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    New 6 row keyboard media keys question

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by wookwook, Mar 9, 2018.

  1. wookwook

    wookwook Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm currently using a W520 w/ the older 7 row keyboard and I'm considering getting a newer more portable Thinkpad, but I was curious about the newer 6 row keyboard.

    Like many others I prefer the 7 row keyboard layout, but my question is about the old Fn+Arrow media key functionality. I can't find any documentation that this still works, did they take this away? And how does one access the next/prev/stop/play media functions now on the newer keyboards?

    I have to say I use these media buttons all the time and their placement in the 7 row kb is perfect.
     
    wookwook, Mar 9, 2018
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    If they were there, you'd see them. I believe the only current ThinkPad that offers them is the Anniversary edition, but that's a seven row keyboard.
     
    ZaZ, Mar 10, 2018
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    So in the new 6 row keyboards if you hold Fn and hit the arrow keys they do nothing?
     
    wookwook, Mar 10, 2018
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    Yes, that is the case.
     
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    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    yes they take it away.



    you can buy a W530 and mod it with the 7-row keyboard if you so desire
     
    Mobius 1, Mar 11, 2018
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