Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994
arstechnica.com
Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994::Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.
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Put some dang standard labels on the function keys.
F1 = Help
F2 = Rename
F3 = Search
F4 = Close
F5 = Refresh
F6-F10 = Decorative
F11 = Full screen
F12 = Goto definition
I've never intentionally used F1 key to open help before
Annoying when you accidentally hit it instead of ESC in certain Windows programs, loading Microsoft's windows help website in your browser without your consent.
On Linux it usually does nothing, as it should.
Well, technically with your consent.
Even worse when it does it in Edge
Doesnt it in gnome gtk and KDE open the "about" page with a help button somewhere on it?
I actually have, in some older software F1 was basically an included digital copy of the manual and was great to have to find an obscure setting or feature.
That's why I remapped it to toggle my notes app
F6 goes to the address bar in (many? most?) web browsers
And F7 triggers caret browsing
I always use Ctrl+L if not Ctrl+T to open a new tab.
F7 for spell check (shift F7 for thesaurus)
F8 is for "execute selected code"
Then again, F5 is for "run current script" or "compile and run program"...