How to configure the Fn key in the Surface Pro 8 Signature Keyboard

Question

Hi,

I have the Keyboard that comes with the Surface Pro 8 and I use very often F2 to rename, F5 to refresh and Home/End/RePag/Av/Pag to navigate text so this keyboard is giving a lot of trouble with the Fn key.

1. I would like to disable it as a toggle button, and use it only as a shift button to access the volume up/down, brightness up/down functions instead of the default F1-F12 keys. I know it already works both as a toggle and a shift but I toggle it accidentally all of the time so it is not practical at all.
2. Ideally, I would like it to work like that for the F1-F8 keys and for the Home/End/RePag/Av/Pag keys the other way around: letting those be the default option instead of their corresponding F keys.

Is there a way to achieve that? In every other laptop that I have owned, you can normally find the Fn settings in the BIOS but the Surface Pro is extremely limited in that regard.

Answer 1

Hi Phemios,

Thank you for reaching Microsoft Community.

I'm sorry but we do not have an option to configure the Fn key on the Surface typecover. This would be a good suggestion that we could add to the options for the Surface and for us to improve the product. You may submit a feedback to Microsoft regarding with this concern. Please see: Send feedback to Microsoft with the Feedback Hub app.

Kind regards,

Marrion

Answer 2

Guys, seriously please fix this, it's a nightmare.