I want the F5 to refresh without having to hold down the FN key each time.

 

[jamesvdm]

Gotcha. Checked the BIOS for potential settings?

 

[ivory]

I don't know how to do that.

 

[Dwarf]

Can you provide some more information, such as the make and model number of your computer. Without that, there is little we can do to help.

 

[ivory]

It's a Dell Studio 15.

 

[Skye]

F Key Fix

I don't know if you've found the solution to this problem yet, but I was having the same issue and found that if you go to setup (press F2 when the logo appears after you turn it on), go to "system>function" and you'll see at the top there is a place to toggle the F Keys function! Whew! Thought that was going to be problem!! I found the answer in the manual that I downloaded from Dell.

 

[ivory]

This is wonderful! Thank you for the solution I was looking for.