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Something on the order of a thousand possible characters,* all without worry of conflicting with another app's shortcut keys? That's any and every symbol you want, and/or a bunch of other languages, all easily switchable (and with a convenient light to tell you if you're in "special characters" or "normal characters" mode).

#How to turn off scroll lock without keyboard windows#

And, because it all relies on the state of the Scroll Lock key, I can make use of every other modifier key too - with combinations of Shift (already used), Ctrl, Alt, the Windows key, that gives me maybe 16 layers? (Maybe more with AltGr).

#How to turn off scroll lock without keyboard series#

Personally, I have extended the Greek alphabet option further so that I can use Scroll Lock to give me a series of mathematical and engineering symbols as well, using the number and symbol keys. This thread has a script that gives you entire Greek alphabet, all with one simple toggle of the Scroll Lock key: The fact that you have a key that is unused in any modern application (Excel excluded) and has a dedicated hardware indicator light, it is perfect for use with something like Autohotkey.įor example, you can remap it so that the Scroll Lock key acts as a modifier to set your keyboard to use a different set of characters. The key's purpose, he replied "I don't know, but we put it on ours, Magazine asked an executive of keyboard manufacturer Key Tronic about

#How to turn off scroll lock without keyboard Pc#

IBM PC documentation called Scroll Lock an "inactive key".

#How to turn off scroll lock without keyboard install#

That said, even though the need for the scroll lock has been deprecated, most keyboard manufacturers still install the scroll lock as it was part of the older system and they are not aware of what it does and install it to be on the safer side. Notes, Forté Agent, FL Studio, and Microsoft Excel. Only a few modern programs still honor this behavior, such as Lotus That said, as msw replied there are still reasons why the scroll lock is there as there are still softwares which use the scroll lock namely Toggling lock key like Num Lock or Caps Lock, which have a state that Lock mode was on, the arrow keys would scroll the contents of a text Intended to modify the behavior of the arrow keys. The Scroll Lock key was meant to lock all scrolling techniques, and isĪ remnant from the original IBM PC keyboard, though it is not used by To add a bit of history on the reason behind the scroll lock, quoting this article "What is it for?" Key Tronic's expert was asked.

But by itself, IBM's "Guide to Operations" will only say it is an "inactive key."

About the "Scroll Lock" key on the IBM PC keyboard: Used with the Ctrl key, it is modified to server as a break when using a BASIC program. That for some users provides an appealing alternative It quotes from the 1983 January edition of PC Magazine.Īn in depth look at a new PC-compatible keyboard The Wikipedia article also shows this question is not new. My own Google searches are fruitless trying to find an explanation of what "on occasions" means. Some text editors (such as Notepad++, Microsoft Visual Studio) exhibit similar behavior when the arrow keys are used with a Ctrl depressed. Modern programs honoring this behavior include IBM Lotus Notes, Forté Agent, Image-Line FL Studio, Renoise, Microsoft Excel, and on occasions Microsoft Word. Today, this particular use of Scroll Lock is rare. To use the arrow keys to move between cells, you must turn Scroll Lock off. Scroll Lock is a toggling lock key on the keyboard, just like the Caps Lock key. However, if you press the arrow keys when Scroll Lock is on, you scroll one row or column at a time. Usually, when a cell is selected in Microsoft Excel and you press the arrow keys, the selection moves between individual cells. In fact, when you google excel scroll lock, the first thing on the list is Turn off Scroll Lock - Office Support wherein it explains why and how it is still used: Turn off Scroll Lock This makes sense if you work in spreadsheets all day and are used to navigating with the keyboard arrow keys more efficiently than the mouse. One major commonly used application that still supports Scroll Lock is Microsoft Excel.