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I understand that the keyboard is set to dim after 30 seconds (or whatever) of inactivity to save battery, but I want and pretty much NEED the keyboard backlight always on, and I accept that there would be a battery life penalty for doing this. Is there an option to have it on at all times instead of dimming off after inactivity? If there isn't an option to do this, PLEASE for the love of God Microsoft, give us this choice! This is driving me nuts! What's the point of having a backlit keyboard if the backlight isn't on half of the time? It literally defeats the purpose of having a backlit keyboard
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Hi WillFR,
The settings available for the Cover backlight are to press and hold F1 to turn it off, press and hold F2 to turn it on and tap F1 and F2 to adjust brightness. Unfortunately there is currently no option to prolong the time the backlight stays on, but you should simply be able to touch the trackpad to get it back on after 30 seconds.
Thanks. Could you please pass my suggestion on to the Surface team? Just give us option to have the keyboard backlight always on, like it never shuts off (unless the computer is sleeping or hibernating of course) .