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How to reprogram keys on Surface Ergonomic Keyboard, to stop depending on Fn key

Anonymous
2019-03-14T10:47:05+00:00

I'm coming from the Natural Ergonomic Multimedia keyboard, which had separated media keys from Fn keys. I was able to toggle full screen mode in Chrome with F11 and control music playback.

Because media and Fn keys are shared, I have to constantly toggle Fn, and the light is so dim that I never know which mode I'm in. It's really frustrating!

Is there a way to trigger F11 with some other key so I can leave the Fn switch on media key mode?

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-03-14T15:40:55+00:00

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-04-21T18:19:46+00:00

    This propably won't solve your problem, but might help you in some way:

    I found that the FN-key can be used as a toggle key or as a combination key.

    So you can use the FN-key as a toggle to switch between media- and F-keys.

    OR

    Combine the FN-key with a key from the top row.

    Example: When the FN-key is off (to use mediakeys), you can press FN+PlayPause to access F5 without the need to toggle the FN-key.

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