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Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994::Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Put some dang standard labels on the function keys.

F1 = Help

F2 = Rename

F3 = Search

F4 = Close

F5 = Refresh

F6-F10 = Decorative

F11 = Full screen

F12 = Goto definition

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I've never intentionally used F1 key to open help before

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Annoying when you accidentally hit it instead of ESC in certain Windows programs, loading Microsoft's windows help website in your browser without your consent.

On Linux it usually does nothing, as it should.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Well, technically with your consent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Even worse when it does it in Edge

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Doesnt it in gnome gtk and KDE open the "about" page with a help button somewhere on it?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

I actually have, in some older software F1 was basically an included digital copy of the manual and was great to have to find an obscure setting or feature.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

That's why I remapped it to toggle my notes app

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

F6 goes to the address bar in (many? most?) web browsers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

And F7 triggers caret browsing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I always use Ctrl+L if not Ctrl+T to open a new tab.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

F7 for spell check (shift F7 for thesaurus)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

F8 is for "execute selected code"

Then again, F5 is for "run current script" or "compile and run program"...