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Volume up (F12) = refreshes safari browser page
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Nothing. I have never let anyone bring any food or drink anywhere near my MacBook Pro so I can assure nothing has been spilled.
I am sure I am not the only person suffering from this problem. This seems to be software related problem.
System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard > "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys"
Is that checked or not?
Also, have you created any custom keyboard shortcuts?
Q1 - It is not checked
Q2 - Nope, not at least ones related to F12. It can't be that it serves function of volume up 98% of times and then suddenly it sometimes refreshes all tabs of Safari?
I am sorry I forgot to mention that it occurs on few occasions, not always.
Try checking and unchecking it. It should work all the time. Unless another shortcut has been created for that key, it should never affect Safari, and Safari can't change the function of that key.
Issue confirmed
Frozzie. I'm with you. It's happened to me as well since I purchased my 2011 Macbook Air with Lion installed. As you said, it happens sporadically and kicks me off of google chat (voice calls). Really annoying.
Gotta be an issue with either Safari or Lion. I was hoping the latest safari update would fix the problem, but no dice.
Any progress on your end?
Frozzie. I'm with you. It's happened to me as well since I purchased my 2011 Macbook Air with Lion installed. As you said, it happens sporadically and kicks me off of google chat (voice calls). Really annoying.
Gotta be an issue with either Safari or Lion. I was hoping the latest safari update would fix the problem, but no dice.
Any progress on your end?
This actually sounds like whatever you are viewing in Safari is crashing. I have this happen from time-to-time when dealing with YouTube (Flash) or Flash games. Flash will crash, then all the tabs will reload in Safari.
It isn't a keyboard issue, but a user/website issue.
TEG
volume and caps lock keys in safari cause strange behavior
I have this issue too. it was also logging me out of Quickbooks Online and their help desk said the have a note that also the caps lock key, if hit after clearing a pop-up, will log you out of your session.
So long story shore, wireless keyboard +mac+safari = weird "refresh-like" issues in different websites.
Their fix was "use firefox"
I have this issue too. it was also logging me out of Quickbooks Online and their help desk said the have a note that also the caps lock key, if hit after clearing a pop-up, will log you out of your session.
So long story shore, wireless keyboard +mac+safari = weird "refresh-like" issues in different websites.
Their fix was "use firefox"