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    What do you all do with PgUp/PgDn key?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by eli2k, Nov 29, 2008.

  1. eli2k

    eli2k Notebook Consultant

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    The smaller Sony laptops do not have a dedicated PgUp/PgDn key, but instead is linked with the Fn+Up/Down keys. I was wondering how everyone here handles this. I browse many PDF documents so I use the keys often. Do you remap them, or do you just run AutoHotKey or something similar to generate the necessary keystrokes?

    - Eli
     
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    My Page Up and Page Dn are Fn+Left and Fn+Right, so usually I just use the touchpad scroll areas.
     
    namaiki, Nov 29, 2008
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    Been using the Fn+Up and Fn+Down for years so it's not something I have to think about when I do it.
    Sometimes when I operate with one hand I use the touchpad scroll feature.
     
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    I seldom use these key in small as UX for big as Z. I use the roller on the mouse. One of my finger feel sticky and pain, when I use the roller a lot.
     
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    For long browsing sessions, I use my VX Nano with it's magic 'frictionless scroll' feature... makes zooming up and down long web pages a breeze. :)

    When just using the Z, I either use the touchpad scroll zone or Fn+Up/Dn...

    Someone posted on here that they used a free key-mapping utility to map their 'menu' key to be PgUp and their right-side Ctrl key to be PgDn, or similar. That's an option if you really need discrete keys and don't use the Menu or Right-Ctrl keys very often.
     
    InfyMcGirk, Nov 29, 2008
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    I use the space bar to go down and then fn+up to go up. But I would love that remapping app..
     
    joeskie, Nov 29, 2008
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    Shift + space acts as page up!
     
    ShinyFalcon, Nov 29, 2008
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  8. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    holy crap +rep

    I seriously did not know that, (this is not sarcasm, for those you who already knew this).
     
    namaiki, Nov 29, 2008
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  9. Vogelbung

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    I do the edge-scrub thing.
     
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  10. goodspeed(TPF)

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    I only use them to change settings in BIOS. :D
     
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  11. eli2k

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    That is awesome; didn't know that either! Solves the problem then :)
     
    eli2k, Nov 29, 2008
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