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    That weird placement of left CTRL key

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by b534202, May 23, 2008.

  1. b534202

    b534202 Notebook Consultant

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    Is there some program that can swap the Fn key and left CTRL key?
    I'm used to having CTRL key on the lower left corner, and I like to use CTRL+F4 to close tabs in Firefox, but I always end up putting my computer to sleep :(
     
    b534202, May 23, 2008
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    The FN key cannot be swapped. You'll get used to it after a while.
     
    Lithus, May 23, 2008
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    You'd think that... but I never got used to it :p I accept things for the way they are
     
    Surfer666, May 23, 2008
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  4. b534202

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    Yeah, if this were my only computer I can see that I can train myself to adjust, but I don't think I will get used to it since I have 4 other computers with normal keyboards.
     
    b534202, May 23, 2008
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  5. Arki

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    I've adjusted.

    Unfortunately, there is no workaround or fix for it.
     
    Arki, May 23, 2008
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    You can change the fn F4 combo to not be sleep. That will save time while you get used to it.
     
    DieCommie, May 23, 2008
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  7. Surfer666

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    There is?!
     
    Surfer666, May 23, 2008
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    I think the Fn key is controlled by BIOS, so it can't be changed via software.

    Might be, and probably am, wrong.
     
    moo.mike.moo, May 23, 2008
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    I'm pretty sure it has to do with the circuitry of the keyboard itself. I think it modified the code of the key sent to the OS, rather than the OS recognizing it as two separate keys being pressed...
     
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    Oops. I corrected it. :p

    Sorry bout that.
     
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    Sad thing is you didn't really get my hopes up, because I had already accepted it :/
     
    Surfer666, May 23, 2008
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    menos Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Interesting that in HP nx/nw 8xxx laptops both CTRL and Fn are situated 'correctly', but in BIOS you can turn on the 'ThinkPad mode' ;)
     
    menos, May 24, 2008
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  13. MattB85

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    I must just be weird then, because I like the location of the Fn key on the Thinkpads.
     
    MattB85, May 24, 2008
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    Its not about the Fn key, its where the CTRL key is that bothers me. :mad:
     
    b534202, May 24, 2008
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  15. RasBastard

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    Hasn't the Fn key always been in that location on thinkpads? I must be weird too because to me its not an issue either.
     
    RasBastard, May 25, 2008
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    I like where its at. For me, it's easier to hit the CTRL key where its placement is. I think that's the reason the put the FN key where its at. To hit the FN key, you have to stretch your pinky finger farther, if you have your left hand placed on the ASDF keys, for me its a simple drop from the A key to hit CTRL.
     
    Anon00, May 25, 2008
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  17. meekus

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    Haha I've adjusted to my TP just fine. This from years of typing on Toshiba laptop keyboards which are just plain freaky different compared to other laptop brands.

    These days I just wish my venerable Satellite 5205, which still runs to perfectly fine to this very day, had a ThinkLight like my T60.
     
    meekus, May 25, 2008
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