Fn Lock Wedge Keyboard
I am using the Microsoft Wedge Mobile Keyboard on a Windows 10 tablet, and this keyboard has one not so nice feature.
The Microsoft Wedge Mobile Keyboard
The top row of the keybaord has shared multimedia keys and function keys. The default however is the multimedia keys. For me who uses the function ‘F’ keys a lot (e.g. Alt + F4, F2, F3, F11), which makes it quite frustrating when i am trying to rename a file i am insttead muting the volume.
On many laptops and other bluetooth keyboards there often is a Fn Lock function, but not on the Wedge, the solution to this is called AutoHotkey. Using this utility i have mapped the reverse functions. In other words when i press Mute, the utility translates this to F2 and vice verca; when i press F2, the utility translates this press to Mute.
Media_Play_Pause::F1
Volume_Mute::F2
Volume_Down::F3
Volume_Up::F4
<+#F21::F5
<!<#F21::F6
<^<#F21::F7
<#F21::F8
PrintScreen::F9
Home::F10
End::F11
PgUp::F12
F1::Media_Play_Pause
F2::Volume_Mute
F3::Volume_Down
F4::Volume_Up
F5::#r
F6::<!<#F21
F7::<^<#F21
F8::<#F21
F9::PrintScreen
F10::Home
F11::End
F12::PgUpCharms keys
This keyboard was designed for Windows 8 and therefore includes the 4 Windows 8 Charms keys:
- Search
- Share
- Devices
- Settings
The Settings remains the same on Windows 10, however, none of the other three have a function. This opens a possiblity for reassigning for arbitrary functions.
My first re-assignment is the search key. I have assigned this to Win + R.