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Y'see, at the moment I use a laptop where the hotekys do these things:
Is it at all possible to change this? This kind of defeats the purpose of hotkeys, so I'd like to change that if I can.

Not on your computer, no, the shortcuts are part of the keyboard, so you'll have to figure out some way to edit your keyboard.

I have the same exact keyboard layout and it really bothers me... especially when im playing games because it have to press the function key everytime i want to press F3, for example. If anyone has a solution to this... PLEASE HELP US!!!

EyceKubes wrote:I have the same exact keyboard layout and it really bothers me... especially when im playing games because it have to press the function key everytime i want to press F3, for example. If anyone has a solution to this... PLEASE HELP US!!!

Amen to that. Why do those kinds of hotkeys even exist? It's the whole reason I haven't been able to design on GameGlobe yet. And my sister's laptop has completely separate buttons for all those things, which I think is way more practical.

ElectroYoshi wrote:Amen to that. Why do those kinds of hotkeys even exist? It's the whole reason I haven't been able to design on GameGlobe yet. And my sister's laptop has completely separate buttons for all those things, which I think is way more practical.

Agreed. The only buttons I ever use are the volume keys. It'd be much more practical if they were separate, like you said.

EyceKubes wrote:Agreed. The only buttons I ever use are the volume keys. It'd be much more practical if they were separate, like you said.

Totally. Even if there were a reason for hotkeys that do those things (and that's a big if), efficiency is the biggest factor in computer design.

EyceKubes wrote:I have the same exact keyboard layout and it really bothers me... especially when im playing games because it have to press the function key everytime i want to press F3, for example. If anyone has a solution to this... PLEASE HELP US!!!

On a Macintosh, you can change it so your function keys behave normally and are not tied to a specific action like volume, wireless, etc. Just check your keyboard settings.
With Windows, there is less luck unless you can find a similar option at the BIOS in your computer.

ElectroYoshi wrote:Totally. Even if there were a reason for hotkeys that do those things (and that's a big if), efficiency is the biggest factor in computer design.

It's funny because the whole reason why they've associated those pre-defined computer functions to the function keys is exactly for efficiency, as well as space on a laptop keyboard. It's supposedly now the new standard on Apple keyboards, but I don't believe a cheap, standard USB keyboard (or frankly any Windows keyboard that isn't too fancy/made by Logitech) would be messing with your function keys if that option interests you.