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Q&A Auto-enable FN-toggling for the first N FN keys

I don't think you can. AFAIK the fn key behaviour is implemented in hardware, the OS is not aware if a key has been pressed with or without fn key. You can check for a BIOS setting, but I've never...

posted 6mo ago by GeraldS‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by GeraldS‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar GeraldS‭ · 2024-05-27T06:00:02Z (6 months ago)
  • I don't think you can. AFAIK the fn key behaviour is implemented in hardware, the OS is not aware if a key has been pressed with or without fn key.
  • You can check for a BIOS settings, but I've never seen one apart from reversing the behaviour for all or no keys.
  • I don't think you can. AFAIK the fn key behaviour is implemented in hardware, the OS is not aware if a key has been pressed with or without fn key.
  • You can check for a BIOS setting, but I've never seen one apart from reversing the behaviour for all or no keys.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar GeraldS‭ · 2024-05-27T05:59:35Z (6 months ago)
I don't think you can. AFAIK the fn key behaviour is implemented in hardware, the OS is not aware if a key has been pressed with or without fn key.

You can check for a BIOS settings, but I've never seen one apart from reversing the behaviour for all or no keys.