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[Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On 06 Jul 2015, at 17:37, Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> And replying to myself:
> 
> Macs have the “fn” key which is just another modifier key. Its primary use is on laptop keyboards, where the top row Function keys have various defined uses such as display brightness, open Mission Control and Launchpad, audio volume up and down. By default, the function keys perform those “alternate” functions (which means they’re not really alternate, but …). That can be changed in the Keyboard Preferences (“Use All F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys”). How many users change that preference? I have no idea. But it might be worth mentioning this in the documentation somewhere in case a user starts banging on the keyboard saying “THIS DOESN’T WORK!”

You probably can blame Apple for many things, but that “fn” behavior is definitely not Mac specific.
My work laptop with Windows 7 behaves just the same way per default…


Regards,
Bernhard