pressing f1, f2, f3, etc without using fn key

aleni

macrumors 68030

Original poster

• Jun 4, 2006

• #1

is it possible to press f1 to execute f1 as default instead of pressing fn+f1 ?

coz i use more of the f1, f2 etc keys than the turning up and down volume or brightness.

sorry for my bad explanation. im not fluent in english language.

 

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FragTek

macrumors 6502

• Jun 4, 2006

• #2

aleni said:

is it possible to press f1 to execute f1 as default instead of pressing fn+f1 ?

coz i use more of the f1, f2 etc keys than the turning up and down volume or brightness.

sorry for my bad explanation. im not fluent in english language.

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Yup, u sure can! Go in to System Preferences then to Keyboard & Mouse.

In that menu you will see a check box that says Use the F1-F12 keys to control software features. Check that box and you can now use the F keys as software keys instead of hardware control keys. You can now use the fn key with the F keys to control the hardware functions.

Cheers mate!

 

aleni

macrumors 68030

Original poster

• Jun 4, 2006

• #3

oh great! my bad didnt check the keyboard option first.

anyway, thnks for the quick reply! i love this forum. 🙂

 

gammamonk

macrumors 6502a

• Jun 5, 2006

• #4

Sweet, I've been wondering that myself. ^__^ That'll be nice for the expose buttons on my powerbook.

 

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hidea

macrumors regular

• Jun 5, 2006

• #5

gammamonk said:

Sweet, I've been wondering that myself. ^__^ That'll be nice for the expose buttons on my powerbook.

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you can set that under the expose and dashboard menu itself. You don't have to set it from the mouse menu at all.