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    F-Keys Change

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Xanius, Jan 18, 2016.

  1. Xanius

    Xanius Notebook Consultant

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    Hi All,

    Up until a week ago on my XPS 9343 I would not have to hold the fn key to change things like brightness and volume, but now the f keys are the default. Does any one know how to change this back ?

    Thanks
     
    Xanius, Jan 18, 2016
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  2. GoNz0

    GoNz0 Notebook Virtuoso

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    It is a BIOS setting.
     
    GoNz0, Jan 18, 2016
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    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    BIOS Settings. Look for "Fn Key Lock"
     
    kent1146, Jan 18, 2016
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  4. Xanius

    Xanius Notebook Consultant

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    I found it and it worked thank you both. Not sure how that happened as I have not been in the bios of this computer.
     
    Xanius, Jan 18, 2016
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    You can change it with fn+Esc, unless you deactivate that option in the bios.
     
    didsip, Jan 19, 2016
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    ajs317 Newbie

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    Is there an easy way to change this for only an individual F key? I want to be able to press F5 to refresh without also pressing Fn, but for all the other keys, I want the default (without pressing Fn) to be the Dell-mapped keys.
     
    ajs317, Jan 21, 2016
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    You could try writing an Autohotkey script for that, should be reasonably simple. If you do, please share the results here. :)
     
    didsip, Feb 21, 2016
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